Chikuru Malula Critical- Write a short paragraph on why you think the Garma Festival is so important to indigenous culture today. Thank you for such an informative blog posting Chikuru. I really enjoyed your systematic and objective style of writing. It was easy to read and makes the festival sound very exciting and well organised. …
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Peer Review 2
Reviewing: Jesse Owad CRITICAL – What does A.D. Hope’s poem Australia (written half a century after the 1890s) add to the debate on what is Australia? Jesse, this is a wonderful analysis of Hopes writing in general as well as his overall attitude and perspective in life. Having not read his works myself yet I was …
Dear Mr Cook
Creative: Write an imaginary conversation you are having either with one of the artists that you looked at yesterday or one of the characters that you saw in one of the paintings. The English Channel-2015 Michael Parekowhai Photo by Emily Baker 26.8.19 Dear Mr Cook, I just have one question; are you proud? Sitting here …
Patterson VS Lawson, and the Australian identity.
After reading these two authors this week I have spent a lot of time considering the links between their writing and the idea of the Australian experience and identity. With Patterson’s romanticised, rugged bush tales and the mythology he created against the doomsday, socialist, urban tales of woe, Lawson weaved. Due to my limited word restrictions and the …
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Nostalgia’s Embrace
CREATIVE– Which poem or story that we have looked at so far made an impression on you? What was the impression it made? Can you imitate the poem or story and create your own poem or story drawing on your own personal experience. This week I have been quite intrigued by both the clear descriptive …
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