106-050 Australian Authorship

Formerly available as 106-275/375. Students who have completed 106-275 or 106-375 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Usually 25 points of first-year English, see Prerequisites

Students taking this subject will be introduced to the general vision, aesthetic, stylistic, narrative and other literary features of multiple works by four Australian authors. Students should also gain familiarity with some of the theoretical issues connected with concepts of authorship, especially those generated by Roland Barthes' essay The Death of the Author and Michel Foucault's What is an Author? The subject also examines questions relating to the place of authors in Australian society, including their roles as sites of economic, political, and cultural debate.

Class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words.

• T Astley, A Kindness Cup. Penguin.
• T Astley, It's Raining in Mango. Penguin.
• H Garner, Monkey Grip. Penguin.
• H Garner, The Children's Bach. Penguin.
• G Johnston, My Brother Jack. Collins.
• G Johnston, Clean Straw for Nothing. Collins.
• P White, The Twyborn Affair. Penguin.
• P White, A Fringe of Leaves. Penguin.