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) 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.