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The Heart of the Meter: Hartman explores poets’ ideas, not just their words

March 18, 2019 by gottulatm

By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON UNK Communications Megan Hartman’s journey toward a career in linguistics started at her father’s bookshelf. There, she saw a book cover with dark storm clouds splitting through a golden sky, and a luminous girl holding a black horse with a spiral horn. To the 5-year-old, “The Black Unicorn” by fantasy novelist Terry Brooks looked pretty cool. Mike Hartman read the book to his daughter. Then he kept going, well into Hartman’s high school … [Read more...] about The Heart of the Meter: Hartman explores poets’ ideas, not just their words

Filed Under: 2018/2019, Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: hypermetric verse, linguistics, Literature, medieval, Megan Hartman, mythology, Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Poetry

UNK students presenting work at Friday’s literature conference

April 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment

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KEARNEY – Forty-five students from the University of Nebraska at Kearney will present their scholarly and creative work during the 25th annual Student Language and Literature Conference. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday (April 13) inside Thomas Hall on the UNK campus. The conference, hosted by the UNK English Department, features 14 themed panel sessions when undergraduate and graduate students will present … [Read more...] about UNK students presenting work at Friday’s literature conference

Filed Under: Fine Arts & Humanities, News Tagged With: Kearney, Literature, Student Language and Literature Conference, Thomas Hall, UNK

Arthurian Legend: Umland maintains interest in world of medieval romance

November 15, 2016 by admin

By KIM HACHIYA Rebecca Umland remembers the kernel of the idea for her research and teaching interest in the quester hero figure. She and her husband were attending one of the final screenings of the 1999 David Lynch film “The Straight Story” at a Kearney theater. The film is based on the true story of an elderly man who drove his lawn mower tractor 240 miles from Iowa to Wisconsin in 1994 to reconcile with his dying brother, from whom he was long estranged. The film … [Read more...] about Arthurian Legend: Umland maintains interest in world of medieval romance

Filed Under: 2016/2017, Fine Arts & Humanities, New Frontiers, News Tagged With: Arthurian Legend, Film, Lancelot, Literature, medieval romance, Old quester, Pop Culture, Rebecca Umland, Sexual Violence Elimination Act

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