Context and Authorial Purpose (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards

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Limberlost author & publication year

Robbie Arnott, 2022

Limberlost's narrative structure type

Non-chronological/non-linear through time

Animist haunting definition

Natural world seems alive & aware, responding to human actions

Dick & Joan Green Award significance for Limberlost

First fiction work to win this Tasmanian history award (2024)

Why rabbit pelts valuable in 1940s Tasmania

For making army hats during WWII

Source of Tamar River mercury pollution

Electrolytic Zinc Company's refinery

kanamaluka meaning

Indigenous name for Tamar River, means 'big river mouth'

Temporal dissolution concept

Identity flows like river, not fixed chronological selfhood

Arnott's eco-mythic register

Distinctive style blending ecology & mythical/supernatural

Patrilineal duty in Limberlost

Sons inherit father's responsibilities, anchored to land

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