AustLit
Texts
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y Squatter, Selector and Storekeeper : A History of the Darling Downs Sydney : Sydney University Press , 1968 Z1460834 1968 single work non-fiction (taught in 1 units)
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y Squeaker's Mate 1902 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Bush Studies 1902; (p. 15-43) A Century of Australian Short Stories 1963; (p. 72-85) Bush Studies 1965; (p. 54-71) The Penguin Book of Australian Short Stories 1976; (p. 63-77) Barbara Baynton 1980; (p. 11-26) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 437-448)
— Appears in: Australische Erzähler von Marcus Clarke bis Patrick White 1984; (p. 53-70)
Degrees
Description
Using Australian social history, this subject uses a chronological sequence of autobiographies to critically investigate the 'lived experience' of being working class over two centuries. It examines writings from the convicts, goldrushes, immigrant, indigenous, rural and urban working class lives, against the backdrop of broad social, political and economic transformations. The subject asks theoretical questions about the relationship between vernacular experience and official historical accounts and subject and agency in historical explanation.
Subject Objectives:
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to: 1. Engage with scholarly debate about the significance of the working class in Australian working class history. 2. Display an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of using autobiography as the basis for history writing 3. Evaluate key factors in Australian working class history 4. Discuss the significance of the category class in historical and social theory.
Assessment
Essay 1 (2500 words), 35%; Presentation 15%; Essay 2 (3000 words) 40%; Participation 10%
Other Details
Library link to complete list of readings for this course: http://iii.library.uow.edu.au/search~S0?/rHIST220+@ereadings/rhist220+@ereadings/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=rhist220+@ereadings&1%2C1%2C
Offered in:
2009
Current Campus:
Wollongong
Levels:
Undergraduate
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