KRS2050

Australian Aboriginal literature

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

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