VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) guide - units 3 & 4

Copies of the text

• Oedipus the King by Sophocles
  • Multiple copies available at the Library, including ebook copies online and an audiobook  
  • Also freely available via Project Gutenberg
  • Also freely available via Internet Archive

Overviews

• Lewin, J. (n.d.). An overview of Oedipus Rex. In Drama for Students. Gale.
• Scodel, R. (2010). Oedipus the King. In An introduction to Greek tragedy. : Cambridge University Press.
• Walton, J. M. (1995). Oedipus the King: Overview. In L. Henderson (Ed.), Reference Guide to World Literature (2nd ed.). St. James Press. 

Study guide

• Oedipus Rex. (1998). In D. M. Galens & L. M. Spampinato (Eds.), Drama for students(Vol. 1, pp. 202-221). Gale.

Analysis

• Beer, J. (2012). Oedipus Tyrannus. In Markantonatos, A. (Ed.), Brill’s Companion to Sophocles. Brill.
• Fosso, K. (2012). Oedipus Crux: Reasonable Doubt in “Oedipus the King.” College Literature, 39(3), 26–60.
• Knox, B. (1998). Oedipus at Thebes : Sophocles’ tragic hero and his time. Yale University Press.
• Letters, F. J. H. (2006). The Oedipus Tyrannus. In J. O. Krstovic (Ed.), Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (Vol. 86). Gale. (Reprinted from The Life and Work of Sophocles, pp. 201-230, 1953, Sheed and Ward)

Further resources

• Gale Literature
• Oxford Reference: Literature - Find reference entries on Oedipus the King, Sophocles, Greek tragedy and more

Copies of the text

• Rainbow's end by Jane Harrison

Study guides

• Radiant Heart study guide
• HSC English: Rainbow's end

Reference entries

• BlackWords
• AustLit

Reviews

• The Sunday Age
• Sydney Morning Herald

Interviews

• 'Unsung heroes are pot of gold at Rainbow's End' by Rachel Wells in The Age
• 'Exploring the quiet side of racism' by Harbant Gill in Herald Sun

Further resources

• Video preview/excerpt of Rainbow's End by Darlinghurst Theatre Company 
• AusStage - see past performance listings (April-May 2011 | June 2011)
• BlackWords

Copies of the text

• Twelfth night by William Shakespeare.

Overviews

• Twelfth Night Shakespearean Criticism edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 85, Gale, 2005. Gale Literature Resource Center,
• Twelfth Night Literature Resource Center, Gale, 2023. Gale Literature Resource Center

Analysis

• Freedman, Barbara. Separation and Fusion in Twelfth Night. Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Rebecca Parks, vol. 191, Gale, 2020.  (Originally published in Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature and Film, edited by Maurice Charney and Joseph Reppen, Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1987, pp. 96-119).

• Draper, John W. The Setting, Style, and Theme of Twelfth Night. Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Rebecca Parks, vol. 191, Gale, 2020.  (Originally published in The Twelfth Night of Shakespeare’s Audience, Stanford UP, 1950, pp. 233-256.)

• Champion, Larry S. The Perspective of Comedy: Shakespeare's Pointers in Twelfth Night. Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 85, Gale, 2005. (Originally published in Genre, vol. 1, no. 4, Oct. 1968, pp. 269-289.)

• Ake, Jami. Glimpsing a 'Lesbian' Poetics in Twelfth Night. Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 95, Gale, 2006. (Originally published in Studies in English Literature, vol. 43, no. 2, 2003, pp. 375-394).

Further resources

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