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Those Who Remain Will Always Remember : An Anthology of Aboriginal Writing
Anne Brewster
(editor),
Angeline O'Neill
(editor),
Rosemary van den Berg
(editor),
Fremantle
:
Fremantle Press
,
2000
Z339537
2000
anthology
poetry
prose
biography
essay
short story
life story
autobiography
biography
interview
non-fiction
essay
prose
Indigenous story
(taught in 4 units)
'Culture and identity, suffering and the triumph of survival thread their way through the short stories, poems, legends, song lyrics, essays and commentaries in this... anthology of Aboriginal writing.
Representing a range of regional and cultural differences, age groups and social circumstances, it is a testimony to the importance of the past in the construction of a better future.' Source: Publisher's blurb
Description
This unit will provide students with an insight into the creative processes in the making of stories. Throughout this unit students will engage in a series of activities that will allow them to explore the wealth of Indigenous Australian writing. Students will be exposed to the writing of Indigenous Australian authors and engage in reflection, comment and analysis of Indigenous Australian writing. The skills of writing and critical reading will also be fostered. Students will have the opportunity to share ideas and develop creative writing skills by participating in discussions and sharing their own writing products.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
1. read and interpret a broad range of Indigenous Australian literature;
2. identify the social, political and cultural contexts informing a range of Indigenous literature;
3. produce a range of creative and analytical pieces of writing;
4. develop the structural aspects of written language;
5. understand the creative writing process.
UNIT CONTENT
1. Journeys with Indigenous writers: an overview of the wealth and breadth of Indigenous literature.
2. Journeys in poetry: exploration and analysis of the process of creating a poem through the eyes of the writer.
3. Journeys in drama: understanding drama as an expressive form.
4. Journeys in narrative: understanding the short story and fiction writing.
Assessment
Literary research assignment
20%
Literary analysis 1
20%
Literary analysis 2
20%
Creative writing folio
40%
Supplementary Texts
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Davis, J., Johnson, E., Walley, R., & Maza, B. (1989). Plays from Black Australia. Sydney. Currency Press.
Davis, J., Muecke, S., Narogin, M., & Shoemaker, A. (Eds). (1990). Paperbark: A collection of Black Australian writings. St Lucia, Queensland. University of Queensland Press.
Edwards, B., & Ommundsen, W. (Eds). (1998). Appreciating difference: Writing postcolonial literary history. Geelong, Victoria. Deakin University Press.
Glass, C., & Weller, A. (1987). Us fellas: An anthology of Aboriginal writing. Perth. Artlook Books.
Kenworthy, C., & Kenworthy, S. (1997). Changing places: Aboriginality in texts and contexts. Fremantle, WA.. Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
Moorditj: Australian Indigenous cultural expressions. (1998). [CD]. Canberra. Moorditj Consortium.
Mudrooroo. (1997). The Indigenous literature of Australia. Milli Milli Wangka. Melbourne. Hyland House.
Narogin, M. (1990). Writing from the fringe: Studies in modern Aboriginal writing. Melbourne. Hyland House.
Nelson, E. (Ed). (1988). Connections: Essays on Black literatures. Canberra. Australian Studies Press.
Newman, J. (1996). Commitment and constraint: Contemporary Koori writing. In W, Ommundsen & H, Rowley (Eds). From a distance: Australian writers and cultural displacement. Geelong, Victoria. Deakin University Press.
Ommundsen, W., & Rowley, H. (Eds). From a distance: Australian writers and cultural displacement. Geelong, Victoria. Deakin University Press.
Sabbioni, J., Schaffer, K., & Smith, S. (Eds). (1998). Indigenous Australian voices: A reader. New Jersey. Rutgers University Press.
Shoemaker, A. (1989). Black words, White page: Aboriginal literature 1929-1988. St Lucia, QLD. University of Queensland Press.
Thompson, L. (Compiler). (1999). Aboriginal voices: Contemporary Aboriginal artists, writers and performers. Marleston, SA. J. B. Books.
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