SE2396: Settler Identity: Fictions of Oz/NZ
| School | English Literature |
| Department Code | ENCAP |
| Module Code | SE2396 |
| External Subject Code | T820 |
| Number of Credits | 20 |
| Level | L6 |
| Language of Delivery | English |
| Module Leader | Professor Radhika Mohanram |
| Semester | Spring Semester |
| Academic Year | 2013/4 |
Outline Description of Module
This course will introduce students to the construction of settler identity in the Antipodes through the fiction of Australia and New Zealand.
On completion of the module a student should be able to
The students will be introduced to settler fiction from Australia/New Zealand and will study the different tropes present in these fictions, and the constructions of race and nation.
How the module will be delivered
Timetabled sessions includelectures and discussion sessions where students may have the opportunity to make presentations and/or lead discussion. Weekly lectures will be supported by weekly seminars. The lectures aim to provide key knowledge and critical perspectives on all the texts on the module; the seminars provide the opportunity for close analysis and small group discussion. The module essentially comprises two units of intense study to be completed in one semester.
Skills that will be practised and developed
This module aims to trace white settler identity constructed via colonialism and nation formation to the current discourses on republicanism. Focus will be maintained on the fiction of Australia and New Zealand. Examining these issues requires careful scholarship, sensitivity to different forms of English usage, and historical and political awareness. Employability skills include the ability to synthesise information, operating in group-based discussion involving negotiating ideas and producing clear, informed arguments in a professional manner.
How the module will be assessed
This module is assessed according to the Marking Criteria set out in the English Literature Course Guide. There are otherwise no academic or competence standards which limit the availability of adjustments or alternative assessments for students with disabilities.
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Type of assessment |
% |
Title |
Duration (exam) / Word length (essay) |
Approx. date of assessment |
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Essay |
100 |
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3200 |
May |
Assessment Breakdown
| Type | % | Title | Duration(hrs) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assessment | 100 | Essay | N/A |
Syllabus content
John Mulgan, Man Alone
Patrick White, Voss
Kate Grenville, The Secret River
Robin Hyde, The Godwits Fly
Essential Reading and Resource List
Deleuze and Guattari, Nomadology
Homi Bhabha Ed, Nation and Narration
Paul Carter, The Road to Botany Bay: An Essay in Spatial History
Stephen Muecke, Reading the Country
Bruce Chatwin, Song Lines
Alfred Crosby, Ecological Imperialism
Fiske, Hodge and Turner, Myths of Oz
Simon Ryan, The Cartographic Eye: How Explorers saw Australia
Sneja Gunew, Framing Marginality: Mutlicultural Literary Studies
Mishra and Hodge, Dark Side of the Dream: Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind
Paul Spoonley, “The Politics of the Pakeha” in Justice and Identity: Antipodean Practices