Australian Literature Honours A: Australian Poetry and the Symbolistes (ASLT4011)
Semester 1, Semester 2 / 2008

Texts

y separately published work icon Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990 Z223512 1990 selected work poetry (taught in 1 units)
y separately published work icon Selected Poems John Tranter , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1982 Z142945 1982 selected work poetry (taught in 1 units)
y separately published work icon James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary James McAuley , Leonie Kramer (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1988 Z372595 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography (taught in 1 units)

This first comprehensive selection of McAuley's prose and verse is arranged by the editor, McAuley's friend and colleague Leonie Kramer, into eight sections, 'each representing aspects of James McAuley's interests and experience ... Within each section the poetry is chronologically arranged; the prose is introduced in such a way as to suggest the relationship between McAuley's poetic preoccupations and his critical and intellectual position.' (Note pp.xxix-xxx). Each section is accompanied by a brief editorial note and extensive end-notes, including McAuley's own notes.

Selected Poems!$!Rilke R M. trans. Leishman. !$! !$!Penguin!$!
Selected Poetry and Prose!$!Mallarmé S. ed. Mary Ann Caws!$! !$!New Directions!$!
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings!$!Poe E A!$! !$!Penguin!$!
y separately published work icon Collected Poems 1942-1985 Judith Wright , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z501989 1994 selected work poetry war literature satire (taught in 8 units)
y separately published work icon A. D. Hope : Selected Poetry and Prose A. D. Hope , David Brooks (editor), Rushcutters Bay : Halstead Press , 2000 Z398744 2000 selected work poetry essay extract review (taught in 1 units)
y separately published work icon Poems [1913] C. J. Brennan , Sydney : G. B. Philip , 1913 Z1014667 1913 selected work poetry (taught in 1 units)

This work comprises three major sections: 'Towards the Source', 1894-1897; 'The Forest of the Night', 1898-1902; 'The Wanderer', 1902, and two concluding segments, 'Pauca Mea' and 'Epilogues' (Oxford Companion to Australian Literature ).

Brennan's own descriptionof the work was ' a sublimation of a whole imaginitive life and experience into a subtly ordered series of poems, where each piece has, of course, its individual value, and yet cannot be interpreted save in its relation to the whole' (The Prose of Chritopher Brennan, ed. A. R. Chisolm.)

Complete Works!$!Rimbaud A. trans. Paul Schmidt!$! !$!Picador Classics!$!
Selected Poems!$!Baudelaire C. trans. Joanna Richardson!$! !$!Penguin Classics!$!

Description

A study of the poetics and key poetry of the 'Symboliste' movement and its role in the development of Australian poetry from 1900 to the present day.

Assessment

All students will submit a long essay on a topic to be approved. Essays are 15000 words in length. Each semester option is assessed by a 4000 word essay.

Other Details

Offered in: 2007, 2006, 2004
Levels: Undergraduate - Honours
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