ENL1001 Australian Stories

Contents

• Staffing
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Reference materials
• Student workload
• Assessment details
• Important assessment information
• Assessment notes
• Other requirements
• Production date
• PDF version

STAFFING

SYNOPSIS

This course serves as an introduction to Australian narrative and the role it plays in the formation of cultural identities. It examines the heterogeneity of Australian culture through its stories and will direct particular attention to the way in which narrative contests social, cultural and political orthodoxies.

OBJECTIVES

On completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate:

1. a knowledge of a number of the themes which characterise Australian narrative;
2. a knowledge of the relationship between form and theme in the selected narratives;
3. the ability to analyse narratives as the product of particular social, cultural and political formations;
4. a capacity to express an analytical argument in written form.

TOPICS

TEXT and MATERIALS required to be PURCHASED or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials are available for purchase from USQ BOOKSHOP (unless otherwise stated). Orders may be placed via secure internet, free fax 1800642453, phone 07 46312742 (within Australia), or mail. Overseas students should fax +61 7 46311743, or phone +61 7 46312742. For costs, further details, and internet ordering, use the 'Textbook Search' facility at http://bookshop.usq.edu.au click 'Semester', then enter your 'Course Code' (no spaces).

Selected readings, ENL1001 2005

'Bush Mechanics', video recording, 2001, Film Australia, Linfield NSW

Behrendt, L 2004, Home, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Faiman, Peter (Dir) 1986, Crocodile Dundee, Rimfire.

Hewett, D 1999, Bobbin up, The Vulgar Press, Melbourne.

Lawler, R 1981, Summer of the seventeenth doll, Currency, Sydney.

Lee, C (ed) 1999, Turning the century: writing of the 1890s, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Tsiolkas, Christos 1995, Loaded, Vintage, Sydney.
(WARNING: Christos Tsiolkas' 'Loaded' contains sexual scenes and descriptions of drug use.)

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

Barnes, J (ed) 1969, The writer in Australia: a collection of literary documents 1856-1964, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Brooks, D & Walker, B (eds) 1988, Poetry and gender, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Capone, G (ed) 1991, European perspectives: contemporary essays on Australian literature, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Carroll, J (ed) 1992, Intruders in the bush: the Australian quest for identity, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Clark, M 1995, A short history of Australia, 4th edn, Penguin, New York.

Clark, M 1978, In search of Henry Lawson, MacMillan, Melbourne.

Dixon, R 1995, Writing the colonial adventure, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Dobrez, L 1990, Parnassus Mad Ward: Michael Dransfield and the new Australian poetry, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Docker, J 1992, The nervous nineties, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Duwell, M (ed) 1997, The ALS guide to Australian writers: a bibliography 1963-1995, 2nd edn, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Ferrier, C (ed) 1992, Gender, politics and fiction, 2nd edn, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Fiske, J, Hodge, B & Turner, G. 1987, Myths of Oz: reading Australian popular culture, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Gelder, K & Salzman, P 1989, The new diversity: Australian fiction 1970-1988, McPhee Gribble, Melbourne.

Gilbert, P 1988, Coming out from under: contemporary Australian women writers, Pandora, London.

Goodwin, K 1986, A history of Australian literature, MacMillan, London.

Healy, JJ 1989, Literature and the Aborigine in Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Hergenhan, L (ed) 1988, Penguin new literary history of Australia, Penguin, Ringwood.

Hodge, B & Mishra, V 1991, Dark side of the dream: Australian literature and the post-colonial mind, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Hooton, J & Heseltine, H 1992, Annals of Australian literature, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Kiernan, B 1974, Criticism, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Lee, C 2004, City bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian imagination, Curtin University Books, Freemantle, WA.

Matthews, B 1972, The receding wave: Henry Lawson's prose, Melbourne University Press, Carlton.

Mudrooroo 1990, Writing from the fringe: a study of modern Aboriginal literature in Australia, Hyland, South Yarra, Vic.

Phillips, AA 1966, The Australian tradition, 2nd edn, Cheshire, Melbourne.

Pons, X 1984, Out of Eden: Henry Lawson's life and works: a psychoanalytic view, Sirius, North Ryde, NSW.

Roderick, C (ed) 1972, Henry Lawson criticism 1894-1971, Angus & Robertson, Sydney.

Salzman, P 1989, Talking/Listening: anecdotal style in recent Australian women's fiction, Southerly, Vol 49, no.4, pp539 - 553.

Schaffer, K 1988, Women and the bush: forces of desire in the Australian cultural tradition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Shoemaker, A 1989, Black words white page, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Turner, G 1993, National fictions: literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative, 2nd edn, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Walter, J (ed) 1989, Australian studies: a survey, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Ward, R 1966, The Australian legend, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

White, R 1981, Inventing Australia: images and identity 1688-1980, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Wright, J 1966, Preoccupations in Australian poetry, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS

ASSESSMENT DETAILS

NOTES

1.

This assessment is aligned with all Objectives.

2.

This assessment is aligned with all Objectives.

3.

Tutorial participation is assessed over the course of the semester. This assessment is aligned with all Objectives.

4.

Students will be advised of the official exam date after the timetable has been finalised.

IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

1. Attendance requirements:
   It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. For this course, normal class attendance is one 1 hour lecture and one 1 hour tutorial per week.
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   To successfully complete an individual assessment item, a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks or a grade of at least C-. This statement must be read in conjunction with Statement 4 below.
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   If students submit assignments after the due date without prior approval, then a penalty of 10% of the total marks available for the assignment will apply for each of the first FIVE working days late, after which a zero mark will be given.
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
6. Examination information:
   The exam for this course is a CLOSED EXAMINATION, and candidates are allowed to bring only writing and drawing instruments into the examination.
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   Any deferred or supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.
8. University Regulations:
   Students should read USQ Regulations 5.1 Definitions, 5.6 Assessment, and 5.10 Academic Misconduct for further information and to avoid actions which might contravene University Regulations. These regulations can be found at the URL http://www.usq.edu.au/corporateservices/calendar/part5.htm

ASSESSMENT NOTES

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

1. Assignments should be typed and must be double-spaced. MLA style must be used for documentation. See Introductory Book for details.
2. Tape recording of tutorials and lectures is prohibited except in special cases at the discretion of the examiner.
3. WARNING: Christos Tsiolkas' 'Loaded' contains sexual scenes and descriptions of drug use. Students who wish to study an alternate text should consult the examiner.

This version produced 27 May 2008.