FROM DUSKING TO DAWNING Russian Literature – Middle Lesson – Class 12 When I was about 8-years old, I would aid my cousins in throwing stones on the roof of an old lady up the street. Why? Because she was Russian of course! In the Lucky Country of the post-war years, all Russians were the […]
BOOK: I am Because
I Am Because I Write, Speak and Read: 20th Century World Literature
THE WORD AWAKES! 20th Century World Literature – Main Lesson – Class 12 “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Wrote the 14-year-old dark-haired, dark-eyed girl I her dark hiding place. This of course is one of the most famous – and moving – excerpts from The Diary of […]
I Am Because I Write, Speak and Read: Communications in 12th Grade
TWILIGHT OF YOUTH – DAWN OF ADULTHOOD Communications – Main Lesson – Class 12 The first Communicators were angels; their name means ‘messenger’. The communicated information and/or expectations from heaven to earth – and presumably in the opposite direction. In fact Rudolf Steiner claims that when we pray, it is not heard by god, but […]
I Am Because I Write, Speak and Read: The Australian Novel
DAMN THOSE WIGGLY WOGS!! The Australian Novel Class 12 – Main Lesson See the author’s Shibboleth – ‘Remember your name…!’ as an example of the modern Australian novel. “Will there be a giant unraveling at the last moment, will I be able to pass on what I see?…I have the same idea with my books; […]
I Am Because I Write, Speak and Read: Logos of the Russians
THE 7 INDO-EUROPEAN LITERATURES IN 11TH GRADE In the Language book prior to this, the Pierian Spring (Class 9-10), there is a 7-part chapter on the Seven World Literatures. One of these is Sanskrit, which gave birth to six sub-literatures, the Indo-European. The following is the natural follow-on, for Western readers at least, of those […]
I am Because I Write, Speak and Read: Logos of the Latin Languages
THE 7 INDO-EUROPEAN LITERATURES IN 11TH GRADE In the Language book prior to this, the Pierian Spring (Class 9-10), there is a 7-part chapter on the Seven World Literatures. One of these is Sanskrit, which gave birth to six sub-literatures, the Indo-European. The following is the natural follow-on, for Western readers at least, of those […]