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1 Australia : An Inescapable Cultural Paradigm? Cross- and Transcultural Elements in Tim Winton’s Fiction Tomasz Gadzina , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 7 no. 2 2016; (p. 30-40) 'The article considers Tim Winton’s fiction in terms of its cross- and transcultural character. Despite the fact that local Australian settings permeate the writer’s narratives, Winton creates an imaginary space that is both local and transnational in terms of its quality of the domestic culture, which Winton extends beyond its original field of practice. Winton achieves the transcultural quality of his fiction through transgressions and boundary breaking that are possible due to his frequent reworking of the traditional Australian themes and concepts of the unknown, supernatural, mystical, numinous and sacred, exploitation of leitmotifs of journey, transit and in-betweenness, use of cross-cultural symbols as well as various utopian and dystopian topoi such as Arcadia and Heimat.' (Publication abstract)
1 The Anzac Legend and Australian National Identity One Hundred Years After the Great War Tomasz Gadzina , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Re-Imagining the First World War : New Perspectives in Anglophone Literature and Culture 2015; (p. 234-246) 'Tomasz Gadzina, takes on the subject of the Anzac legend, analysing the figure of the "bushman" or "digger" as the prototype of the Australian soldier, as depicted during and after the Great War. Gadzina notes that although the image of the Anzac soldier was not exactly uniform, it nevertheless represented a blueprint for the formation of a national identity that was in many respects exclusive and that foreclosed the possibility of other narratives, for which reason it has come under attack from several directions.' (Introduction)
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