Advanced Module B:

A Critical Study of Text - Speeches

Analysing select speeches

Resources:

• HSC Online has a good section on Speeches. There is a link provided in the resources for each speech.

http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Rhetoric.html

• Socrates

His life and general notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

• Cicero

His life and general notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero

Background on Catiline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catiline

From HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Cic.html

• Abraham Lincoln

Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

A timeline plus links: http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/

From HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Lin.html

On the speech: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Lin.html

• Emma Goldman

Some background: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Lin.html

On Goldman's activism: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/

A site dedicated to her work: http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/goldman/

• Martin Luther King

You can hear the speech delivered from here: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Background on Martin Luther King: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr.

Background on the speech including its legacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream

The legacy of the speech: http://www.newsweek.com/id/130172

• Denise Levertov

Background on Levertov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Levertov

A Google books collection of interviews with Levertov: http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&id=AYZzlyIz1BQC&dq=Denise+Levertov&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=kZunA6NKd8&sig=NnVz4icthqSWBbbuv2KCKvb2cyE#PPR12,M1

From HSC Online: http://www.google.com.au/searchhl=en&q=Denise+Levertov+HSC+Online&btnG=Search&meta=

• Margaret Atwood

Background information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Atwood

Her website: http://www.owtoad.com/

Fr4om HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Atwood.html

Scroll for a multitude of resources and links: http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/atwood/atwood.htm

• Vaclav Havel

Background information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel

His website: http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/Index.php?&setln=2

From HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Havel.html

A response to the speech: http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/000777.html

                                       http://www.prague-life.com/prague/vaclav-havel

• Paul Keating

Listen to the speech: http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/keating.asp

News report from 7.30 Report (ABC): http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/stories/s120779.htm

Responses to the speech:

From ABC blog: http://www2b.abc.net.au/guestbookcentral/list.asp?numtoview=&GuestbookID=408&start=&sort=&filter1=&filter1val=&filter2=&filter2val=&filter3=&filter3val=&view=&advanced=&Action=&pagestart=9

From SMH blog: http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/03/whoweare_next.html

• Noel Pearson

Background information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Pearson_%28Australian_lawyer%29

His website: http://www.capeyorkpartnerships.com/team/noelpearson/papers.htm

From HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Noel.html

• Aung Sung Suu Kyi

Background information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

Nobel Prize information: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html

From HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_Aung.html

• Mary McAleese

Background information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McAleese

From HSC Online: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/advanced/critical_study/2471/Speech_McAl.html