Australian Literature And History A (L-LCS31)
School of Creative Arts and Humanities - Charles Darwin University
Semester 1, Summer Semester / 2012

Texts

Turning the Century : Writing of the 1890s : Introduction Christopher Lee , 1999 single work criticism (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Turning the Century : Writing of the 1890s 1999; (p. xi-xxviii)
y separately published work icon My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin , Edinburgh London : William Blackwood , 1901 Z161522 1901 single work novel (taught in 56 units)

'My Brilliant Career was written by Stella Franklin (1879-1954) when she was just nineteen years old. The novel struggled to find an Australian publisher, but was published in London and Edinburgh in 1901 after receiving an endorsement from Henry Lawson. Although Franklin wrote under the pseudonym 'Miles Franklin', Lawson’s preface makes it clear that Franklin is, as Lawson puts it 'a girl.'

'The novel relates the story of Sybylla Melvyn, a strong-willed young woman of the 1890s growing up in the Goulburn area of New South Wales and longing to be a writer.' (Publication summary)

Description

Embark on a fascinating study of Australian writing from the late 19th and early 20th century. In this unit you read a selection of poetry, a novel and a selection of short stories. Throughout the unit you investigate and reflect on the themes of nationality and gender in Australian literature and history. Texts include an anthology and a unit dossier of relevant literary, historical and critical writings. This unit examines the inter-relations between literary writing and reading, cultural institutions and political movements and ideologies in the late 19th century.

Assessment

Essay 1 (34%)

Essay 2 (66%)

Other Details

This Charles Darwin Uni course is actually offered externally through Griffith University on the Open Universities website. Refer to this unit outline for further info: https://www.open.edu.au/courses/arts/griffith-university-australian-literature-and-history-a--lcs31-2012#textbooks

Levels: Undergraduate
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