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 106-268 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Textual Production

Note

Available as 106-368 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Philip Morrissey

Semester

1

Contact

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject studies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fiction, poetry and drama, as well as life stories and criticism, focusing on questions of reading positions (particularly for non-Aboriginal students) and representation. It pays particular attention to the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander textual production in terms of form, content, voice and place and examines the manner in which the reception of Aboriginal texts has been conditioned by political and economic factors.

Assessment

Written work of not more than 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • J Chi, Bran Nue Dae. Currency.
  • P McLaren, Scream Black Murder. Harper Collins.
  • J Davis et. al, Paperbark. UQP.
  • W Neidjie, Story About Feeling. Magabala.
  • R Langford, Don't Take Your Love to Town. Penguin.
  • S Morgan, My Place. Fremantle Arts.
  • P Roe, Gularabalu. Fremantle Arts.
  • S Watson, The Kadaitcha Sung. Penguin.
  • K Scott, True Country. Fremantle Arts.
  • Mudrooroo, Wildcat Falling. A & R.
  • B Pascoe, Ruby-Eyed Couchal. Magabala.
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