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y separately published work icon Listen Deeply : Let These Stories In Kathleen Kemarre Wallace , Judy Lovell (translator), Alice Springs : IAD Press , 2009 Z1668600 2009 single work life story (taught in 3 units) 'Renowned Eastern Arrernte painter Kathleen Kemarre Wallace tells stories of her elders and their way of life that she learnt as a child and young woman. Her storytelling illuminates the origins and beliefs of Eastern Arrernte people, and calls for respect for the ancient traditions of the altyerre spirits who brought her country into being. Kathleen's knowledge of country, law and culture shine through in her words and mesmerising paintings.' (Source: Back Cover)

Blood Meridian, McCarthy

The Map and the Territory, Houellebecq

The Invention of Solitude, Auster

Rings of Saturn, Sebald

Description

In this second-year core subject, students will be introduced to key questions in the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century narrative, including: what is narrative, what is text, what is aesthetic form and how does it shape narrative possibilities? Students will work with examples from fiction and non-fiction, including: realism, anti-realism, and the autobiographic text. The subject will bridge literary studies and creative writing, enhancing the critical and creative skills of students# writing practices. This subject addresses La Trobe's Global Citizenship Essential. Global Citizenship entails deep appreciation of how we live in an interconnected world. From the point of view of literary studies, this is implied in the ways by which we write and read our-selves and others across cultures and boundaries. This subject offers students an in-creased capacity to identify and communicate our subjectivity and intersubjectivity in a global environment. Importantly, it also helps students imagine the needs of future citizens of the world through their fictions.

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