Jared your ekphrastic poem inspired by Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is both insightful and disturbing. The clear empathy shown to so thoroughly describe the experience of these women has led to an evocative and deep, creative piece. The harsh reality you paint for these women in your piece is so well communicated through your poem that …
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Peer Review 1
Response to Ellie McCracken’s “An atmospheric reading of Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum’” Ellie this reading and video is simply exceptional. Your expert use of vocabulary and technique analysis leads to an in-depth discussion of a very high standard. Your technical skills also shine in a well edited and digestible video that would be appropriate …
A Mother’s Soldier
Blog 2-Take the first line of any one of the poets studied this week, and in the style of that poet, compose your own poem about the horror of wars as you might imagine them. Image credit Getty ‘They’ inspired by Siegfried Sassoon The Bishop tells us: ‘When the boys come back’The neighbours say ‘When …
Prufrock and Parenthood
Blog 3- ‘Have you experienced, or do you know someone who has experienced any of the situation described in “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock”? Tell their or YOUR story about what it feels like to be him.’ T.S.Eliot’s J.Alfred Prufrock is a man filled with fears of judgment and his own inadequacies. The stream …
“Anthem for Doomed Youth” Poetry reading and discussion
Week 1 Blog Post: Create an atmospheric Youtube video of yourself reading and commenting on one of the war poems we have been exploring This week I have created a video reading Anthem of Doomed Youth and commenting on the poem. Please follow the link to view my video:
The Unfinished Land- Summative Entry
Source https://visual.artshub.com.au On the 1st of July this year Australian’s were blessed with yet another pseudo inspirational and seemingly insightful speech, by one of the multitude of well meaning middle aged white male representatives, as Mr David Hurley became our 27th Governor General. He spoke of David Malouf’s famous but slightly dated comment from 1979 …
Peer Review 4
Abby Aaron- Write a description on Voss based on your own understanding of the text Abby your summary of Voss is articulate and comprehensive. The succinct nature of your review is commendable given the word limit you have managed to summarise the story well, capturing the spirit of the novel. I particularly like your analysis …
Peer Review 3
Caitlin Burke- Critically discuss how Patrick White comments on relationship dynamics and the uprising of a feminist movement in the 1960s in his short story “Miss. Slattery And Her Demon Lover”? Fantastic blog topic Caitlin!! I also read this story as one of fantastic social and relational commentary. I similarly wrote a creative letter on …
Dear Mr White
Write a letter to Miss Slattery telling her what you think about the decision she made to leave Szabo. GETTY IMAGES Dear Mr White I feel compelled to write to you to express how moved I was by your story “Miss Slattery and her demon lover”. This story has left a profound mark on me …
Thoughts on Pam Browns “At the Wall” and current political events
Source: The Guardian Australia “Will anyone ever agitate again? When will they occupy the privatised academies?” This last week we read the sarcastic and scathing social commentary poem of Pam Brown “At the Wall” and the irony of this being an assigned reading in the week of the largest climate protests the world has ever …
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