Gender and authority in Australian literature
M Ackland
8 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives Upon completion of this subject students should have gained an understanding of local literary culture, the development of local letters, the role of gender and race in its formation, and of the place of literature in contemporary society.
Synopsis This subject is concerned with the struggle to form a national identity, and with recurring patterns of repression and domination. Texts range from the colonial period to the present day. They focus on racial issues, seen from white and black perspectives, on gender codes and sexual conflicts, on the historical record as a site of contention, and on shifting Australian attitudes to the past. They also represent local responses to landscape and conventions of realism; contemporary experimentation; and the critical perspectives offered by women's writing.
Assessment second year Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Essay (1500 words):
30%
* Class paper (1500 words) and participation: 20%
* Students whose
written work and participation are satisfactory will be excused an
examination.
Assessment third year Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Essay (1500 words):
30%
* Class paper (1500 words) and participation: 20%
* Students whose
written work and participation are satisfactory will be excused an examination
* Third-year students will be expected to read more widely and to be more
analytical in their written work.
Prescribed texts
Ackland (ed.) The Penguin book of nineteenth-century Australian literature Penguin
Carey The tax inspector UQP
Davison Soundings UQP
De Groen The rivers of China Currency
Demidenko The hand that signed the paper Allen and Unwin
Jolley The well Penguin
Malouf Remembering Babylon Picador
Narogin Doctor Wooreddy's prescription for enduring the ending of the world Hyland House
Prichard Coonardoo Angus and Robertson
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