Inventing Australia: Australian cultural stereotypes
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
H Thomson
6 points * 2.5 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: ENH1010 or ENH1030
The subject will examine a number of Australian cultural stereotypes, such as the bushranger, the digger, the aboriginal, the larrikin, the hippie. Texts which have helped construct these stereotypes will be compared with others which contradict or challenge them in different ways, and a variety of questions will be raised concerning ideas of national identity.
Assessment
Seminar paper (1000 words): 20% * Essay (1500 words): 30% * Examination (2 hours): 50%
Prescribed texts
Astley T Hunting the wild pineapple Penguin
Boldrewood R Robbery under arms Penguin
Davis J Kullark, The Dreamers Currency
Thomson H (ed.) Catherine Helen Spence UQP
Martin C The incredible journey Pandora
Stone L Jonah Eden
Recommended texts
Ackland M (ed.) The Penguin anthology of nineteenth century Australian literature Penguin