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jehane · 05-30-2014, 05:01 PM

Interesting discussion. Thinking back to my high school days I was surprised to realise that we didn't study *any* Australian works in English Literature (years 11 and 12). My reading list was:
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
The Collector - John Fowles
The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
The Crucible - Arthur Miller
A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
The Caretaker - Harold Pinter
Robert Frost
TS Eliot
Wordsworth

We did study Judith Wright and Miles Franklin in earlier years though. In retrospect I think it's a pity that TPTB couldn't have found space for Nevil Shute or Mary Durack.

btw, we also did Shakespeare early on, we didn't skip his works entirely!

05-30-2014, 05:01 PM	#60
jehane Book addict Posts: 441 Karma: 2650464 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Antarctica/Australia/Ohio Device: Sony PRS-300/T1/Asus TF101	Interesting discussion. Thinking back to my high school days I was surprised to realise that we didn't study any Australian works in English Literature (years 11 and 12). My reading list was: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy The Collector - John Fowles The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald The Crucible - Arthur Miller A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde The Caretaker - Harold Pinter Robert Frost TS Eliot Wordsworth We did study Judith Wright and Miles Franklin in earlier years though. In retrospect I think it's a pity that TPTB couldn't have found space for Nevil Shute or Mary Durack. btw, we also did Shakespeare early on, we didn't skip his works entirely!