AustLit
Texts
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Child's Play
New York (City)
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Vintage
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1999
Z943097
1981
single work
novella
(taught in 5 units)
'In the streets of an ordinary Italian town, the people go about their everyday lives. In an old apartment block above them, a young man pores over photographs and plans, dedicated to his life's most important project. Day by day, in imagination, he is rehearsing for his greatest performance. Yet when his moment comes, nothing could have prepared him for what happens. . .' (Source: Publisher's website)
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Author, Author!$!David Lodge!$! !$!Penguin!$!2005
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The Death of the Author!$!Roland Barthes!$! New York!$!Hill and Wang!$!1977
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Night Letters : A Journey Through Switzerland and Italy Edited and Annotated by Igor Miazmov
Sydney
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Macmillan Australia
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1996
Z529292
1996
single work
novel
(taught in 7 units)
'Every night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters he reflects on questions of mortality, seduction and the search for paradise in deeply life-enhancing ways.' (From publisher's web site.)
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The Suspect Captivity of the Fisher King 1990 single work criticism (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 34 no. 9 1990; (p. 16-19) Blocks and Tackles : Articles and Essays 1982 to 1990 1990; (p. 151-158) The Paperbark Tree : Selected Prose 1992; (p. 329-336) A Working Forest : Selected Prose 1997; (p. 183-189) -
The French Lieutenant's Woman!$!John Fowles!$! !$!Penguin!$!1969
Description
Examines how contemporary authors conceive of literature's relations to life and literary theory. Aims to provide students with a critical understanding of selected classical theory (inspiration and imitation) and twentieth-century theory (primarily structuralism, post-structuralism and postmodernism) and how these inform the literary texts.
Assessment
3,500-word essay (60%), 2-hr exam (40%)
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Launceston, Distance
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