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In search of Yeats
[July 2007 check: Some of the sites listed here when Ben and I were studying Yeats two years ago have gone, sadly. That's the way of the Internet. I have deleted/replaced them.] All my coachees are...
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Now what do I know about Malouf and Wordsworth…?
In 2005 I had two students who were reading David Malouf — Answers.com or Wikipedia are both good places to start looking. One student was studying An Imaginary Life in the context of an “In the Wild”...
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Studying the Gothic, or Emily Bronte?
I have had coachees doing this interesting genre, and I know others are. So here are a few good sites, once you have been sensible and checked Answers.com or Wikipedia. Online Edgar Allan Poe...
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Revenge Tragedy
One of the options in NSW English Extension 1 for the HSC is Revenge Tragedy; you will see an outline of the course there. From Euripides to High Noon is quite a jump, isn’t it, but I am glad to see...
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Blogging beyond the grave?
This will appeal to many teachers of English or History, as it did in this case: That comes from a comment blog connected to: See also on this blog: War Poetry.
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Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”— and “Blade Runner”
There is no lack of material on the Internet about this famous novel. Those of you doing the 2009-2012 HSC in NSW must compare it with Scott Ridley’s 1982 movie Blade Runner, which you will also find...
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NSW Module A English HSC Advanced: on not seeing the wood for the trees…
My coachee was unfamiliar with the expression “can’t see the wood for the trees”, so I explained that it means losing sight of the whole pattern because details grow and grow at an alarming rate. This...
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Reading “Jane Eyre”
For someone I am helping I found these: On this site this post on Wuthering Heights gives some ideas on genre and background. There is heaps on The Victorian Web. See also this City University of New...
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Someone has posted on Ted Hughes (HSC Module C)
And I am very grateful, for one. See Fulbright Scholars some notes. Thanks to Mel McGuinness, who has in turn kindly referred students to this blog for Frankenstein and Blade Runner. I propose to say...
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“Sylvia” (2004)
I watched this partly out of HSC-related duty, but also out of interest. I have to say I was very impressed by its accuracy and fairness. The lead review (at the moment) on IMDb pretty much sums up...
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