Rewriting Australian literature

Nicholas Jose

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    Abstract

    There are those of us who are trying to rethink the place of Australian literature in our lives, as readers and writers, students and teachers, and as participants in this society and culture. It’s happening from different angles: in the academy, in literary studies, cultural studies, and Australian studies, including Australian history, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and in research frameworks; in secondary and primary education, locally and nationally; and in the public domain. It’s also happening internationally, through translation, and in the many different spaces where Australian literature might have meaning. Meaning, of course, is a first question and the meanings of both ‘Australian’ and ‘literature’ are fluid and routinely contested. Coupling the terms only increases the questioning, raising the stakes to beg the question of whether it is meaningful or necessary to talk about Australian literature at all. What is it? Does it exist? Does it matter anymore, or if it does is that suspect?
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationTeaching Australian Literature: From Classroom Conversations to National Imaginings
    EditorsBrenton Doecke, Larissa McLean Davies, Philip Mead
    Place of PublicationKent Town, S. Aust.
    PublisherWakefield Press
    Pages95-107
    Number of pages13
    ISBN (Print)9781743050453
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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