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This article explores the possibility of intercultural catharsis through literature, metaphorical connections and representations of place in Tony Birch’s Ghost River (2015). Water, rain and essentially the river, symbolise the building of a nation and the repair of Indigenous and non-Indigenous race relations. Aristotle’s theory of catharsis is deconstructed and built upon using Indigenous philosophies and intercultural dialogue to explore ideas about relationship building as a spiritual journey connected to the textual directions of the landscape.
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Healing, Catharsis and Reconciliation : Water as Metaphor in Ghost River
Le Simplegadi
Le Simplegadi
Subjects:
- Ghost River 2015 single work novel
- Watershed 2005 single work novel
- Stradbroke Dreamtime 1972 selected work life story prose short story
- Tired Sailor 2000 extract novel
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