- Welcome to Serena’s LitBlog about Australian Literature. This blog is for my degree at ACU university; Course ENG102. This Blog will be used to post both creative and critical ideas on texts as well as reviewing peers work.
- 19th Century Australian Literature
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Peer Review : 4
Hey Grace, I chose to go back to the start for my last peer review, and I’m really glad I did. I don’t have any ethnic background other than Australian, but over the past year I’ve been with my partner who is Lebanese. It was gratifying reading your experience with your definition of “An Australian”… Read more
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Summative Entry
Australia is not a finished product At the start of this unit, I admittedly didn’t know a lot about Australian literature compared to some of my peers. While I love to read, I haven’t read the ‘classics’, let alone Early Colonial Poetry. It was with delight that we started with writing by and about Indigenous… Read more
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PEER REVIEW: 3
Charles Lilienthal – Week 5 – Art Gallery Visit Hey Charles, I enjoyed your response to our art gallery visit and what works that you found challenging/interesting. I particularly liked how you started in outlining the works that were depicted, namely – The Gold Rush, Colonial Frontiers of Australia and Early Indigenous Artworks. Additionally, I… Read more
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BLOG POST 4 – CREATIVE
September 16, 2019 Dear Mr. White: I am writing this letter in regard to your literary work “Miss Slattery and her Demon Lover”. I regret to inform you, that this is not a letter of complimentary nature. Whilst I would like to give only praises, unfortunately this piece did not sit right with me. I… Read more
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Blog Post 3 – Critical
Critical – “Write a brief account of how you think art and literature interact in a person’s experience?” Art and literature have always been intertwined throughout time, almost like the ebb and flow of the arts. Both have evolved through time as a result, such as romanticism and modernism, as well as major events such… Read more
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Peer Review: 2
Jesse Owad’s Blog – Blog 2 – Critical CRITICAL – What does A.D. Hope’s poem Australia (written half a century after the 1890s) add to the debate on what is Australia? Hey Jesse, This was a very beautifully written piece that conveyed your points in a clear, direct manner. I felt that you felt very strongly… Read more
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Peer Review : 1
Dylan Versola’s Blog 1 – Critical Which poem or story that we have looked at so far made an impression on you? What was the impression it made? Why did it touch your feelings and imagination? Hi Dylan, I enjoyed your piece of writing on “A mid-summer noon in the Australian Forrest”, highlighting how it… Read more
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Blog Post 2 – Creative
“And then we must be free to kiss and part”. Write a short letter or poem that proclaims the kind of personal freedom that Ada Cambridge proposes in this line. Due to layout issues I had to post the poem I wrote as an image. It’s meant to convey the freedom Ada Cambridge is experiencing;… Read more
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Blog Post 1 – Critical
“Discuss what you think are the key differences and benefits of poetry that is ‘transparent’ versus poetry that is ‘opaque’.” My own definition of poetry is that it is an artistic creation that encapsulates the vulnerabilities, perplexities and triumphs of both human nature and the greater world. Through time, there have been assorted styles of… Read more
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