AustLit

'As a new branch of world literature, Australian literature originated from Anglo-Saxon literature, flourishing with the infiltration of Euro-American literature, economy, politics and culture. From the very beginning of British settlement in Australia in 1788, the settlers from Britain has begun their own literary histroy in the new continent. Compared with her counterparts of British and American literature, unfortunately, the process of Australian literary development was quite slow and lagged behind, and it was not until 1890s that Australian literature began to form its own peculiar characteristics. By 1960s, Australian literature has caught up with the development of world literature, and has been on its way to the internationalization. During the process of the internationalization of Australian literature, there arise many famous writers in Australian literary world, who have accelerated this process.

'Kate Jennings, grew up on a farm near Griffith, New South Wales, attended the University of Sydney in the late 1960s. She is firstly famous for an incendiary speech given before a Vietnam Moratorium march in 1970 — a speech that is credited as signaling the beginning of the second wave of feminism in Australia. With distinguished gifts for writing, she has created some famous literary works. Later in 1979, Kate Jennings moved to New York City, continuing her literary career in the melting pot of America, which has publicized Australian literature in the international world. This paper aims at undertaking a little deeper study about this Australian pioneer of feminism, and probing her great contributions to the internationalization of Australian literature.' (Publication abstract)