106-045 Aboriginal Writing

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

Usually 25 points of first-year English, see Prerequisites.

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 writing 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 writing in the context of postcolonial Australia, and its relation to everyday life here.