106-045 Aboriginal Writing

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106-045 Aboriginal Writing
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Philip Morrissey
Prerequisites	Usually 25 points of first-year English, see Prerequisites.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
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 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.
Assessment	An essay of 1500 words 30% (due mid-semester) and an essay of 2500 words 70% (due at the end of the semester).
Prescribed Texts	J Chi, Bran Nue Dae. Currency. Davis, Mudrooroo & Muecke, Shoemaker, Paperbark. UQP. Dixon & Duwell, Little Eva at Moonlight Creek. R Langford, Don't Take Your Love to Town. Penguin. S Morgan, My Place. Fremantle Arts. Muecke & Roe, Gularabulu. Fremantle Arts. W Neidjie, Story About Feeling. Magabala. B Pascoe, Shark. Magabala. P Roe, Gularabulu. Fremantle Arts. K Scott, True Country. Fremantle Arts.

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