Epics in The Origin of Species
Epics constitutes a literary genus different from the scientific or didactic genus in use. Far from describing natural phenomena or raising scientific hypotheses, the purpose of epic literature consists in affecting, thrilling the reader to change his mental schemes. The reading of The Origin of Species realized in this blog throughout the years and the rhetorical analysis of it shows that The Origin of Species is, as the Iliad or the Eneid, a…