Bush, City, Cyberspace : The Development of Australian Children's Literature into the Twenty-First Century
Wagga Wagga
:
Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University
,
2005
Z1508775
2005
single work
criticism
(taught in 7 units)
Provides a snapshot of the state of Australian children's and adolescent literature in the early twenty-first century, and an insight into its history, promoting a sense of where Australian literature for young people may be going. Written by the same three authors published for information studies in 1995.
Students are introduced to pioneering Australian authors / illustrators and how the national children's literature has developed to the award-winning and popular literature of today. They examine the genres of humour, fantasy, historical fiction and contemporary realism and are introduced to Aboriginal concerns and the depiction of multicultural society.
