ACELT1602
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships
Elaborations
- commenting on how authors have established setting and period in different cultures and times and the relevance of characters, actions and beliefs to their own time (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding)
- comparing different authors' treatment of similar themes and text patterns, for example comparing fables and allegories from different cultures and quest novels by different authors (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
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