Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing (EGL206)
Semester 1 / 2015

Description

This course introduces you to examples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writing in novels, essays, songs, blogs, and more. You will learn to contextualise this writing within broader social and cultural concerns, and to identify themes and devices in the writing. The course emphasis on reflective practice will also give you the opportunity to better understand yourself as a reader, and to better understand how you make your own meanings through reading this writing. The course will encourage you to imagine this writing as potential sources for lifelong learning.

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