Recent years have seen Australia produce an extremely lively literature and arts culture, fuelled by dramatic changes in Australian society. Extensive migration, feminism, Australia's attempt to integrate itself into Asia, participation in a global economy and mass media network, the movement towards republicanism, Aboriginal land claims, increased environmental awareness—these are among many factors which have led to an ongoing questioning of what it means to be 'Australian'.<br/><br/>This unit examines this process of questioning in recent literature. These works reflect not just an Anglo-Saxon or Celtic heritage but a multicultural, multi-vocal society with differences in the way... -- Course Website
