Redigerer Nasjonalepos (avsnitt)

== Et nasjonalepos er ikke ferdig definert ==
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Tidlig på [[1900-tallet]] ble frasen eller begrepet ikke lenger utelukkende gitt til et episk dikt, og ble benyttet for å beskrive et litterært verk som leserne og litteraturforskerne mente var et sinnbilde på nasjonen, uten at det nødvendigvis omfattet detaljer fra nasjonens historiske bakgrunn. I denne konteksten har begrepet åpenbart positive konnotasjoner, eksempelvis i [[James Joyce]]s ''[[Ulysses]]'' hvor det er foreslått at ''[[Don Quixote]]'' er [[Spania]]s nasjonale epos mens [[Irland]]s ennå er forblitt uskrevet:
{{sitat|De minner en om Don Quixote og Sancho Panza. Vårt nasjonalepos gjenstår ennå å bli skrevet. Dr Sigerson sier. Moore er mannen for det. En ridder av bedrøvelig begunstigelse her i Dublin<ref>Joyce, James: ''Ulysses'', Vintage Books, New York, 1961, 189 (side 192): «They remind one of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Our national epic has yet to be written, Dr Sigerson says. Moore is the man for it. A knight of the rueful countenance here in Dublin.»</ref>|}}

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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" align="center" colspan="4" | '''Nasjonalepos fra en rekke land''' 
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! width="250" style="background:#E8E8E8;" | '''Land/Folk'''
! width="450" style="background:#E8E8E8;" | '''Epos'''
! width="450" style="background:#E8E8E8;" | '''Forfatter'''
! width="250" style="background:#E8E8E8;" | '''Opprinnelse'''
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|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Argentina]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[El gaucho Martín Fierro]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[José Hernández]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1872]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Etiopia]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Kebra Negest]] (Kongenes herlighet)
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent 
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1200-tallet]]
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|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Tyskland]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Nibelungenlied]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |«Mester Kondrad» (ukjent)
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Rundt [[1200]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[England]] 
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Beowulf]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Mellom [[700]] og [[1000]]
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|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Estland]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Kalevipoeg]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1853]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Finland]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Kalevala]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Elias Lönnrot]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1835]] / [[1849]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Frankrike]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Rolandskvadet]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |«Turoldos» (Ukjent)
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1100-tallet]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Georgia]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Ridderen i tigerskinnet|Vep'his tqaosani]] (Ridderen i tigerskinnet)
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Schota Rustaweli]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1200-tallet]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Antikkens Hellas]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Iliaden]] og [[Odysseen]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Homer]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |700-tallet f.Kr.
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[India]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Mahabharata]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |300-tallet f.Kr.?
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[India]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Ramayana]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent (ifølge legenden [[Valmiki]])
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent (skrevet før [[Mahabharata]])
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Iran]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Schahnama|Schahnameh]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Abū l-Qasem-e Ferdousī]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[900-tallet]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Island]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Edda]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1200-tallet]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Kirgisistan]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Manas_(Epos)|Manas]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Vasily Radlov]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1885]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Kurdere]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Mem û Zîn]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Ehmedê Xanî]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Latvia]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Lāčplēsis]] (Bjørnedreperen)
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Andrejs Pumpurs]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1888]] 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Norge]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Heimskringla]] (Norges kongesagaer)
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Snorre Sturlason]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1200-tallet]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Polen]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Pan Tadeusz]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Adam Mickiewicz]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1834]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Portugal]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Os Lusíadas]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Luís de Camões]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1572]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Romerriket]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Æneiden]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Vergil]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |100-tallet f.Kr.
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Russland]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Igor-kvadet]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Slutten av [[1100-tallet]]
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|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Sverige]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Frithiofs saga]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1825]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Spania]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[El Cid|El Cantar del Mío Cid]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1100-tallet]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Thailand]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Ramakian]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ulike versjoner
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1700-tallet]]
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|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Tibet]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[Gesareposet]]
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |Ukjent
|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[1000-tallet]]
|}