Teaching Australian and New Zealand Literature Hardback
Edited by Nicholas Birns, Nicole Moore, Sarah Shieff
Part of the Options for Teaching series
Hardback
Description
Australia and New Zealand, united geographically by their location in the South Pacific and linguistically by their English-speaking inhabitants, share the strong bond of hope for cultural diversity and social equality—one often challenged by history, starting with the appropriation of land from their indigenous peoples.
This volume explores significant themes and topics in Australian and New Zealand literature.
In their introduction, the editors address both the commonalities and differences between the two nations’ literatures by considering literary and historical contexts and by making nuanced connections between the global and the local.
Contributors share their experiences teaching literature on the iconic landscape and ecological fragility; stories and perspectives of convicts, migrants, and refugees; and Maori and Aboriginal texts, which add much to the transnational turn. This volume presents a wide array of writers—such as Patrick White, Janet Frame, Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, Witi Ihimaera, Christina Stead, Allen Curnow, David Malouf, Les Murray, Nam Le, Miles Franklin, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan—and offers pedagogical tools for teachers to consider issues that include colonial and racial violence, performance traditions, and the role of language and translation.
Concluding with a list of resources, this volume serves to supportnew and experienced instructors alike.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:329 pages
- Publisher:Modern Language Association of America
- Publication Date:30/05/2017
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- ISBN:9781603292870
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:329 pages
- Publisher:Modern Language Association of America
- Publication Date:30/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781603292870
