Major Ideas: Identity, Class, and Culture (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Period Lawson's stories written
Period Lawson's stories written
1890s depression & federation debates
Mateship definition
Mateship definition
Friendship/loyalty between people facing tough conditions
Egalitarian meaning
Egalitarian meaning
Treating everyone as equals
What sparse syntax mirrors
What sparse syntax mirrors
Deprivation characters face
Stoic pragmatism shown via
Stoic pragmatism shown via
Detailed inventory of basic possessions
Women's role in bush culture
Women's role in bush culture
Stability & endurance, maintaining cultural values
Laconic humour
Laconic humour
Brief, understated jokes masking vulnerability
Bush realism vs romantic myth
Bush realism vs romantic myth
Lawson's drought reality vs Paterson's romantic bush
Why vernacular language is political
Why vernacular language is political
Validates working-class speech, resists British authority
Women as repositories
Women as repositories
Storage places of cultural memory & values