PARRA 2- homecoming In the Australian poem ‘Homecoming’ the author, Dawe uses vivid visual and aural poetic techniques to construct his ongoing attitudes of the war. The universal theme of moral outrage at the dehumanising aspects of the war can be seen by the repetition of particular words in the poem such as ‘them’ and ‘they’re’. Dawe chooses words which lack individuality ‘bagging’, ‘tagging’, ‘green plastic bag’ and categorises the dead soldiers into similar groups ‘curly heads’. This is done to provide a further insight into the journey by chronicling the repatriation of the Australian soldiers. Therefore journeys do not always involve an
Distinctively visual.... Distinctively visual uses the universality of visual techniques to make connections between the text and the audience. This then provokes the audience into reflecting upon the deeper meaning of the text. This allows Henry Lawson to communicate with his audience through the use of powerful images. Henry Lawson’s purpose in composing his short stories is to portray the hardships endured by his characters in overcoming life in the Australian bush. The audience is able to make connections with the text through the use of visual techniques which open the reader to the composers’ point of view.
Plays up until this point in time were traditional melodramatic English plays. ‘The Doll’ was the first Australian play to break away from this tradition use realism and because of this was considered ground breaking. The style of realism was used to reflect issues in society which were relevant to the contempory Australian audiences. Australian idiom, settings and costumes were used which connected to the audience. ‘The Doll’ by Ray Lawler explores how various characters respond to changing circumstances put on stage by both challenging and adhering to stereotypes.
Consumerism in Australian society is a large concern that is explored throughout Bruce Dawes poems. In Bruce Dawes Americanized it is written in an ironic and bitter tone. This symbolises the abruptness of the American culture. The poet is Australia yet he still writes using American grammar to highlight his theme of American culture and its grasp on the
To capture the innermost nature of something you must have a good understanding and relationship with it. John Olsen has been exploring and depicting the Australian landscape for many years, not only does he have an understanding of what it looks but also how it feels, sounds and behaves. Imagery involving the dominant theme of Sydney and the Harbour began to feature in his works during the 1970's during the time he traveled extensively across the country, giving new insights into Australia's regional and desert landscapes though he has always sought to capture a spiritual and universal dimension to the landscape in his work. Born in Newcastle, 1928, John Olsen grew
The score created by Sen and Alister Spence establishes the lost connection Australia has with its natural ‘roots’. Sen uses a commanding combination of silence with only the faint sound of crickets, the thunderous noise of trucks passing, police sirens and a soundtrack using traditional aboriginal instruments and classical western instruments. Deep long violin music is used throughout to initiate sadness and loss of control from the protagonists. Where as lively didgeridoo tracks initiate a switching of control and hope for the protagonists. Often these two instrumental sounds are slowly intertwined throughout the film.
In a drama workshop we studied certain Australian individuals from the society can be brought to the stage by using key techniques to play the characters. Two good plays that are great examples of using Australian theatre is” Norm and Ahmed” written by Alex Buzo and “The Removalists” written by David Williamson. These two plays show great examples of individuals that represented the Australian culture from the 60 to the 70s. The plays also showed the viewers of how Australians thought and acted in the post war Australia. By these plays being set in post war Australia there is a great deal of racism against foreigners and the women of Australia being treated unfairly by their husbands and being talked down to by men as the women did not have much say back then.
P & S: Thank you for having us. I: Let’s start with Peter. Peter, you’ve obviously written the Immigrant Chronicles, a famous series of poems detailing your life after moving to Australia. These poems predominantly deal with ideas of belonging, alienation and barriers to belonging. Out of these seven poems, which would you say most represent these ideas?
“he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended, and at night the wond’rous glory of the everlasting stars.” So what has caused this decline in remote area population? Many stereotypes and preconceived ideas of the bush have definitely played a major role. But I think the most important thing for Australians to realise, is Rocking carvings by the Adnyamathanha tribe at Flinders Ranges that the outback has not died. Flinders Ranges is an excellent example of one of the many communities that eat, breathe and sleep Australian culture. Flinders Ranges is a place that reminds us of our original inhabitants, whilst impressing visitors with break taking scenery.
Louis Nowra’s popular Australian production, Cosi, directed by David Berthold, portrays the two key contrasting themes of reality and illusion, depicted through a range of dramatic languages. Specifically tension of relationships, characterisation and symbolism. Reality, is first of all revealed within the performance, for instance, with the many characters of Lewis (Benjamin Schostakowski), Julie and Lucy (Jessica Marais). This is shown by the relationships and tension they have among one another during the play. Illusion, is then exposed throughout Cosi with the specific character of Ruth (Jennifer Flowers) amongst others.