We began today with a glance at Henry Lawson’s “Drifted Back”, a short story which encapsulated aspects of his own life story, but which also reflected back on Lawson’s impressions of what was being lost as Australia moved into the new century: Community, Mateship, The Old Bush School, the destruction of the environment with the…
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Early 20th Century Australian Poetry and Prose
Today we explored the worlds of John Shaw Neilson, Miles Franklin, Frederic Manning and M.Barnard Eldershaw. This clutch or writers embrace a huge range of literary and intellectual interests. Neilson is the poet who shows how the language of poetry is closest to music and art through his use of colour and sound to paint…
Oz Lit in the Twentieth Century
Patrick White was the focus of much of today’s lecture. His essay “The Prodigal Son” (1958) gives a wonderful account of why White came back to Australia after nearly 20 years in Europe. He describes his response to a materialistic, spiritually dead culture and yet sets out his determination to make a difference to this…
Early Twentieth Century Writers in Australia
We will be looking at some of these authors more closely next week, so to whet your appetites why not try one or two of these blog topics. REMEMBER ALSO YOU MUST COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE PEER REVIEW EACH WEEK. THESE WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR FINAL ASSESSMENT. BE BRAVE, BOLD AND ADVENTUROUS: TELL YOUR PEER…
