Representations of Sydney in Literature and Film - Einzelansicht

Botany Bay, Bondi Beach, Harbour Bridge, Opera House – Sydney's coves and beaches and, more recently, Sydney's iconic buildings continue to attract visitors from around the world. In this seminar we will study representations of Sydney in literature, film and the fine arts. We will begin with Indigenous voices and the representation of First Encounters in drawings, letters and travelogues following the arrival of white explorers, settlers and convicts. From there we will move on to 19^th-century representations of Australia's emerging metropolis and texts by women writers that contest the dominant masculine narratives of conquest and settlement. Further topics include Modernist depictions of Harbour Bridge, the controversial 1988 bicentenary celebrations as well as contemporary representations of Sydney's ethnic diversity in literature and film.

Texts:

• Watkin Tench, A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay […] (1789); available online via the university library website
• Patrick White, Voss (any edition will do)
• a course reader containing a selection of further texts will be available at the beginning of the semester

Der Reader kann ab Mittwoch, 20.11.13, bei Kopiersysteme Priebe (Segerothstr.) abgeholt werden.