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WRIT2002 RESEARCH, REPORT

GILGAMESH

Location: Gilgamesh is located just outside the old teachers college in the courtyard surrounded by the sporting ovals and the Arena Sports Centre on Western Avenue.

Context The statue of Gilgamesh was donated to the university of Sydney by the Assyrian community as part of the 150 years celebration of the university. Many Assyrian dignitaries and government officials attended the function. The chancellor of the university unveiled the statue at that time Professor, Dame Leonie Kramer.

Purpose The purpose of the text was to inform and educate people as the myth of Gilgamesh also to inform/educated people about the Assyrian culture and the story of a noble yet satiric king.

c. Author and the text. Lewis Batros, the author is form Baghdad Iraq and lives in Sydney Australia The author has a neutral tone, and has written in a formal, yet simple language. I get a sense of the author’s admiration from the way the he describes the statue. Yes the author speaks very effectively to the intended audience, through the statue itself as well as the plaque with the description of the statue.

d. Audience The primary audience is university students who by pass the statue on their way to and from class. The secondary audience would be the general public.

HISTORY: Gilgamesh was the king of the Mesopotamian city of Uruk. He was venerated and admired for his warrior abilities, building abilities, wisdom. He was thought to be part man and part god as he was the son of the goddess Ninsun The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Epic reveals characteristics of Gilgamesh his continual quest for immortality, where through his quest for knowledge he discovers his realisation of self-mortality.

• George, A.R. 2010, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Cambridge UP