Analyses the parodic elements of My Career Goes Bung, with a particular focus on the novel as parodying the genre of cheap English serialised formula fiction.
Responds to Sanjay Sircar's 'My Career Goes Bung : Genre−Parody, Australianness and Anglophilia', using the article as a starting point for an analysis of how five Australian and Canadian novels engage with the national discourse(s) of their countries of origin.
Also discusses Canadian novelists Margaret Atwood and Daphne Marlatt.
Responds to Sanjay Sircar's 'My Career Goes Bung : Genre−Parody, Australianness and Anglophilia', using the article as a starting point for an analysis of how five Australian and Canadian novels engage with the national discourse(s) of their countries of origin.
Also discusses Canadian novelists Margaret Atwood and Daphne Marlatt.