AustLit
Texts
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y The Getting of Wisdom London : Heinemann , 1910 Z901329 1910 single work novel (taught in 25 units)
'A coming-of-age story of a spontaneous heroine who finds herself ensconced in the rigidity of a turn-of-the-century boarding school. The clever and highly imaginative Laura has difficulty fitting in with her wealthy classmates and begins to compromise her ideals in her search for popularity and acceptance.' (From the publisher's website.)
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The Night the Prowler 1974 single work short story (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: The Cockatoos : Shorter Novels and Stories 1974; (p. 120-168) The Night, the Prowler : Short Story and Screenplay 1978; (p. 5-57)
— Appears in: Loomingu Raamatukogu : Eesti Kirjanike Liidu Ajakiri , no. 2/3 1979; (p. 5-43) -
Lucky Country (from Paese Fortunato) 1983 extract novel (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 1983; (p. 7-14) -
y Carpentaria Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2006 Z1184902 2006 single work novel (taught in 47 units) Carpentaria's portrait of life in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance centres on the powerful Phantom family, whose members are the leaders of the Pricklebush people, and their battles with old Joseph Midnight's tearaway Eastend mob on the one hand, and the white officials of Uptown and the neighbouring Gurfurrit mine on the other. Wright's storytelling is operatic and surreal: a blend of myth and scripture, politics and farce. The novel is populated by extraordinary characters - Elias Smith the outcast saviour, the religious zealot Mozzie Fishman, leader of the holy Aboriginal pilgrimage, the murderous mayor Stan Bruiser, the ever-vigilant Captain Nicoli Finn, the activist and prodigal son Will Phantom, and above all, Angel Day the queen of the rubbish-dump, and her sea-faring husband Normal Phantom, the fish-embalming king of time - figures that stand like giants in this storm-swept world. (Backcover)
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y An Imaginary Life : A Novel New York (City) : George Braziller , 1978 Z828578 1978 single work novel (taught in 8 units)
'In prose that is both elegant and lyrical, David Malouf departs from the little-known facts of Ovid's exile beyond the pale of civilization to create a deeply moving novel of extraordinary beauty. An outcast in a vast wasteland at the edge of the Black Sea, Ovid discovers a feral child. As he teaches the boy to speak the language of the civilized world, the child tutors him in his own tongue, the language of nature, and the once barren landscape begins to resonate with meaning.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Assessment
2000 Word Essay - 35%
Open Book Exam - 35%