Major Movements in Contemporary Prose (ENGL6937)
Department of English - University of Sydney
Semester 1 / 2009

Texts

y separately published work icon Warra Warra : A Ghost Story John Scott , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2003 Z1015731 2003 single work novel horror (taught in 2 units)
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y separately published work icon Praise Andrew McGahan , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1992 Z563591 1992 single work novel (taught in 16 units) 'Praise is an utterly frank and darkly humorous novel about being young in the Australian of the 1990s. A time when the dole was easier to get than a job, when heroin was better known than ecstasy, and when ambition was the dirtiest of words. A time when, for two hopeless souls, sex and dependence were the only lifelines.' (from back cover)
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Rings Of Saturn!$!Sebald, W. G.!$!London!$!Vintage Random House!$!2002
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Trainspotting!$!Welsh, Irvine!$!London!$!Vintage Random House!$!1996
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y separately published work icon Child's Play David Malouf , New York (City) : Vintage , 1999 Z943097 1981 single work novella (taught in 5 units) 'In the streets of an ordinary Italian town, the people go about their everyday lives. In an old apartment block above them, a young man pores over photographs and plans, dedicated to his life's most important project. Day by day, in imagination, he is rehearsing for his greatest performance. Yet when his moment comes, nothing could have prepared him for what happens. . .' (Source: Publisher's website)
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If On A Winter's Night A Traveller!$!Calvino, Italo!$!Sydney!$!Vintage Random House!$!2002
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One Hundred Years Of Solitude!$!Marquez, Gabriel Garcia!$!Harmondsworth!$!Penguin!$!1998
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Degrees

Master of Letters (Creative Writing)
Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing
Master of Arts
Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing

Description

This unit introduces students to the rationale, principles and techniques of a selection of four major movements in contemporary prose (largely but not exclusively fiction), the particular movements in any one semester being dependent upon the expertise of the staff available. Sample components: the postmodern novel; ecritures feminines; magic realism; metafiction; contemporary realism; narrative non-fiction; ficto-criticism; the feminist detective; contemporary Australians; cyberfiction. Each movement is taught by way of two exemplary texts, one Australian and one drawn from other writing in the English language.

Assessment

4,000 word essay

Other Details

Offered in: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
Levels: Postgraduate
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