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ENGL205: Australian Literature
This unit explores the relation between literature and Australian society in the 20th century. Literature is broadly conceived, as social critique or social settlement, with a focus on the questions asked by Indigenous Australian writing. Readers are introduced to novels, poetry, theatre and film from across the century, including contemporary Australian writing. The representation of relations between place and culture,; the city/bush divide; history; memory and subjectivity; class and social change; gender codes and sexuality; recent challenges to unifying national myths; Indigenous writing; and (post)colonial frames form some of the unit's concerns.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (Session Dates: 16 April) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Toby Davidson |
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| NCCW(s): | ENGL270 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of English |
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