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From Tim Winton to ‘Tankman’ : Teaching Australian Literature to Chinese International Students.
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Teaching Australian Literature : From Classroom Conversations to National Imaginings 2011; (p. 177-195) Jan Baily writes on her experiences of teaching Australian literature to international students. Her teaching experience led her to conclude that ‘Australian texts can enrich the literary experience of our international students’ culturally, aesthetically and linguistically, and can help move them toward a more varied understanding of their unique experience in Australia, and in the world generally’. (p. 193) -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Sometimes Gladness : A Review
1990
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review
— Appears in: Bruce Dawe : Essays and Opinions 1990; (p. 196-202)
— Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1982 1983 selected work poetry -
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48) -
Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1982
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 30 no. 1 1985; (p. 87-89) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 17)
— Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1982 1983 selected work poetry
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Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1982
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 30 no. 1 1985; (p. 87-89) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 17)
— Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1982 1983 selected work poetry -
Sometimes Gladness : A Review
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Bruce Dawe : Essays and Opinions 1990; (p. 196-202)
— Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1982 1983 selected work poetry -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
From Tim Winton to ‘Tankman’ : Teaching Australian Literature to Chinese International Students.
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Teaching Australian Literature : From Classroom Conversations to National Imaginings 2011; (p. 177-195) Jan Baily writes on her experiences of teaching Australian literature to international students. Her teaching experience led her to conclude that ‘Australian texts can enrich the literary experience of our international students’ culturally, aesthetically and linguistically, and can help move them toward a more varied understanding of their unique experience in Australia, and in the world generally’. (p. 193) -
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48) -
Sometimes Gladness : Bruce Dawe's Poetry
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , August no. 92 1983; (p. 9-14) Bruce Dawe : Essays and Opinions 1990; (p. 162-171)