{"id":18955,"date":"2011-09-13T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=18955"},"modified":"2020-09-09T17:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:10:52","slug":"the-transnational-in-contemporary-australian-literature-and-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=18955&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Trans\/national in Contemporary Australian Literature and Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title: <\/strong>The Trans\/national in Contemporary Australian Literature and Film
\nInstructor<\/strong>: Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak<\/span>
\nECTS credits: <\/strong>6<\/span>
\nStatus:<\/strong> elective<\/span>
\nSemester: <\/strong>4th<\/sup> and\/or 6th
\n<\/sup>Enrollment requirements: <\/strong>completed Introduction to English Literature<\/em>; enrolment in 4th<\/sup> and\/or 6th<\/sup> semester<\/span>
\nCourse description:<\/strong> Selected literary and cinematic texts from the 2nd<\/sup> half of the 20th<\/sup> cent. are studied in the light of contemporary reinscriptions of Australian identity. Issues such as colonialism and postcolonialism, the mainstream and margin, history and story, natural and supernatural\u00a0 are discussed to show complexities of Australian multiculturalism (cultural difference and cultural diversity). Due to the relative remoteness of Australian space, the course includes a survey Australian history as well as a survey of the culture of the First Australians.<\/span>
\nObjectives:<\/strong> The aim is to awaken students\u2019 awareness of some of the distinctive features of Australian contemporary literature and cinema as well as to show the necessity of a different approach to Indigenous texts due to their culture-specific content.<\/span>
\nCourse requirements: <\/strong>The finalgrade is based on continuous assessment<\/span> which includes regular attendance, preparation for and participation in class, writing small assignments, timely submission of the final paper, and obligatory sitting for midterm and endterm exam. The paper is worth 35%, midterm and endterm exams are worth 50% and other elements of continuous assessment are worth 15% of the final grade. Students must meet all<\/span> requirements of continuous assessment.
\nThe exact date of the mid-term exam is defined in cooperation with the students. Topics for the\u00a0 main written assignment (student paper) are selected in week 8.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Course schedule:
\nWeek 1
\n<\/strong>Distinctivenes of Australian space: location, size, appearance
\n<\/span>Week 2
\n<\/strong>Introduction to the history of Australia
\n<\/span>Week 3
\n<\/strong>Postcolonial Australia: introduction to postcolonial theory
\nWeek 4<\/strong>
\nAustralian identity: in search of Australianness<\/span>
\nClaymation short: Harvie Krampet <\/em>(2003), dir. Adam Elliot<\/span>
\nGraham Huggan. Australian Literature. Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism: <\/em>Chap. 1;<\/span>
\nCatriona Elder. Being Australian<\/em>: Chap. 1<\/span> (nationalism, imagined community, commentary)<\/span>
\nBill Ashcroft. “Is Australian Literature Post-Colonial?”<\/span>
\nWeek 5
\n<\/strong>Australian identity and Australian space: the Great Australian Outback<\/span>
\nPicnic at Hanging Rock<\/em> (1975), dir. Peter Weir (New Wave)<\/span>
\nWolf Creek<\/em> (2005), dir. Greg McLean<\/span> (Ozploitation)<\/span>
\nThe Rover<\/em> (2014), dir. David Michod (dystopia)<\/span>
\nGelder and Jacobs. Uncanny Australia<\/em> (1998)<\/span>: Chap. 1, terminology: uncanny (Freud) and differend (Lyotard)<\/span>
\nWeek 6
\n<\/strong>Reinscriptions of Australian literary canon: from documentary realism to postmodernist reinscriptions and fantastic worlds
\nFrank Moorehouse \u201cFrom a bush log book\u201c
\nMurry Bail \u201cA, B, C, D, E,F, G,H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O,P Q, R, S, T U, V, W, X, Y, Z\u201c
\nPeter Carey \u201cAmerican Dreams\u201c; \u201cPeeling\u201c
\nA. Bertram Chandler \u201cGrimes and the Gajin Daimyo\u201d (Australian SF)
\n<\/span>Week 7
\n<\/strong><\/span>Deconstructing the Eurocentric canon and literary theory from an Australian perspective<\/span>
\nDavid Williamson, <\/span>Dead White Males<\/em> <\/span>(1995)<\/span>
\n<\/em>*Guidelines for research paper<\/span>
\n<\/em>Week 8<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Tim. Winton. Cloudstreet<\/em> (1991)
\nWeek 9
\n<\/strong>Cloudstreet<\/em> cont.<\/span>
\nMagical realism: Wendy B. Faris. “Scheherezade’s Children: Magical Realism and Postmodern Fiction.” <\/span>
\nWeek 10<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Introduction to the history and culture of Aboriginal Australia<\/span>
\nContact<\/em> (2009) documentary<\/span>
\nChristine Nicholls. “‘Dreamtime’ and ‘The Dreaming’ – an introduction”<\/span>
\nWeek 11
\n<\/strong>Stolen Generations<\/span>
\nDoris Pilkington Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence <\/em>(1996)<\/span>
\nRabbit-Proof Fence<\/em> (2001), dir. Phillip Noyce<\/span>
\nDocumentary series First Australians<\/em> (2008). Episode 5: “Unhealthy Government Experiment”<\/span>
\nWeek 12
\n<\/strong>Contemporary Aboriginalities<\/span>
\nGayle Kennedy, Me, Antman & Fleabag <\/em>(2007)<\/span>
\nMad Bastards<\/em> (2010), dir. Brendan Fletcher<\/span>
\nWeek 13
\n<\/strong>Contemporary women\u2019s writing<\/span>
\nLisa Jacobson \u201cThe Master Builder\u2019s House\u201d<\/span>
\nAnia Walwicz \u201cFlight\u201d<\/span>
\nJaneen Webb\u00a0 \u201cParadise Design\u2019d\u201c<\/span>
\nFinola Moorhead \u00a0\u201cMiss Marple Goes to Ayers Rock\u201c<\/span>
\nWeek 14<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Endterm exam<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading list
\n<\/strong>Due to unavailability of reference materials, all relevant texts are contained in The Trans\/national in Contemporary Australian Literature and Film Reader <\/em>which includes the following:<\/span>
\nFiction:<\/strong>
\nTim Winton. Cloudstreet <\/em>(1991)<\/span>
\nDavid Williamson. Dead White Males<\/em> (1995)<\/span>
\nDoris Pilkington. Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fenc<\/em>e (2002)<\/span>
\nGayle Kennedy. Me, Antman & Fleabag <\/em>(2007)<\/span>
\n\u00a0+ selected short stories
\nTheory<\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/span>
\n– Ashcroft, Bill. \u201cIs Australian Literature Post-Colonial?\u201d. Modern Australian Criticism and Theory<\/em>. Eds. David Carter and Wang Guanglin. Qingdao: China Ocean University Press: 1-13.
\nAshcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin (eds). Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts<\/em>, Routledge: London\/New York, 2002.<\/span> (selected terminology)<\/span>
\n– Elder, Catriona. Being Australian<\/em> Allen and Uwin: Crows Nest, 2007.<\/span> (Chaps 1, 3 and 8)<\/span>
\n– <\/span>Gelder, Ken and Jane M. Jacobs. Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation, <\/em>Melbourne University Press: Carlton South, Victoria, 1998.<\/span> (Chap. 1)<\/span>
\n– Huggan, Graham. Australian Literature. Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism<\/em>, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007 (Chap. 1)
\n– Lever, Susan. “The challenge of the novel: Australian fiction since 1950”. The Cambridge History of Australian Literature<\/em>. Peter Pierce (ed.). Cambridge University Press: Port Melbourne, Vic., 2009: 498-517.
\n– Nicholls, Christine. \u201c\u2018Dreamtime\u2019 and \u2018The Dreaming\u2019 \u2013 an introduction\u201d. A Year in Life of Australia. The Conversation<\/em>. Ed. The Conversation, Sydney: Future Leaders, 2014: 77-82.
\n– Polak, Iva. Razvoj knji\u017eevne proze australskih Aborid\u017eina. Od nevidljive do postkolonijalne pri\u010de<\/em>, HFD: Zagreb, 2011. (excerpts)
\n– Rossier, Richard and Lyn Jacobs (eds). Reading Tim Winton<\/em>. Angus and Robertson: Sydney, 1993. (selection)
\n– Torre, Stephen. “The short story since 1950”.\u00a0 The Cambridge History of Australian Literature<\/em>. Peter Pierce (ed.). Cambridge University Press: Port Melbourne, Vic., 2009: 419-451.
\n– Van Toorn, Penny. “Indigenous Texts and Narratives”.The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature<\/em>, Elizabeth Webby (ed.). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2000: 19-59.
\n– West, Barbara A. A Brief History of Australia<\/em>. Facts on File Inc.: New York. 2010.
\n– Faris, Wendy B. “Scheherezade’s Children: Magical Realism and Postmodern Fiction.” Magical Realism Theory, History, Community, <\/em>Lois Parkinson Zamora i Wendy B. Faris (ed).\u00a0Duke University Press: Durham & London. 2005 (1995): 163-190.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Materials (textual+audiovisual) for the course shall be made available to the enrolled students in electronic form.\u00a0 Additional materials are received in class.<\/span><\/p>\n

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