AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FICTION
ENG2AWF
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject examines the fictional texts of a number of 19th and 20th century women writers and film-makers and focuses particularly on representation of women's social and sexual identities, Included among the fictional texts are several pairs of novel-film comparisons. Students also become familiar with some of the main debates in feminist literary criticism and film theory.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Susan Gillett
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 30 credit points of first-year English or co-ordinator's approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ENG3AWF
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Bush studies | Prescribed | Baynton, Barbara | RINGWOOD, PENGUIN, 1987 |
| Readings | Don't take your love to town | Prescribed | Langford, Ruby (Ginibi) | RINGWOOD: PENGUIN. 1988. |
| Readings | Kirkham's find (1897) | Prescribed | Gaunt, Mary | RINGWOOD, PENGUIN. 1988. |
| Readings | My brilliant career (1901) | Prescribed | Franklin, Miles | ST LUCIA, UQP, 1986 |
| Readings | My place | Prescribed | Morgan, Sally | RINGWOOD, PENGUIN |
| Readings | Poppy | Prescribed | Modjeska, Drusilla | RINGWOOD, PENGUIN. 1990 |
| Readings | The well | Prescribed | Jolley, Elizabeth | RINGWOOD, PENGUIN. 1987 |