AustLit

This unit examines writing in English, or in English translation, from the formerly colonised nations or the world. It explores the rich literature generated by a confrontation with real political and global concerns, and the influence of more than one literary tradition on the formation of texts. Topics covered include: issues of authenticity; place and history; the crisis of identity in the post-colonial world; and national and cultural reconstruction. Indigenous writing in colonised nations and the writing of the post-colonial diaspora are also considered, in relation to concepts of disenfranchisement, memory, globalisation and exile.