Reading Indigenous Writing

KCSE3203

The aim of this unit of study is to introduce students to Australian Indigenous literature. It presents students with a range of foundational and contemporary Indigenous authors and their work in the genres of poetry, fiction and autobiographical writing. It develops students' capacities to identify and reflectively engage with such genres by addressing central critical texts and the social, historical and political contexts of Indigenous writing practice. The unit will build generic skills in literary reading, genre identification, critical and theoretical analysis and historical research, and will encouraging students to develop an informed and independent assessment of contemporary Indigenous literature.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Senior

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 1, 2

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: KCSE3203

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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