AustLit
Texts
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New and Selected Poems
Artarmon
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Giramondo Publishing
,
2011
Z1819851
2011
selected work
poetry
(taught in 1 units)
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Urban Myths : 210 Poems : New and Selected
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
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2006
Z1268860
2006
selected work
poetry
(taught in 4 units)
'Urban Myths: 210 Poems brings the best work to date from a poet considered one of the most original of his generation in Australia, together with a generous selection of new work. Smart, wry and very stylish, John Tranter’s poems investigate the vagaries of perception and the ability of language to converge life, imagination and art so that we arrive, unexpectedly, at the deepest human mysteries.' (Publication summary)
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Barley Patch
Artarmon
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Giramondo Publishing
,
2009
Z1594803
2009
single work
novel
(taught in 2 units)
'Barley Patch ... is a meditation on fiction and Murnane's own dedication to writing, and an examination of the relation between memory, image and lived experience. It is funny, self-deprecating, personal, as well as thoughtful and reflective, and enchanting in its clarity, detail and evocations of Australian life and landscape.' (from the publisher's website)
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Crying of Lot 49!$!Pynchon, Thomas!$! !$!!$!
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L.A. Confidential!$!Ellroy, James!$! !$!!$!
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Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity!$!Carey, Mike!$! !$!Vertigo!$!2010
Description
This unit will explore some of the most interesting and innovative theoretical, literary and multimedia texts of the last half century. Some of the topics to be explored include the relationship between modernism and postmodernism; movements, communities and subcultures; experimentalism and activism; small press publishing and independent cinema; politics, history and cultural value; genre, style and intertextuality; auteurism and the 'death of the author'.
Assessment
1x1500wd essay (40%), 1x2000wd take-home exercise (40%), 1x500wd equivalent tutorial presentation (10%), tutorial participation (10%)
Other Details
Levels:
Undergraduate
