You will use the following questions to explore the gaps and silences that are found in three traditional Australian poems: "Waltzing Matilda", "Moreton Bay" and "All for me grog". All three of these poems can be found in the Semester One, Term One folder of Units of Work on Blackboard. They are in the subfolder called "National Identity is Represented in Texts" under a file named "Australian Poems".
Do the first poem in a small group, the second in pairs and the third by yourself.
Key Questions:
1) Which qualities and groups are marginalised?
2) Who is left out?
3) Which qualities are privileged?
4) How does the language of the text construct a sense of community with the reader?
Or, how would the texts have constructed a sense of community with original audiences?
5) What aren't you supposed to think while reading these poems?
6) Overall, summarise the qualities that are encoded in and privileged by these texts.
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