Australian Literature: Classic and Popular

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

How conceive of Australia is contested & challenged in literature & cinema. In this unit, we look at the way that key films & literary works have helped (re)define the basic assumptions of Aus identity. from literary nationalism, modernism & post modernism to cinematic new waves, Aus literature & cinema have been alive to the changes & dynamic contradictions of Aus experience. In particular, the unit looks at how literature & cinema express the cultural diversity of contemporary Aus & the ongoing challenge posed by Indigenous sovereignty.