Proposed to be offered next in 2000
Coordinator to be advised
8 points - 3 hours per week - First semester - Clayton - Prerequisites: First-year sequence, or with approval of course coordinator
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have acquired an understanding of Aboriginal literature as a confirmation of identity and history; and developed analytical skills appropriate to an understanding of Aboriginal literature.
Synopsis A study of Australian Aboriginal literature: its content, forms, language, motifs, characters, dictum, aims and objectives; its political and social aspects. The subject will attempt to provide comparisons and contrasts with writers of ethnic and minority communities.
Assessment Seminar paper (2000 words): 25% - Research assignment (3000 words): 45% - Class test (1 hour): 20% - Attendance and participation: 10%
Recommended texts
Davis and Hodge Aboriginal writing today AIAS, 1985
Glass and Weller (eds) Us fellas: An anthology of Aboriginal writing Art
Book Publications, 1987
Healy J J Literature and the Aborigine in Australia UQP, 1989
Narogin M Writing from the fringe Hyland House, 1990