How to discuss the epic significance of poetry

Important historical events or myths and legends reflecting human childhood. Epic is the earliest spiritual product of mankind, which is of great significance to our understanding of early human society. Epic has a natural connection with ancient myths and legends. Epic is produced on the basis of mythical world outlook, and its development is ultimately a denial of mythical thought. When it comes to epic, we are familiar with the exposition of epic from Hegel to Marx and Engels. They understand epic from the perspective of philosophy and aesthetics and the historical development of human society. In their view, epic is the crystallization of national spirit, an unattainable artistic model created by human beings in a specific era, and a product of a specific historical era. These discourses are based on the external characteristics of literature and art, and the disintegration of primitive society has created a good historical foundation for the grand background of heroic epic. Legends about tribal wars, ethnic migration and outstanding military leaders have prepared some materials for the formation of heroic epics. It should be said that heroic epic is a panoramic reflection of people's lives in a certain historical era. Every epic is specific to history and nation. We can't dissect a specific epic with an abstract model of the general historical era, nor can we cut the rich national cultural connotation of the epic with the ruler of the general human society. Epic has a special connection with history, but even if the historical imprint of epic is very distinct, it is not a chronicle record, or even an artistic reproduction of specific historical events. Epic has a special way of summing up history, which embodies the creator's understanding and performance characteristics of history and reality.