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1 Religion, Class and Nation in Contemporary Australian Fiction Stella Borgk Barthet , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 31 no. 1 2009; (p. 83-94) 'This article tackles the charge of elitism levelled at some Australian writers by Australian critics and suggests that these assessments may be biased because of an over-emphasis on class. This kind of criticism connects elitism with the writers' appropriation of the spiritual for the endorsement of the nation, and either rejects works that treat the spiritual, or it refuses to acknowledge a spiritual element in writing that is accepted for its working-class ethos. Through readings of David Malouf's The Conversation at Curlow Creek and Thomas Keneally's A Family Madness and The Office of Innocence, I question the connection that has been made between high literariness and the symbolic endorsement of the White nation in Australia.' Source: The author.
1 y separately published work icon Shared Waters : Soundings in Postcolonial Literatures Stella Borgk Barthet (editor), Amsterdam New York (City) : Rodopi , 2009 Z1700001 2009 anthology poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon A Sea for Encounters : Essays towards a Postcolonial Commonwealth Stella Borgk Barthet (editor), Amsterdam New York (City) : Rodopi , 2009 Z1695345 2009 anthology criticism
1 Representations of Irishness in Contemporary Australian Fiction Representações de ser irlandês na ficção australiana contemporânea Stella Borgk Barthet , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture , January vol. 30 no. 1 2008; (p. 45-51) Australian history generates great fervour in intellectual and political circles in present-day Australia, and Ireland's contribution to the making of the continent is a hotly debated issue. This essay deals with Irishness in contemporary Australian fiction with a 19th century setting. The representations I will be exploring concern the Convict, the Bushranger, and the Catholic. I have put these three figures in ascending order, according to the degree of Irishness that they tend to carry with them in contemporary Australian fiction. If we are dealing with a convict; then the character may or may not be Irish; if a bush-ranger, then he is more likely than not to be Irish; if the character is Catholic, then he is certainly Irish.

A história da Austrália causa grandes debates intelectuais e políticos na Austrália contemporânea e a contribuição irlandesa na construção e no desenvolvimento do continente suscita muitas discussões. Esse artigo analisa a qualidade de ser irlandês, na ficçãoaustraliana contemporânea, tendo o século XIX como pano de fundo. Discute-se a representação do detento, do mateiro e do católico, colocados em ordem ascendente na medida em que encarnam o grau de qualidade de irlandês que cada um carrega na ficção australiana. Se o personagem é um detento, pode ou não pode ser irlandês; se é um mateiro, provavelmente é um irlandês; se o personagem é católico, com certeza é irlandês. (Author's abstract)
1 Resistance and Reconcilation in David Malouf's The Conversations at Curlow Creek Stella Borgk Barthet , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Resistance and Reconciliation : Writing in the Commonwealth 2003; (p. 265-277)
1 The Shape of Indeterminacy in Patrick White's Fringe of Leaves and David Malouf's Remembering Babylon Stella Borgk Barthet , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Changing Geographies : Essays on Australia 2001; (p. 203-210)
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