Tag: Poetry

Exploring Literature (Clemente), Extra-Mural Teaching, Literature: An Introduction 2020

ENGL104 Clemente Introduction to Literature August 2020

by michaelgriffith1 • August 22, 2020 • 0 Comments

Here are the slides and the recording for this week’s lecture. The recording is a little frustrating to listen to because you will only be able to hear my side of the conversation. From next week I will be posting up the video version of our sessions (with student permission) and you will then be…

New York, x Blogging

Best New York Blogs 2018!!

by michaelgriffith1 • February 20, 2018 • 0 Comments

Here is our fabulous group of 2018 in the heart of Harlem, New York, indeed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This was one of our most exciting and informative days in which the beating heart of American culture was opened to us through the oratorical powers of Cedric our African American…

American Literature, Australian Literature, Reading Australia, x Blogging

Best Australian Literature Blogs 2017

by michaelgriffith1 • November 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

Russell Drysdale “The Mountain Has Its Own Meaning” Judith Wright An occasion for celebration: Australian Literature – a first year unit at Australian Catholic University- has again produced an extraordinary group of bloggers. Their work reveals how blogging has enabled them to connect with Aust. Lit. in a way that expands beyond the rigours of…

Bush Walking, Literature: An Introduction, Nineteenth, Shakespeare Plus, Visionary Blake, x Blogging

Grounding the Sacred: Don’t Miss This Event- Musicians, Artists, Novelists, Poets Engaging With the Sacred

by michaelgriffith1 • June 11, 2015 • 4 Comments

Please Click to Register for this Amazing Conference Learn more at Grounding the Sacred through Literature and the Arts Conference.

Literature: An Introduction, Shakespeare Plus

Prose versus Poetry- what are the key differences- if any?

by michaelgriffith1 • April 9, 2015 • 1 Comment

We tackled this question in our class this week. Here is a very simple way of showing the differences. We drew attention to these differences initially with special reference to Shakespeare. We have all just been to see As You Like It with John Bell in a leading role. We were trying to identify why and…

Literature: An Introduction, Shakespeare Plus, x Blogging

Clemente Mission Australia Week 2 Continued

by michaelgriffith1 • March 12, 2015 • 4 Comments

The Clemente Program being run from Australian Catholic University in close partnership with range of Welfare Organizations such as Mission Australia, was started some years ago by an American, Earl Shorris. Shorris had a vision that poverty stricken Americans needed a way in which they could reclaim their dignity, their creative spirit, their intelligence. He wrote a…