Subversion from Down Under: Australian Literature and the Fantastic – Daily schedule


Sept 20, 2010

1^st session: Introduction into the theory of the fantastic

PowePointPresentation on the most significant theoretical approaches to the fantastic.

Presentation of reference books on fantasy that students might need/like to consult. All books are
presented in the class and made available to the students.

2^nd session: Introduction into Australian fantasy

PPP on the problem of the Australian literary mainstream and alleged lack of fantasy

History of SF and fantasy genre in Australia
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Sept 21, 2010

1^st session: Playful fantasy

dead white males, David Williamson

2^nd session: Global vs local themes

“Peeling”, “Happy Story”, Peter Carey; “Paradise Design’d”, Janeen Webb; “The Rest is Silence”,
Aaron Sterns
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Sept 22, 2010

1^st session: Local themes

“Undead Camels Ate Their Flesh”, Jason Fischer; “Conquist”, Dirk Strasser, “Grimes and the Gaijin
Daimyo”, A Bertram Chandler

(possible paper topics)

2^nd session: Fantasy and the “great Australian novel”

Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
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Sept 23, 2010

1^st session: Fantasy and the “great Australian novel” (cont.)

Cloudstreet, Tim Winton (possible paper topics)

 2^nd session: Female fantasy

stories from She is Fantastical collection (possible paper topics)
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Sept 24, 2010

1^st and 2^nd session: Indigenous “fantasy”

PPP on the belief of the First Australians

stories from Paperback collection

Earth, Bruce Pascoe

(possible paper topics)