AustLit
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Jack
Acton
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Pandanus Books
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2006
Z1340195
2006
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 2 units)
'This fast-paced verse novel is set on a pearling lugger in the Torres strait in the 1930s. Using historical evidence from the documentary record and the participants themselves, Japanese, Islander, Aboriginal and European, Johnson offers insights into life at sea as part of one of the most dangerous occupations, where divers routinely died or were crippled by the bends.' - Back cover
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Depot Girl
Warners Bay
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Picaro Press
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2008
Z1569493
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 3 units)
Depot Girl is a ficto-critical, queer theory novel in verse.
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Wild Surmise
Sydney
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Picador
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2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary)
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Degrees
Description
This unit introduces students to some theories of genre and to textual examples of specified genres. Several genres will be studied; possible examples may include romance, soap opera, sci-fi, horror, the musical, music video, and reality TV. Examples will be drawn from different media and from both popular and "high" culture. Key themes will include the place of gender in genre and the role of textual conventions in structuring meaning.
Assessment
Participation (in class and online), group presentation with 500 word precis, 4 journals (totalling 1200 words), one 1000 word paper, one 1500 word paper or creative project
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Undergraduate
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