Contemporary Australian Writing
Institution:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Coordinator:
Harvey, Dr Melinda
Code:
COMM2392
Year:
2010
Levels:
Undergraduate In this course you will examine recent fictional and factual Australian writing that explores the significance of place to our sense of who we are and of belonging to community. The theme of place in the literary imagination evokes many sub-themes such as perceptions of the Australian landscape; the migrant experience in a new land; the tensions of indigenous/settler relations; among others.
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Unit Contexts: Australian Literary Studies
