Thesis Statement Levertov 1 Levertov 2 Parramatta Girls

Memory is
essential to
documenting
events that have
hidden from public
history
Divorce
Libation, religious
act and its a
symbolism of
offering, the
tomatoes symbolic
of the cycle of
relationships
A Time Past
Research A Time
Past
The steps are
symbolic of change
Organic Form
Collective memory
The Verbatim form
has been used to
create characters
around collective
retellings of past
events which helps
to ground their
story in an accurate
collective memory
rather than the pain
of the personal
memory. E.g Form
with multiple
interviews, forming
into one character.
Collective memory
reveals that
character for who
she is. Gayles use of
short sentences
enhances the
forcefulness of her
nature and reveals
the painful extent of
her experiences.
E.gWouldnt be
wrong just be
typical Coloquial
similie Me? Im
harder than the
inside of a nuns
matress
Characterisation
The emotional
perspective of
history is revelaed
to audiences
through
representations of
memory.
Euphemstically
about their
experiences
Euphemistically
about their
experiences Page
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History And Memory
Tiananmen Square 1989
Pro democracy movement in China
Protest in which nothing was said no foreigners were allowed in
History and Memory Notes
Interplay of personal experience, memory and documented evidence
History and personal history are shaped and represented
Medium of production
Textual form
Perspective both contextual and textual
Choice of language
How the above contribute to the creation of meaning
Documented evidence locates and validates the event or situation in
history
Memory is the emotional area of history and provides personal insight
into historical events
Trauma can alter memory, memory is therefore not necessarily accurate
History helps situate memories within it
Memory contributes to contextualizing historical discourse
Thesis statements about history and memory
Rubric Points
How history and personal history are shaped and represented
Explore various representations of events personalities or situations
Analyse and evaluate the interplay of personal experience, memory and
documented evidence
Relationships between individual memory and documented events
Evaluate how medium of production, textual form, perspective and choice
of language influence meaning
Relationships between representation-forms features and techniques and
meaning, how the techniques create meaning, e.g this enhances
understanding..
The Text for Tomorrow
The way the text is constructed is done so to present a specific
perspective. The fact that it is for Radio National suggests that it is
constructed in a way to present varied perspectives to validate the
collective memory that is not officially recorded.
The purpose is to make the report as objective as possible while still
presenting subjective accounts of the event.
The use of language such as Shot and Crushed is non euphemistic and
highly emotive.
The archival reporting from Peter Cave is documented evidence of the
event, and means that the emotion is quite detached from it. This is then
juxtaposed with Peter Caves recollection of a personal memory further
down.
Etched in the minds the metaphoric language, suggests the permanency
of the impact of the massacre and the evidence that shows people are
commemorating the event validates this assumption.
Peter Caves voice in the text is juxtaposing to Hong Leis
The representation of perspectives is anti china so it is showing a western
perspective, however it is justified by the documented evidence and
historical evidence, through the memories these historical events are
validated.
Hong Leis use of Bureaucratic language, and the way it is highly
constructed further emphasizes the picture painted of the Chinese
government. This excerpt within the construction offers the chinese
perspective on the events and supports the claims made at the beginning
about the chinese wishing to erase the event from Chinas collective
memory.
Pradeep Tanja presents the social commentary and the academic voice.
What this person says is objective and presents a Chinese perspective on
the events. It also gives a social background to the event.
Chai Ling shows the first hand experience, and is presenting a subjective
memory. The use of rhetorical question so What kind of government,
what kind of army would open fire at armless, peaceful student and
citizens has highly emotive language. With Peaceful and armless. It also
represents the feelings had by those who have experience of this memory.
The highly emotive language with negative connotations killed by their
own government, unarmed student protestors. The negative
connotations shape the perspective
Thrown insults, bottles and stones is juxtaposed with gunfire
How has the textual form contributed to the representation of history
and memory?
The textual form of a radio broadcast has contributed to the representation
of a myriad of perspectives that validate the unofficially documented
historical event that is etched in the collective memories of western society.
The textual form has allowed both objective historical records e.g Peter
Caves Archival report, and personal memory e.g Chai Lings personal account
to be shown and thus many representations of both subjective and objective
experience are shown.