Peer Review of Gavin Tran’s “Art and Literature” post which can be found here:(https://gavintran.home.blog/2019/09/02/art-and-literature/) This was a really insightful blog post to have read, and it was really enjoyable to dig into your analysis of the relationship between literature and art. Your first sentence was far-spanning and was a really intriguing way to open the …
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Whitman and Dickinson: Creative
I wrote this “imitation Whitman” poem below entitled “Babe of Optimism”, based on the opening line of the eighth section of “Song of Myself”. I really wanted to capture the freedom of his verses, imitating its formless nature, and lack of structure. “The little one sleeps in its cradle, head resting on soft pillows A …
Australian Literature Peer Review 2
Peer Review of Jessica Aramini’s Australian Literature Blog Post #3 which can be found here: https://jessicaaramini1148.wixsite.com/blog2019/post/australian-literature-blog-3 This was quite an enjoyable blog post to read. Your initial discernment of broad themes relating to the artwork within the gallery, and discussion within the tour, was insightful. It provided a great base from which the remainder of …
CREATIVE Take any single Australian painting that you saw at the gallery yesterday and write a description either in poetry or prose.
The artwork that I have chosen to describe in prose is William Pigenuit’s Kosciuszko (1903), which can be seen above. Also below are some photos that I took on a hike through Kosciuszko National Park in 2017. It was for this reason, having already hiked through the landscape being depicted, that drew me to this …
Australian Literature Peer Review 1
This was a really great topic to dig into because of the sheer amount of significance that it has not only for Australia’s First Nation’s Peoples but all Australians. I found that the comparison to the World Economic Forum was well put, and really contextualises it for readers who may not be familiar with the …
Henry Lawson or Banjo Paterson? Explain briefly your understanding of why these two authors were so different in their views of the Australian experience.
The Australian experience, alike the question of what makes someone an Australian, is truly complex. The stark contrast between the writings of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, makes this clear. Paterson appeals to Australia’s heroism, a youthful nation’s optimism and desire to achieve. Alternatively, Lawson portrays Australia realistically, allowing the country’s rougher, and less desirable …
Critical- From what you know about the USA has anything surprised you in the literature that has been introduced to you so far in this unit.
It must be said that my knowledge of the US is quite limited to that of very recent events regarding a certain Mr Trump, so in a sense everything that has been introduced to me in the unit thus far has been new. Perhaps the main thing that has surprised me is seeing the “adolescence” …
Australian Literature 1
Who is an Australian? Describe your own national and cultural background and explain why it is definitely part of what makes up our Australian nation. Australia is somewhat of a paradox: An ancient land, but a relatively young nation. This makes the question of who an Australian truly is, a difficult one. The first thought that …
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