Perspectives

Looking at the literary period and similar texts will provide you with an expanded perspective on Ian Mudie’s poem, and give you some points that you can use in a larger discussion about “This Land”.…

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Literary period

Originally published in the collection Corroboree to the Sun in 1940, “This Land” can be considered a modernist poem because Ian Mudie began his writing career during the time when Modernism was the dominant literary movement. Typical modernist features of the poem are the use of free verse, the lack o…

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Works with the same theme

You can also read some narrative texts (short stories) that explore Aboriginal culture and Australian culture such as: “The Past” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, “Flight” by Katharine Susannah Prichard, “Heart is Where the Home is” by Thea Astley, and “The Weeping Fig” by Judith Wright.

“The Pas…