Text Overview and Central Ideas (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Terra nullius meaning
Terra nullius meaning
Legal fiction: Australia was 'nobody's land' before colonisation
Genre of Kassab's text
Genre of Kassab's text
Poetic essay
Narrative perspective Kassab uses
Narrative perspective Kassab uses
Imagined coloniser's view using second-person 'you'
Epistemic violence definition
Epistemic violence definition
Harm from imposing one culture's knowledge, erasing another's
Anthropocentric dominion meaning
Anthropocentric dominion meaning
Human-centred view: nature exists to serve human needs
Structure of Kassab's essay
Structure of Kassab's essay
Fragmented, elliptical sections with repetition
Anaphora technique
Anaphora technique
Repeating words/phrases at start of successive clauses
Main subject Kassab critiques
Main subject Kassab critiques
European colonisation of Australia
Central argument about colonisation
Central argument about colonisation
Core is a dream of possession leading to dispossession
Kassab's message about contemporary Australia
Kassab's message about contemporary Australia
No 'post-colonial' Australia while possession structures exist