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 106-045 Aboriginal Writing

Note

Formerly available as 106-268/368. Students who have completed 106-268/368 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Philip Morrissey

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture per week and nine 2-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester

Subject Description

This subject studies Aboriginal 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 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. On completion of this subject students should understand the problematics of Aboriginal cultural production in the context of postcolonial Australia, and its relation to everyday life here.

Assessment

Class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • J Chi, Bran Nue Dae. Currency.
  • J Davis, Shoemaker.
  • Dixon & Duwell, Honey Ant Men's Love Song and other Aboriginal Song Poems.
  • R Langford, Don't Take Your Love to Town. Penguin.
  • S Morgan, My Place. Fremantle Arts.
  • Mudrooroo & Muecke, Paperbark. UQP.
  • Muecke & Roe, Gularabalu.
  • W Neidjie, Story About Feeling. Magabala.
  • B Pascoe, Shark.
  • P Roe, Gularabalu. Fremantle Arts.
  • K Scott, True Country. Fremantle Arts.
  • S Watson, The Kadaitcha Sung. Penguin.
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