Postcolonial Literature for Children

By David Beagley

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 fr... more

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Postcolonial Literature for Children episodes:

November 01, 2011 Orientalism
Looking at the wider analysis of postcolonial literature, through the window of orientalism.
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51min
October 28, 2011 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.
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56min
October 18, 2011 Pocahontas
Using the example of Pocahantas, how is the real world rewritten into something that treads the line between fact and fiction?
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47min
October 14, 2011 Cowboys and Indians
The common themes and reality of the western genre.
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42min
October 10, 2011 Chinese Cinderella
How to read and interpret the literature of other cultures, using 'Chinese Cinderella' as an example.
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54min
September 23, 2011 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 a bad thing.
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54min
September 19, 2011 Multicultures, Identities and Others
The evolution of Australia's multiculturalism, and the representation of 'others'.
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51min
September 13, 2011 Monocultures and Multicultures
Are we one, or are we many? How is one culture distinguished from another, even within the same country?
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52min
September 09, 2011 Considering and Comparing Cultures
How is one culture distinguished from another? What cultural markers are explored in literature?
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51min
September 06, 2011 Postcolonial Voices – Either, Neither or Both?
Aboriginal voice or European voice? Does it matter?
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42min

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How many episodes does Postcolonial Literature for Children have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.