Land's Edge : A Coastal Memoir
Camberwell
:
Hamish Hamilton
,
2010
Z1751546
2010
single work
autobiography
young adult
(taught in 1 units)
Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem
If This Is A Man - The Truce
Art of The Personal Essay
This course introduces different genres within creative non-fiction writing, including: the tradition of the great essayists; travel writing; ‘science’ writing; historical fiction; and memoir, biography and autobiography. In addition, the notion of fraudulence is explored in terms of the Australian literary landscape. Concepts such as verisimilitude, believability, and persuasion are explored, as are the lines between the real and the constructed. The course examines the key roles of objective research and subjective identity in the construction of writing.
