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  • Indigenous Australian texts in European English departments : a fence, a bridge and a country as an answer to the debate over multiculturalism
    Polak, Iva
    Though non-canonical Anglophone courses in the curriculum of European English departments are no longer seen as oddity, they are often regarded as "marginal" in comparison to the British and American ... canon. However, courses focusing on the cultural output of postcolonial voices, moreover of the most marginal of postcolonial voices, do not only challenge the extent to which we have managed to shift from Eurocentrism in literary theory, but also reveal the complexities of the current cultural trends, such as the frequently evoked policy of multiculturalism. The paper argues that courses which include texts by Indigenous Australian authors reveal the story of survival in a country that is literally multicultural, and stress the importance of one's own place of utterance, which is as local as it is global. The above issues are exemplified by the works of the famous Aboriginal writers Doris Pilkington/Nugi Garimara (Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, 1996), John Muk Muk Burke (Bridge of Triangles, 1994) and Alexis Wright (Carpentaria, 2006).
    Source: ELOPE : English language overseas perspectives and enquiries. - ISSN 1581-8918 (Vol. 10, Autumn 2013, str. 69-81)
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2013
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 54768738

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