Reorientations in Australian Literature
Institution:
University of Sydney
Coordinator:
Brooks, Associate Professor David
Code:
ASLT2605
Year:
2009
Levels:
Undergraduate Through a reading of Australian fiction, film and poetry, this unit examines the nature, place and function of China, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific in the Australian literary imagination. Its intention is at once to give students a broad acquaintance with such works and an introduction to the poetics of trans-cultural perception which those works wittingly or unwittingly manifest.
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Organisational Body:
Department of English Degrees:
Assessment:
One 1500 word mid-semester essay (30%), one 4000 word end-of-semester take-home exam (60%) and one tutorial presentation (10%)
Categories:
Unit Contexts: Australian Literary Studies
