After reading the novel itself, I had found that it was one of the few books that I categorised as a ‘confusion-slayer.’ You may laugh at my strange shelf names, but it is what it is. I struggled to keep up with the changing perspectives, although clear and obvious, the language and intellect of the…
Summative Entry
“…The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. I think it pisses God off if you walk by the colour purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow…” Alice Walker ~~~…
Peer Review #4: Ethan Hua
This is my peer review of Ethan’s post “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.” “Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dumb” ~~~ Hey Ethan! I hate to break it to you but… this is hands down my most favourite blog post that I have ever randomly come across. I have never snorted and snickered so much (silently of course)…
Mina Loy: Feminist Manifesto
Write a response, either agreeing or disagreeing, with Mina Loy’s revolutionary suggestion that women should undergo “unconditional surgical destruction of virginity” ~~~ Mina Loy is an Empress. A Conqueror of world feminism. Well, in my opinion she is. Mina Loy voices in her “Feminist Manifesto” the need for female sexual freedom within a society at…
Peer Review #3: Nancy David
This here is my peer review of Nancy David’s critique of an artwork of William Faulkner with an empowering message. https://nancysliteratureblog.home.blog/2019/10/04/blog-4-william-faulkner/ ~~~ Hey Nancy! Upon viewing the image of Faulkner for the first time, I was immediately struck by its purpose and message- and how right you are in your criticism of it. I agree…
Peer Review #2: Caitlin McCartney
This is my peer review of Caitlin’s McCartney’s blog post titled ‘Hang Them.’ Hang them, ~~~ Hiya Caitlin! Definitely hard for me to forget our discussion about Walker’s ‘Everyday Use’ after Michael had us pear up lol. Regardless, the ideas that you have presented in this account on the text are inarguable. Viewing the quilts…
Everyday Use
Write a dialogue between two sisters who are diametrically opposed in their attitudes to life at home. Use “Everyday Use” as a starting point. I have decided to use this blog topic with a little twist: implementing my own cultural experiences as a Samoan. Back in high school, I had taken it upon myself to…
Walt Whitman Wannabe
I have decided to write a poem in the style of Walt Whitman, solely because he has a unique way of implementing a sense of self into his work and uses free verse throughout the majority of his poems. I admire the manner in which he conveys his poetry, as if he were telling a…
Peer Review #1: Laura Nash
This is my first peer review for American Literature on A poem by Laura Nash. Her inspiration drawn from Emily Dickinson’s poetry form and style. https://lauranash1.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/my-own-dickinsons-poem/comment-page-1/?unapproved=90&moderation-hash=58586861a49a35a84857712edf9b776c#comment-90 ~~~ Hiya Laura! Before I say anything about your poem, I would just like to gush over your photography skills o.O Especially considering that the image fits perfectly with…
American Literature: An Introduction
CRITICAL From what you know about the USA, has any thing surprised you in the literature that has been introduced to you so far in this unit. ~~~ U.S.A. The United. States. of. America. I hear it in the news, the radio, the conversation between two strangers. I see it in novels, documentaries, billboards, advertisements and…
Week 3: Dorothy Wordsworth Journal Entry
Write a prose journal entry (like Dorothy Wordsworth’s) in which you capture a day in the country with all its events and it’s one special moment. ~~ The air was refreshing. With hints of the smell of green grass, manure, moist soil and sweat. The expanse of the fields were endless- flowing over hills seen far…
Peer Review 4: Izabela Gorgievska
This here is my peer review of Izabela’s blog post based on a creative letter written to the Queen of England haha. https://bellablogs98.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/week-7-a-letter-to-queen-victoria/comment-page-1/?unapproved=72&moderation-hash=165d7ae3bbebef27b2ba8fb829998a50#comment-72 Hiya Izabela! Honestly, when I had seen this blog question, the first thought that came to my mind was- ugh. Only because I never know how to start a letter with something…
Summative Entry
Last year, I had completed the Australian Literature unit with Michael, and boy do I have to admit, I struggled with the workload. Not because of lack of motivation and interest, but due to my lack of understanding and confusion around the topics discussed. However, this year I found myself immersed in a completely different…
Week 5: NSW Art Gallery Visit
I’ve always loved visiting the Art Gallery. Most probably not for the purpose of delving into the backstory of each painting and its context, but more so for the interest in painting and drawing techniques. As an artist myself, I had taken it upon myself to regularly visit the Art Gallery a few years…
Peer Review 3: Kaitlyn Blanchard
This here is my Peer Review of Kaitlyn’s account on the text Wuthering Heights. https://kaitlynblanchard2019.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/thoughts-on-wuthering-heights/ ~~~ Hiya Kaitlyn! Totally off topic, but I just realised that you’re one of the few gals in the class from America. So, I guess (informally speaking), welcome fam! Still wondering why you would’ve wanted to come here since I’ve always…
Peer Review 2: Yasmin Al Khatib
This here is my peer review on Yasmin’s blog post about her personal views on the importance of Coleridge’s Frost At Midnight and its influence on her perspective of nature and her surroundings. https://yasminandliterature.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/445/ Howdy Yasmin! As childish as it may seem (since I am a rather big baby) the first thing that had caught my attention,…
Week 4: Wuthering Heights
What obstacles did you face in trying to read Wuthering Heights and how did today’s tutorial help you to work a way around some of those obstacles? What are your plans for taking action on the obstacles that you face(d)? ~~~ Withering Frights. Wuthering Heights. They both sound the same to me. Wuthering Heights is…
Peer Review 1: Sandra Russo
This here is my peer review on Sandra’s blog post based on the differences (and similarities) between Sara Coleridge and Dorothy Wordsworth. https://literature1806blog.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/critical-19th-c/comment-page-1/?unapproved=7&moderation-hash=4aec057f4a9360038cbd964de11d4f6a#comment-7 Hey Sandra! I have to agree with Michael’s earlier comment on this post- you really do know have a way with championing both women in their personal successes behind the shadows of…
Week 2: The Tables Turned, William Wordsworth (1798)
Say in your own words what you think Wordsworth’s poem “The Tables Turned” is about? Is Wordsworth the loser in this argument? Why? Why not? ~~~ Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun…
Week 1: Lucid.
You have just heard and discussed Coleridge’s “silent icicles, / Quietly shining to the quiet Moon….” Write your own description in prose or poetry of some moments of intense silence where you feel your experience has opened up to a new world of understanding. ~~~ Intense silences aren’t necessarily something I would call eye opening or vivid in a…
Peer Review 5: Rawan Hijazi
This here is my peer review of Rawan Hijazi’s Blog Post titled ‘The Man With a Stack of Money.‘ Heya Rawan:) Lol. I have to say my girl, this poem of yours is a heart-breaker *cries.* And I say this because it quite literally broke my heart to pieces with that cliff hanger of yours…
Week 8: The ‘Orange’ Tree
John Shaw Neilson Discuss the significance of the last line of ‘The Orange Tree’: “…(Plague me no longer now, for I) Am listening like the Orange Tree…” Note: I’ll leave it to the reader to figure out what my answer is to the blog question haha. Good luck;) ~~~ The span of a human life…
Peer Review 4: Anna Rosa Paselio
This here is my review on Anna Rosa’s Creative Prose in the style of Henry Lawson. https://annarosa486114459.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/the-injured-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Haiiii Anna! This piece is something I would have to call ‘Awakening.’ It just so happens that this piece reminds me so much of One of my favourite poems by Gwen Harwood ‘Barn Owl.’ Yet it isn’t a…
Peer Review 3: Jacob Hall
This is my Peer Review on Jacob Hall’s creative blog post called Great “Expectations.” https://jacobhall1246063530.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/great-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-16 ~~~ Heya Jacob! Casually (stalking) everyone’s sites is definitely low-key amusing- especially when I stumble across this particular post. I do admit, the title definitely grasped my attention (a massive Dicken’s fan over here haha) so I decided why the hell…
Week 6: He Loves Me, He Loves Me NOT
I happened to realise that I barely have any creative blogs, so even though I am pretty sure that I am indeed jumping into the deep end without a care for the fact that I may possibly fail at this, I’ve decided to write a poem in response to this particular blog topic from Michael:…
Peer Review 2: Abanoub Shukry
This here is my Peer Review of Abanoub Shukry’s creative blog on a personal landscape:) https://abanoubshukry.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Hello hello Abanoub! I thought that since you had so kindly noticed my blog and had for some strange reason decided to review my strange work (disregarding the fact that it is part of our assessment requirement), I decided…
Week 3: A Letter To My (Unknown) Mother
Of all the poems we have looked at in the past two weeks (both in the lectures and tutorials) which struck home more forcibly for you? Can you say why? Give a short synopsis of what it was about the poem that touched your thoughts and/or feelings. EVA JOHNSON A Letter To My Mother I…
Peer Review 1: Fatima Hussein
This here is my peer review of Fatima Hussein’s poem titled ‘Dyingful Home.’ https://fatimahussein1.wordpress.com/ Hey Fatima! I am honestly completely floored by this piece of poetry *still blinking with a stunned expression* (mostly because of the fact that I can’t write a poem if my life depended on it). The stanzas are neatly rhythmic yet,…
Week 1: The Mountain’s Own Meaning
I know, I know. I am unbelievably late in updating my blog as I’m supposed to. Let’s just say that there have been quite an immense amount of ideas that I had to sift through thoroughly in order to produce something worth reading instead of absolute gibberish. *chuckles awkwardly, eyes darting here and there* In…
Week 4: JAK TAR YOU SAY?
Since I have been quite distracted by this character ever since I had started reading ‘That Deadman Dance,’ I thought to myself that it would be a bloody brilliant idea to write a blog post based solely on: JAK TAR *applauds inappropriately loud* After the tutorial discussion, I do admit that I had ventured off…
Week 2: The Third Eye
Describe the landscape that you love best and say what it is about the landscape that really draws you to it. Can you maybe also suggest why you think (from your own history and background) this landscape above all others captures your imagination, your Whole Being? ~~~ A landscape that others wouldn’t normally call as such, but…
A's Ambiguous Mind of Sorts 