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Australian Reflections in a Mirror Clouded by Dust : The Search for Self, Soul and the 'Other' in the Asian Novels of Blanche d'Alpuget and Christopher J. Koch
2000
Z964101
2000
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thesis
Since the end of the British Empire, which had provided white Australians with points of view, attitudes and stereotypes of the world - including perceptions of their own role in it, rediscovering an international identity has been an Australian quest. Many turned to European roots; others to the Aboriginal landscape; Blanche d'Alpuget and Christopher J. Koch are two who have ventured into Asia for the culturally and spiritually regenerative materials necessary to redefine Australia in the post-colonial world. They have taken Eastern concepts of 'self', and 'soul' and forged them with the Australian obsession of fear and desire of contact with the 'other' in a looking-glass of hybrid, Austral-Asian myth to reveal the true soul of Australian identity.
Along with a brief historical and literary background to the triangular relationship between white Australia, Asia, and the West, this study's goal is to identify some of the Southeast Asian symbols, myths and literary structures which Koch and d'Alpuget integrate into the Western tradition. Central elements include: dichotomies as of personality, righteousness, and virtue; the 'Otherworld', where one may approach enlightenment, but at the risk of falling into self-delusion; archetypes of the Hindu divine feminine; Eastern roots of Koch's themes of the 'double man'; concepts of the forces of 'light' and 'dark'; the semiotics of time and meaning; and the central Eastern metaphor of the mirror by which Australia creates interdependent images of itself and of Asia.
Intertextual relationships include: Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; Orwell's 1984; Irving's 'Rip Van Winkle'; significant sacred works as The Gospels, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and the Bhagavad Gita; the Javanese Shadow Theatre, the Wayang Kulit; and the Hindu hagiographic tradition. (Abstract by the author)
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Covering Australia : Foreign Correspondents in Asia
1995
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criticism
— Appears in: Rubicon , vol. 1 no. 2 1995; (p. 90-102) From a Distance : Australian Writers and Cultural Displacement 1996; (p. 117-126) -
Colonial and Postcolonial Images of Indonesia in Dutch, British and Australian Literature from 1618 to 1992
1995-1996
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criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 7 no. 2 1995-1996; (p. 46-77) The article traces the changes in European and Australian images and perceptions of Indonesia. -
Little Spirit in Portrait of Blanche
1995
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biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 September 1995; (p. 16) -
'Crossing that Little Bridge into Asia, with the Ghost of Empire About Us' : Australian Fiction Set in Southeast Asia
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 38 no. 4 1993; (p. 20-32)
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Finding Their Range : Some Recent Australian Novels
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 40 no. 4 1981; (p. 522-525)
— Review of Turtle Beach 1981 single work novel ; Bliss 1981 single work novel ; Man of Letters : A Romance 1981 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel ; Moonlite 1981 single work novel ; Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel -
Heroines of Two Minds About Asia
1980
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 August vol. 101 no. 5223 1980; (p. 59)
— Review of Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel ; Cherry Bloom 1980 single work novel -
Merging the Jigsaw Pieces of Perception
1980
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 October 1980;
— Review of Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel -
A Year of Varietals
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 84 1981; (p. 26-30)
— Review of Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel ; The Frangipani Gardens 1980 single work novel ; Other People's Children 1980 single work novella ; Honour 1980 single work novella ; Alone : A Novel 1980 single work novel ; The Impersonators 1980 single work novel ; War Crimes : Short Stories 1979 selected work short story ; Faces You Can't Find Again : short stories 1980 selected work short story ; Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella ; Cherry Bloom 1980 single work novel -
Diplomatic Decadence in Pre-Coup Indonesia
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 September 1990; (p. 25)
— Review of Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel -
Colonial and Postcolonial Images of Indonesia in Dutch, British and Australian Literature from 1618 to 1992
1995-1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 7 no. 2 1995-1996; (p. 46-77) The article traces the changes in European and Australian images and perceptions of Indonesia. - y Australian Fiction, Aussies in Asia : 1978-1981 Canberra : 1987 Z1845579 1987 single work thesis
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Looks, Libido and Living Alone
1991
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 12 October 1991; (p. 46-54) The Courier-Mail , 19 October 1991; (p. wkd 3-4) -
Little Spirit in Portrait of Blanche
1995
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biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 September 1995; (p. 16) -
Blanche D'Alpuget
Candida Baker
(interviewer),
1986
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biography
interview
— Appears in: Yacker : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1986; (p. 78-103)
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