Features OF MIXING OF novel and epic began IN THE novel-epopee
The genre mix of romance and the epic happened in the appearance of the novel. Secondary absorption elements of the epic have occurred in the certain types of the novel in the subsequently. The secondary absorption takes place in the novel-epopee. This type of novel "absorbs" those elements of the epic, which were not received at the stage of the genesis of the novel. The secondary absorption has a significant influence on the genre nature.