Approaches to Text- Sarah

SECTION 1 (Modules 1 & 2) – answer ONE of the following questions:

Choose Felicity Castagna’s No More Boats and ONE poem from the Unit Reader. Answer ONE of the following questions:

a) How and why do your two texts explore concepts of national identity in Australia?
OR
b) How and why do your two texts explore representations of gender?

SECTION 2 (Module 3) – answer ONE of the following questions:

Choose Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife and ONE short story from the Unit Reader: EITHER Barbara Baynton’s “The Chosen Vessel” OR Henry Lawson’s “The Drover’s Wife”. Answer ONE of the following questions:

a) How and why do your two texts reflect and/or challenge Australian colonial stereotypes?
OR
b) How and why do your two texts explore the presence and/or absence of Aboriginal culture in Australian colonial stories?