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Do they have a suggestion as to who wrote it? Do they have any supporting evidence? How do they substantiate their claims? --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 19:27, 12 January 2008 (CST) | Do they have a suggestion as to who wrote it? Do they have any supporting evidence? How do they substantiate their claims? --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 19:27, 12 January 2008 (CST) | ||
== Earlier epics == | |||
If Beowulf was written sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries AD, it is nowhere near the earliest epic literature-- we have all of [[Gilgamesh]], all of [[Homer]], all of the post-Homeric epic, [[Virgil]], [[Lucan]]... (Although we-- by which I mean Citizendium-- do not have ''articles'' on all of this literature, and could use help writing about it) In the grand scheme of epic literature, Beowulf is not a particularly early example, and I have changed the text of the article to reflect that. | |||
A more minor point is that the 2007 film was not animated (I think that suggests animation of the conventional sort) but made using perfomance capture of real actors and then the rest of the film was generated by computer around them. One can argue the point, but I think it's imprecise to call this technical means "animation." Thanks, [[User:Brian P. Long|Brian P. Long]] 08:11, 29 April 2008 (CDT) | |||
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Do they have a suggestion as to who wrote it? Do they have any supporting evidence? How do they substantiate their claims? --Robert W King 19:27, 12 January 2008 (CST)
Earlier epics
If Beowulf was written sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries AD, it is nowhere near the earliest epic literature-- we have all of Gilgamesh, all of Homer, all of the post-Homeric epic, Virgil, Lucan... (Although we-- by which I mean Citizendium-- do not have articles on all of this literature, and could use help writing about it) In the grand scheme of epic literature, Beowulf is not a particularly early example, and I have changed the text of the article to reflect that.
A more minor point is that the 2007 film was not animated (I think that suggests animation of the conventional sort) but made using perfomance capture of real actors and then the rest of the film was generated by computer around them. One can argue the point, but I think it's imprecise to call this technical means "animation." Thanks, Brian P. Long 08:11, 29 April 2008 (CDT)