Postcolonial Literature for Children

Orientalism

Postcolonialism isn't just based on skin colour or ethnicity - The Beat of the Drum tells about this process within an Irish context. Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The Beat of the Drum

Using the example of Pocahantas, how is the real world rewritten into something that treads the line between fact and fiction? Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Pocahontas

Cowboys and Indians

Chinese Cinderella

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. Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Bias in Telling Stories

Multicultures, Identities and Others

Are we one, or are we many? How is one culture distinguished from another, even within the same country? Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Monocultures and Multicultures

Considering and Comparing Cultures

Postcolonial Voices – Either, Neither or Both?

Whose Story is This Anyway?

Black armbands, history wars, and how the stolen generation of Aboriginals is reflected in Australian literature. Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The Stolen Generation

What is the reality of the telling of Aboriginal history? How has European voices influenced the story that has been told? Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

European Voices in Aboriginal History

Aboriginal Voice in Australian Literature

Postcolonial Voices in Literature

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.

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Postcolonial Literature for Children

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