Comments on: Gilgamesh and Modern Fantasy Lit http://jimgetz.org/2009/06/18/gilgamesh-and-modern-fantasy-lit/ The musings and wanderings of an academician. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fantasy http://jimgetz.org/2009/06/18/gilgamesh-and-modern-fantasy-lit/#comment-2123 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:05:30 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1043#comment-2123 Where did you get this?

]]> By: jimgetz http://jimgetz.org/2009/06/18/gilgamesh-and-modern-fantasy-lit/#comment-1522 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:37:10 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1043#comment-1522 If you make the argument that the Gilgamesh Epic is the quintessentially and archetypal “bromance,” the comment makes more sense.

Of course, it is also important to remember that I lie to my students.

]]> By: Bonita Woods http://jimgetz.org/2009/06/18/gilgamesh-and-modern-fantasy-lit/#comment-1518 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:12:16 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1043#comment-1518 echoing Mr. Westmoreland-White’s comment. I felt the same thing when i saw the comment that the movies Fight Club and Top Gun are modern re-tellings of Gilgamesh. what am i missing besides the friendship factor?

]]> By: Michael Westmoreland-White http://jimgetz.org/2009/06/18/gilgamesh-and-modern-fantasy-lit/#comment-1505 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:04:28 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1043#comment-1505 I see how the buddy element of Fight Club, Top Gun, and Stepbrothers might echo the relationship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, but I don’t see much else that’s similar. I could be just dense, however. :-)

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