Graeme Turner

National Fictions

Literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative

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Produktbeschreibung

National Fictions is a study of Australian literature and film. It is also a study of Australian culture, viewing the novels and films as products of a specific culture; as narratives with similar structures, functions, forms and meanings. It covers a range of texts, offering both close analysis and an account of their place within the syste

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781863735049
• ISBN-10: 1863735046
• Artikelnr.: 69921383

Autorenporträt

GRAEME TURNER is Associate Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland and is one of the founders of Australian cultural studies. His publications include Myths of Oz (co-authored with John Fiske and Bob Hodge), Australian Television (co-edited with John Tulloch) and The Media in Australia (co-edited with Stuart Cunningham).

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
1 National fictions: film, fiction and national culture
2 The Australian context: nature and society
3 The self in context
4 Characterisation and individualism
5 Representing the nation
6 Complications and conclusions
Afterword
References
Index