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[wick3d_aussie]

We are doing Cloudstreet and the other day i was talking to my brother who did a different text last year... but he said something about textual integrity?? does this have anything to do wth cloudstreet???

 

[kami]

Well Cloudstreet is to my knowledge part of Module B which examines textual integrity among other things.

This module requires students to explore and evaluate a specific text and its reception in a range of contexts. It develops students’ understanding of questions of textual integrity.

Each elective in this module requires close study of a single text to be chosen from a list of prescribed texts.

Students explore the ideas expressed in the text through analysing its construction, content and language. They examine how particular features of the text contribute to textual integrity. They research others’ perspectives of the text and test these against their own understanding and interpretations of the text. Students discuss and evaluate the ways in which the set work has been read, received and valued in historical and other contexts. They extrapolate from this study of a particular text to explore questions of textual integrity and significance.

Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions that relate to the study of their specific text. These compositions may be realised in a variety of forms and media.

If you need any of these terms cleared up further, just ask.

 

[Aimz- Lou.]

Hey. yeah, textual integrity is actually a pretty important thing to understand for Cloudstreet. It refers to reading the text as a cohesive and logical whole. So, for this text you can talk about the way in which Winton has presented contrasting themes... uch as life and death, and hatred and forgivness, etc.
Textual integrity is also about whether the text answers the questions that it raises.
The fact that Winton offers no justification of some of the more obscure events in the text- such as the talking pig, also contributes to the textual integrity, as it replicates real life, in that not everything can be explained.

Hope that helps.