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September 26, 2018

Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry

Erin Sebo, Flinders University and Patrick Allington, Flinders University

Like epic poets, AFL commentators improvise in short phrases, not sentences, because it creates vivid images of fast action.

September 3, 2018

Murilo Da Silva Baptista, University of Aberdeen; Pedro Jeferson Miranda, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG), and Sandro Ely de Souza Pinto, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

Analyse the great quest of Odysseus with a little 21st-century know how and it’s fascinating what you find out.

October 22, 2015

Rebecca Merkelbach, University of Cambridge

There are some surprising parallels between the characters in ancient Viking-era stories and modern popular culture.

Rebecca Merkelbach
Doctoral Candidate, University of Cambridge
Patrick Allington
Flinders University
Erin Sebo
Associate Professor in Medieval Literature and Language, Flinders University
Murilo Da Silva Baptista
Reader, Physics, University of Aberdeen
Sandro Ely de Souza Pinto
Associate Professor, Physics, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)
Pedro Jeferson Miranda
Doctoral Researcher, Physics, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)