| 释义 |
‖ bylina|bəˈliːnə|
Pl. byliny, bylinas.
[Russ.]
A Russian traditional heroic poem.
1886I. F. Hapgood Epic Songs Russia 1 Amid the vast swamps and forests of Northern Russia the bylínas are sung to-day by scores of peasants. 1902L. Wiener Anthol. Russ. Lit. I. 10 The bylínas of the Vladímir cycle, the last and most numerous of all that are preserved, point to an old poetic tradition. 1932N. K. Chadwick Russ. Heroic Poetry 2 Even in the province of Olonets on Lake Onega, the district in which the great majority of the byliny have been collected, the practice of singing byliny has for long been restricted to a limited area. |