Literary Studies A (ENGL394)
Semester 1 / 2011

Texts

y separately published work icon Abyssinia Ursula Dubosarsky , Ringwood : Viking , 2003 Z1036199 2003 single work novel young adult (taught in 2 units)

'A psychological thriller, a desperately moving and ultimately uplifting tale of childhood innocence. . .

As small children, growing up at the property called Abyssinia, two sisters played with their dolls house together, side by side, always. Grace loved Mary and Mary loved Grace.

But inseparable bonds can be unexpectedly shattered. When this happens to Grace, she is plunged into a dark and mesmerising world, a world full of bells and the ringing sky, of odd little children, strange events and frighteningly bizarre grown ups.' (Publisher's blurb)

Discworld 019: Feet Of Clay!$!Terry Pratchett!$! !$!!$!
Titus Andronicus!$!Shakespeare!$! !$!!$!
Antigone!$!Sophocles (Adapted - Flack)!$! !$!!$!
Time Windows!$!Reiss!$! !$!!$!
Algebra Of Freedom!$!Mundair!$! !$!!$!
Winnie The Pooh!$!Milne!$! !$!!$!
Game At Chess!$!Middleton!$! !$!!$!
Lord Of The Nutcracker Men!$!Lawrence!$! !$!!$!
Mouse and His Child!$!Hoban!$! !$!!$!
Dolls' House!$!Godden!$! !$!!$!
Pope and The Witch [forwardslash] First Miracle Of The Boy Jesus!$!Fo Dario!$! !$!!$!
Four Plays!$!Aristophanes!$! !$!!$!
Thirsty!$!Anderson, M.t.!$! !$!!$!

Description

The topics in this unit vary from time to time and reflect the research interests of staff. Students should consult with the Department for current details of offerings available this year, two examples follow. From Doll to Cyborg (Dr Robyn MacCallum, second half-year). Throughout the history of children's literatureand more recently, children's filmtoys have been depicted as taking on a life of their own, a life which sometimes reflects, interrogates, or carnivalises human experience of the world. This unit examines the various uses made in literature and film of manufactured, surrogate human characters, ranging from dolls and stuffed toys to robots and cyborgs. Popular Theatre as Mirror, Polemic and Satire (Dr Rosemary Colmer, first half-year) Examines material from classical, medieval, renaissance and contemporary periods in terms of content, form and function to examine the possible relationships between theatre and audiences. How does theatre reflect, criticise and instruct? Is all theatre of necessity popular theatre? How do we differentiate between theatre and performance arts in general? How does theatre relate to performance space? In what sense are masques, processions, carousels, street entertainment viewed as 'theatre'? How do concepts of theatre change from one period to another?
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