Those Who Remain Will Always Remember : An Anthology of Aboriginal Writing
Anne Brewster
(editor),
Angeline O'Neill
(editor),
Rosemary van den Berg
(editor),
Fremantle
:
Fremantle Press
,
2000
Z339537
2000
anthology
poetry
prose
biography
essay
short story
life story
autobiography
biography
interview
non-fiction
essay
prose
Indigenous story
(taught in 4 units)
'Culture and identity, suffering and the triumph of survival thread their way through the short stories, poems, legends, song lyrics, essays and commentaries in this... anthology of Aboriginal writing.
Representing a range of regional and cultural differences, age groups and social circumstances, it is a testimony to the importance of the past in the construction of a better future.' Source: Publisher's blurb
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
1. read and interpret a broad range of Indigenous Australian literature;
2. identify the social, political and cultural contexts informing a range of Indigenous literature;
3. produce a range of creative and analytical pieces of writing;
4. develop the structural aspects of written language;
5. understand the creative writing process.
UNIT CONTENT
1. Journeys with Indigenous writers: an overview of the wealth and breadth of Indigenous literature.
2. Journeys in poetry: exploration and analysis of the process of creating a poem through the eyes of the writer.
3. Journeys in drama: understanding drama as an expressive form.
4. Journeys in narrative: understanding the short story and fiction writing.
20%
Literary analysis 1
20%
Literary analysis 2
20%
Creative writing folio
40%
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