Literature in an Age of Terror (EGL224)
School of Social Sciences & Humanities - Murdoch University
2010

Texts

y separately published work icon Careless Deborah Robertson , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2006 Z1274224 2006 single work novel (taught in 1 units) 'Eight-year-old Pearl tries very hard to get things right. She watches over her small brother and manages her mother's happiness, while carefully guarding her private passions. But the events of a summer's day are about to change Pearl's life, and nothing may ever be right again. In a cooler, greener suburb, Sonia is learning to live alone after the death of her husband, and at the edge of the city, close to the beaches, the young artist Adam Logan is hoping that his recent celebrity will open the doors to a new life. In ways connected but unforeseen, Pearl's tragedy will soon affect the worlds of these two strangers. Combining the intimacy of a family's heartache, with the suspense of a thriller, Careless is a gripping, seductive novel about the ties of caring and responsibility, that are formed, and broken, in our society. It is a novel about our times.' (Backcover)
Churchill: Shorts: Short Plays!$!Churchill, Caryl!$! London!$!Nick Hern!$!1990
The Reader !$!Schlink, Bernhard!$! London!$!Phoenix!$!1998
Disgrace!$!Coetzee, J. M.!$! London!$!Vintage!$!2000

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

Description

This unit explores a range of literary forms, including fiction, poetry, song, political protest, speechwriting, performance and film, to question how an 'age of terror' comes to be understood as such, and to consider the role literature might play in challenging received ideas and generating new ways of thinking about 'terror'. Particular attention will be paid to the role of readers and the ways texts engage them to reflect on their own understanding of or attempt to escape from terror.

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Levels: Undergraduate
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