Eduardo Barbosa Lima

Dr Eduardo Barbosa Lima Personal information Name: Lima, Eduardo Barbosa Gender: male Date of birth: 31/01/1990 Nationality: British Address: Flat 13, Victoria Court. Leicester Road, Oadby. Leicester, Leicestershire. England. UK. LE2 4AF Contact details: Phone: - Mobile:- Email:- Education background • -. Doctor of Philosophy. Brunel University London, UK. Supervisors: Dr Kelly Boudreau and Prof James Knowles. Title: Chronotope in Western Role-Playing Video Games: An investigation of the generation of narrative meaning through its dialogical relationship with the Heroic Epic and Fantasy Literature. • -. Masters in Literary Studies. University of Leicester, UK. Merit. Title: A comparative study between Old English and Old Norse Epic and Contemporary Quest Fantasy. • -. Bachelor in English Literature. University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK. First Class Honours. Title: The Past and Present Hero: From Beowulf to the heroes in the works of George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan. Career Phase: First stage researcher Current Position • • • Creative Writer Independent Researcher October 2015 to present: Guest Lecturer in English Literature. Part-time - seasonal contracts. University of Leicester, UK. 1 Previous Work Experience • October 2018 – April 2020. Research Assistant: Shakespeare’s Library: Shakespeare’s Texts and Sources. David Wilson Library Special Collections. University of Leicester. • October 2017- February 2018. Research Assistant. Shakespeare Among Readers: Visual representations of books and their connections with Shakespeare and his readers. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the University of Leicester. • October 2012 – September 2013. Student advisor. English Language Teaching Unit. University of Leicester, UK. • July 2012 – September 2012. Library assistant. English Language Teaching Unit. University of Leicester, UK. • August 2009 – May 2011. International Office Assistant. University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, UK. Research Funding Award • 2011-12. Santander Masters Scholarship. University of Leicester, UK. Professional Memberships • Member of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA). Since February 2017. • Member of the British Fantasy Society (BFS). Since August 2016. • Member of the English Association (EA). Since July 2017. • Member of the Tolkien Society. Since January 2016. Publications • • • • Lima, E. (2017) The Once and Future Hero: Understanding the Hero in Quest Fantasy. Fafnir – The Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, 4 (1), pp. 7-19. Lima, E. (2017) Tyrannical power in Othello and the Winter’s Tale. Bridges, Issue #2, pp. 55-61. Lima, E (2016) Epic landscapes: the chronotope of Fantasy. British Fantasy Society Journal #16, pp. 66-86. Lima, E. (2016) Race and religion in The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice. Bridges, Issue #1, pp. 5-11. Foreign Languages • • • Portuguese (proficiency level) Spanish (intermediate level) Japanese (intermediate level) Date: 22/01/2024 2