Postcolonial Literature for Children
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In this subject, students study current theoretical frameworks for interpreting colonial and postcolonial children's literature and considers a range of evaluative issues entailed in applying these frameworks to different postcolonial texts.

Orientalism

Looking at the wider analysis of postcolonial literature, through the window of orientalism. Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all r...
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The Beat of the Drum

Postcolonialism isn't just based on skin colour or ethnicity - The Beat of the Drum tells about this process within an Irish context. Copyright 2011 D...
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Pocahontas

Using the example of Pocahantas, how is the real world rewritten into something that treads the line between fact and fiction? Copyright 2011 David Be...
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Cowboys and Indians

The common themes and reality of the western genre. Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
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Chinese Cinderella

How to read and interpret the literature of other cultures, using 'Chinese Cinderella' as an example. Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe Universi...
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Bias in Telling Stories

This lecture uses Gary Disher’s The Divine Wind to show how stories of an historical event can be biased in their telling, but that is not necessarily...
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Monocultures and Multicultures

Are we one, or are we many? How is one culture distinguished from another, even within the same country? Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe Unive...
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Considering and Comparing Cultures

How is one culture distinguished from another? What cultural markers are explored in literature? Copyright 2011 David Beagley / La Trobe University, a...
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