Australian Literature

Institution: 
Macquarie University
Coordinator: 
Davidson , Dr Toby
Code: 
ENGL205
Year: 
2011
Levels: 
Undergraduate

This unit explores the relation between literature and Australian society in the 20th century. Literature is broadly conceived, as social critique or social settlement, with a focus on the questions asked by Indigenous Australian writing. Readers are introduced to novels, poetry, theatre and film from across the century, including contemporary Australian writing. The representation of relations between place and culture,; the city/bush divide; history; memory and subjectivity; class and social change; gender codes and sexuality; recent challenges to unifying national myths; Indigenous writing; and (post)colonial frames form some of the unit's concerns.

Texts: 
Webb, Francis
Davidson, Toby [ed.]
Collected Poems : Francis Webb 2011 Poetry
Prichard, Katharine Susannah Coonardoo : The Well in the Shadow 1928 Novel
Thompson, John [ed.] Documents That Shaped Australia : Records of a Nation's Heritage 2010 Prose
Pung, Alice [ed.] Growing up Asian in Australia 2008 Anthology
Heiss, Anita Not Meeting Mr Right 2007 Novel
Davis, Jack The Dreamers 1982 Drama
Porter, Dorothy The Monkey's Mask 1994 Novel
Kinsella, John [ed.] The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 Poetry
Organisational Body: 
Department of English
Degrees: 
Bachelor of Arts
Additional Information
Offering: 
Semester 1
Offered History: 
2010
Categories:
Unit Contexts: Australian Literary Studies