AustLit

Contemporary Australian Writing is a course in which you will examine recent fictional and factual Australian writing. You will explore the significance of place to our sense of who we are and our belonging to community. The theme of place in the literary imagination evokes many sub-themes, such as perceptions of the Australian landscape, the migrant experience in a ’new’ land, and the tensions of indigenous/settler relations.

You will study a range of texts and authors, exploring what it means to be an Australian writer in the contemporary cultural and industrial landscape. You will also develop your own creative response to the theme of writing and place.