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BALIT2005 Australian Literature

This unit combines a historical and contemporary overview of Australian literature with intensive study of selected themes and genres, including novels, short fiction and poetry. Topics may include colonial settler literary texts and their various engagements with the figure of the indigene; representations of landscape and the bush in white settler and indigenous writing; colonial and post-colonial myths of national identity in literary texts; migration and cultural diversity; issues of gender, sexuality, race and class in literary representations of Australia; contemporary Australian literature; and shifts in how Australian literature is viewed from a transnational or global perspective. Students will gain an appreciation of the development of Australian literature in the context of changes vvvvvn Australian society and identities.

Credit points
15
EFTSL
0.125
Band
Band 1

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee

A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.

The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).   

2025 student contribution amount: $578


2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $578

* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.

Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways 

For Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways bands, the student contribution amount is determined by the accredited course. Visit our CSP page for further information, including a list of accredited courses. Students not studying in an accredited course will pay the fees listed above. 

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International full fee–paying places

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