2nd Edition
National Fictions Literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative
By Graeme Turner
Copyright 1993
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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National Fictions is a study of Australian literature and film. It is also a study of Australian culture, viewing the novels and films as products of a specific culture - as narratives with similar structures, functions, forms and meanings. It covers a wide range of texts, offering both close analysis and an account of their place within the system of meanings the book proposes as dominant in... Read more
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
1 National fictions: film, fiction and national culture
2 The Australian context: nature and society
3 The self in context
4 Characterisation and individualism
5 Representing the nation
6 Complications and conclusions
Afterword
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
1 National fictions: film, fiction and national culture
2 The Australian context: nature and society
3 The self in context
4 Characterisation and individualism
5 Representing the nation
6 Complications and conclusions
Afterword
References
Index
Biography
GRAEME TURNER is Associate Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland and is one of the founders of Australian cultural studies. His publications include Myths of Oz (co-authored with John Fiske and Bob Hodge), Australian Television (co-edited with John Tulloch) and The Media in Australia (co-edited with Stuart Cunningham).
