Collected Poems
Manchester
:
Carcanet
,
1998
Z308435
1998
selected work
poetry
(taught in 1 units)
Contents as for Collected Poems, Heinemann 1994, with the addition of 59 poems from Subhuman Redneck.
The Secret River
Melbourne
:
Text Publishing
,
2005
Z1194031
2005
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 69 units)
'In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand.
'But the colony can turn a convict into a free man. Eight years later Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury to claim a hundred acres for himself.
'Aboriginal people already live on that river. And other recent arrivals - Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring - are finding their own ways to respond to them.
'Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, soon has to make the most difficult choice of his life.
'Inspired by research into her own family history, Kate Grenville vividly creates the reality of settler life, its longings, dangers and dilemmas. The Secret River is a brilliantly written book, a groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership.' (From the publisher's website.)
That Eye, the Sky
Melbourne
:
McPhee Gribble
,
1986
Z426161
1986
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 8 units)
Ort knows the sky is watching. He knows what it means to watch; he spends long hours listening at doors and peering through cracks. Things are terribly wrong. His father is withering away, his sister is consumed by hatred, his grandmother is all inside herself, and his mother, a flower-child of the 1960s, is brave but helpless. Then a strange man appears at their door. That Eye, the Sky is about love, about a boy's vision of the world beyond, about the blurry distinctions between the natural and the supernatural. All this, and more, begins at the moment the ute driven by Ort Flack's father ploughs into a roadside tree, throwing the whole world out of kilter. (Source: Bookseller's website)
Fingerprints on Light
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1990
Z108804
1990
selected work
poetry
(taught in 1 units)
Visions from the Valley : Poetry of the Hunter Valley : 1960-2000
Donald Moore
,
Newcastle
:
Catchfire Press
,
2001
Z892614
2001
anthology
poetry
(taught in 1 units)
Essays / Written Assignments: Short tutorial essay
Essays / Written Assignments: Two major essays: presentation of coherent argument in appropriate academic form on different literary genre.
Essays / Written Assignments: Two written exercises: Critical analysis of different forms of literary genre.
Examination: Formal: Final examination in the University examination period.
Presentations - Group: One oral group presentation: discussion of representations of Australian identities.
