Postcolonial Literature for Children: Recent Episodes
David Beagley
In this subject, students study current theoretical frameworks for interpreting colonial and postcolonial children's literature and considers a range of evaluative issues entailed in applying these frameworks to different postcolonial texts.
Looking at the wider analysis of postcolonial literature, through the window of orientalism.
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Postcolonialism isn't just based on skin colour or ethnicity - The Beat of the Drum tells about this process within an Irish context.
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Using the example of Pocahantas, how is the real world rewritten into something that treads the line between fact and fiction?
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The common themes and reality of the western genre.
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How to read and interpret the literature of other cultures, using 'Chinese Cinderella' as an example.
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This lecture uses Gary Disher’s The Divine Wind to show how stories of an historical event can be biased in their telling, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
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The evolution of Australia's multiculturalism, and the representation of 'others'.
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Are we one, or are we many? How is one culture distinguished from another, even within the same country?
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How is one culture distinguished from another? What cultural markers are explored in literature?
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Aboriginal voice or European voice? Does it matter?
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Is there a difference between an Aboriginal story and a European story?
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Black armbands, history wars, and how the stolen generation of Aboriginals is reflected in Australian literature.
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What is the reality of the telling of Aboriginal history? How has European voices influenced the story that has been told?
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How is the Aboriginal culture and identity represented in Australian literature?
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Where are postcolonional voices in literature coming from?
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Moving from a colonial attitude to post-colonial - Rudyard Kipling to Kim.
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How and why are colonial texts rewritten in later years?
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How are stereotypes portrayed in children's literature, and where did they come from?
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How postcolonialism has influenced children's literature.
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David Beagley introduces Postcolonial Literature for Children.
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