106-419 Women and Australian Writing Since Federation

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This subject involves the study of a selection of writing by Australian women in various genres, from 1901 to the present, focusing on questions of gender, genre and nationality, and on the interactions of these elements. Students who complete the subject successfully will have acquired an overview of the history of women's writing in Australia since Federation, including Aboriginal writing and storytelling. Students will also have become familiar with the various branches and major exponents of feminist literary theory, in the light of which the set texts will be read and studied.

Assessment

Written work of up to 6000 words.

Prescribed Texts

• J Anderson, Tirra Lirra by the River. Penguin.
• D Brooks & B Walker eds, Poetry and Gender. UQP.
• D Cusack & F James, Come in Spinner. A.
• E. Dark, The Timeless Land. A.
• S Hampton & K Llewellyn eds, The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets. Penguin.
• M Franklin, My Brilliant Career. A.
• R Langford Ginibi, Don't Take Your Love to Town. Penguin.
• D Modjeska, Poppy. McPhee Gribble.
• C Stead, For Love Alone. A.
• H H Richardson, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. Penguin.
• G Whitlock, Eight Voices of the Eighties. UQP.