Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis A study of Australian Aboriginal literature; its content, forms, language, motifs, characters, dictum, aims and objectives; its political and social aspects; critical approaches to its emotional vs rational aspects; its examination in the framework of Aristotelian, Freudian, modern, modernist, phenomenological, structural, deconstructive and models of dialectical criticism. The subject will attempt to provide comparisons and contrasts with writers of ethnic and minority communities to assess the quality of Aboriginal writing in a wider perspective.
Assessment Tutorial paper and written summary (1000 words): 10% + Assignment (3000 words): 40% + Examination (2 hours): 40% + Attendance and participation: 10%