Authorial Purpose and Perspective (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Kassab's position as Lebanese-Australian migrant
Kassab's position as Lebanese-Australian migrant
Ethical outsider
Kassab's insight: 'I see your possession clearly because...'
Kassab's insight: 'I see your possession clearly because...'
...mine remains incomplete'
Mnemonic & territorial justice means
Mnemonic & territorial justice means
Remembering what was done & restoring land/sovereignty
Terra nullius in Kassab's argument
Terra nullius in Kassab's argument
Foundational lie enabling theft
'Shard of metal in national wound' metaphor means
'Shard of metal in national wound' metaphor means
Unaddressed colonial trauma in Australia's psyche
Structural surrender means
Structural surrender means
Relinquishing illegitimate claims to land & authority
Second-person implicature technique
Second-person implicature technique
Using 'you' to eliminate defensive distance
Kassab's 4 authorial perspectives
Kassab's 4 authorial perspectives
Ally, migrant witness, prophetic indictor, analyst
Key quote: 'Your possession IS...'
Key quote: 'Your possession IS...'
...their dispossession'
Alien self-conception definition
Alien self-conception definition
Understanding oneself as guest without entitlement