AustLit

Here is a collection of articles that cover a variety of subjects pertinent to the study of literature:

• 'Do Art and Literature Cultivate Empathy?' by Nicholas Haslam, University of Melbourne.

• 'From Grotesques to Frumps – A Field Guide to Spinsters in English Fiction' by Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia.

• 'How 19th Century Fairy Tales Expressed Anxieties about Ecological Devastation' by Victoria Tedeschi, University of Melbourne.

• 'Once Upon a Time: A Brief History of Children's Literature' by Susan Broomhall, University of Western Australia; Joanne McEwan, University of Western Australia, and Stephanie Tarbin, University of Western Australia.

• Connecting with Frankenstein: Modern Monsters and Belonging by Laura D'Olimpio, University of Notre Dame Australia.

• How Children's Literature Shapes Attitudes to Asia by Kerry Mallan, Amy Cross, and Cherie Allan, Queensland University of Technology.

• Black is the New White Gives the Comedy of Manners an Irreverent Makeover by Huw Griffiths, University of Sydney, on Nakkiah Lui's new play.

• The Feminist Picture Book Revolution by Sarah Kanake, University of the Sunshine Coast.

• Scrounging for Money: How the World’s Great Writers made a Living by Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia.

• Loss, Trials, and Compassion: The Music of Australia’s Jewish Refugees, by Joseph Tolz, University of Sydney.

• Guide to the Classics: Robin Klein's The Sky in Silver Lace, by Alice Pung, University of Melbourne.

• Guide to the Classics: Christina Stead's The Beauties and Furies, by Margaret Harris, University of Sydney.

• Can Art Put Us in Touch with Our Feelings about Climate Change? by Joelle Gergis and Penny Whetton, University of Melbourne.

• Friday Essay : The Literary Canon is Exhilarating and Disturbing and We Need to Read It, by Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia.

• Only Heaven Knows Brings 1940s Queer Sydney Roaring Back to Life, by Leigh Boucher, Macquarie University.

• Explainer: 'Solarpunk', or How To Be an Optimistic Rebel, by Jennifer Hamilton, University of Sydney.

• Refuge in a Harsh Landscape: Australian Novels and Our Changing Relationship to the Bush, by Margaret Hickey, La Trobe University.

• From the Secret Garden to Thirteen Reasons Why, Death Is Getting Darker in Children's Books, by Erin Farrow, Victoria University.

• Where Australia's Great Theatre Artists Trod the Boards: 50 Years of Melbourne's La Mama Theatre, by Denise Varney, University of Melbourne.

• 'Who Knew the World Could Be So Awful': Alice Birch's Apocalyptic Feminist Theatre, by Sandra D'urso, University of Melbourne.

• Where Are the Epic Women's Coming of Age Screen Stories?, by Suzie Gibson, Charles Sturt University.
• Eight Australian Picture Books that Celebrate Family Diversity by Sarah Mokryzcki, Victoria University.

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A collection of articles that explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures - (see the Literature collection for articles specific to writing and writers):

• The excellent three-part series on The Dreaming by Christine Nicholls, Flinders University Part one ; Part two ; Part three.

• A Walpiri version of Part one of Christine Nicholls' series.

• Kindred Skies: Ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians Saw Constellations in Common by Duane W. Hamacher, Monash University.

• 'Dark Tourism, Aboriginal Imprisonment and the ‘Prison Tree’ that Wasn’t' by Elizabeth Grant, University of Adelaide and Kristyn Harman, University of Tasmania.

• 'The Politics of Aboriginal Kitsch' by Liz Conor, La Trobe University.

• Black is the New White gives the Comedy of Manners an Irreverent Makeover by Huw Griffiths, University of Sydney, on Nakkiah Lui's new play.

• White Face - Some Notes from a Fair-Skinned Aboriginal by Myles Russell Cook, Swinburne University of Technology, on Carly Sheppard's 2014 performance.

• Read, Listen, Understand: Why Non-Indigenous Australians Should Read First Nations Writing by Meera Atkinson, University of Sydney.

• Western Sydney Meets the City in Nakkiah Lui's Kill the Messenger, by Victoria Grieves, University of Sydney.

• Indigenous Picture Books Offering Windows into Worlds, by Ambelin Kwaymullina, University of Western Australia.

• Living Blanket, Water Diviner, Wild Pet: A Cultural History of the Dingo, by Justine M. Phillip, University of New England.

• How Dr. G.Yunupiŋu Took Yolŋu Culture to the World, by Aaron Corn, University of Adelaide.

• Friday Essay: Painting 'The Last Victorian Aborigines, by Myles Russell Cook, University of Melbourne.

• Faith, Dance, and Truth: The Art of 2017 Red Ochre Award-winner Ken Thaiday Snr, by Leah Lui-Chivizhe, UNSW.

• How Picture Boards Were Used as Propaganda in the Vandemonian War, by Kristyn Harman, University of Tasmania.
   

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For the study of English:

Shakespeare's Richard III was produced by Australia's Bell Shakespeare Company in an interesting adaptation with Kate Mulvany playing Richard.

• Lies, Monsters and Kate Mulvany's Intensely Human Portrayal of Richard 3

• The Bones of Richard III

A collection of articles relevant to the teaching of history.

• Denial : A Timely Reminder that We Should Confront Distortions of History by Mathew Turner, Deakin University

An ongoing series giving us guides to classic works:

• Guide to the Classics: Neil Gaiman's American Gods by Elizabeth Hale, University of New England

• Guide to the Classics: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale by Linda Wight, Federation University Australia

• Reading Classic Novels in an Era of Climate Change by Philip Steer, Senior Lecturer in English, Massey University

• Guide to the Classics: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, by Julia Kindt, University of Sydney

• Guide to the Classics: Homer's Iliad, by Chris Mackie, La Trobe University

• Guide to the Classics: The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Louise Pryke, Macquarie University

• Guide to the Classics: Ovid's Metamorphosis and Reading Rape, by Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle

• Guide to the Classics: The Icelandic Saga, by Margaret Clunies Rodd, University of Sydney

• Guide to the Classics: Moby Dick, by Sascha Morrell, University of New England

• Guide to the Classics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Joy McEntee, University of Adelaide

See also Articles on Literature, Theatre, Film and the Arts for Australian classics.

• How the Brain Changes When We Learn to Read by Nicola Bell, The University of Queensland

• The Feminist Picture Book Revolution by Sarah Kanake, University of the Sunshine Coast

Here are articles that discuss the 1967 Referendum,matters around constitutional reform and reconcililation and Australia Day.

• ‘Right Wrongs, Write Yes’: What Was the 1967 Referendum All About? by Russell McGregor, James Cook University.

• Fifty Years on from the 1967 referendum, It's Time to Tell the Truth about Race by Chelsea Bond, The University of Queensland.

• Why Indigenous Leaders Met at Uluru in May 2017 by Harry Hobbs, University of New South Wales.

• Why the government was wrong to reject an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ by Harry Hobbs, University of New South Wales.

• Defying Empire: The Legacy of 1967 by Joanna Mendelssohn, University of New South Wales.

• Triple J did the right thing, we need a new Australia Day by Henry Reynolds, University of Tasmania. You might also like to read: Date with Enmity by Gamilaraay writer Natalie Cromb, published in The Saturday Paper, 2 December 2017, on the controversy around the date of Australia's national day.

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