Introduction to Australian Literature

Coordinator: 
Lamond, Dr. Julieanne
Code: 
ENGL1004
Year: 
2011
Levels: 
Undergraduate

A study of Australian literary texts, as an introduction to the diversity of Australian cultural production. From early travel writing through to contemporary novel and film, this course will provide and introduction to the stories Australians have told and been told, and provide a framework for thinking about Australian culture and history, past and present.

Organisational Body: 
School of Cultural Inquiry
Degrees: 
Assessment: 

1000 word essay (20%), 2000 word essay (40%); Blog participation (30%); Tutorial participation (10%).

Additional Information
Offering: 
Semester 1
Offered History: 
2010, 2009
Supplementary Texts: 

Day, David - Claiming a Continent: a New history of Australia, Harpercollins 2005.

Baynton, Bush Studies

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