BALIT3005 Australian Literature
This course 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 in Australian society and identities.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).
2025 contribution amount* $578
2025 grandfathered contribution amount* $578
Grandfathered contribution amount - 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.
* For Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways bands the unit fee amount is determined by accredited courses. Students in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work accredited courses should refer to the information below.
