AJ18083 Contemporary Australian Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Mon 18:20–19:55 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
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Course objectives
This course focuses on recent Australian fiction and foregrounds the diversity of themes which present Australia as an increasingly contested space of diverse histories, knowledges, ethnicities and cultural practices. In several units dedicated to multicultural and immigrant writing, Aboriginal counter-narratives, portraits of mythologized landscapes, history of colonization and nation-building, students will analyze narratives that critically explore Australian identities, and challenge the myth of a homogenous, white, gendered, Anglo-Saxon settler nation. Reading assignments include novels and short stories by David Malouf, Peter Carey, Doris Pilkington, Brian Castro, Hsu-Ming Teo, Gail Jones, Ania Walwicz, Kate Grenville, Tim Winton, as well as theoretical essays and journal articles by leading Australian critics such as Stephen Muecke, Bill Ashcroft, Kay Schaffer, Paul Carter, Aileen Moreton-Robinson and Sneja Gunew. Students will be expected to read the assignments, contribute to seminar discussions, write regular response papers and a final essay, incorporating key theoretical concepts framing the course and critical analyses into their work.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Spring 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020.
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