Compare christos tsiolkas barracuda novel with loaded novel

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Essay question-

Compare Christos Tsiolkas's Barracuda novel with his Loaded novel. Comment on anything you see fit in relation to the interests of the unit we have looked at this semester. Pay attention to the continuities in Tsiolkas's work as well as noting the aspects which seem to have changed.

Some of the topics we have covered this semester in this unit is,

  • cultural cringe
  • suburbia
  • fair go
  • ethnicity
  • sexuality
  • masculinity

The 3 books where needs to be referred to is

  • Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda 2013
  • Alice Pung, Unpolished Gem 2006
  • Katharine Susannah Prichard, Coonardoo 1929

A combination of 10 references including the three books above and different sources to back up the essay question is required. Here are some readings that can be also used to get ideas off from that my lecturer forwarded to me,

Further reading

  • Carter, David Carter, David. After Postcolonialism [online]. Meanjin, Vol. 66, No. 2, 2007: 114-119. Availability: https://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=235620589364094;res=IELLCC.
  • Goldsworthy, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Kerryn. Going Global [Book Review] [online]. Meanjin, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2005: 103-108.https://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=217323011588541;res=IELAPA see follow up in Sydney Review of Books
  • Richard White, Inventing Australia, Allen and Unwin 1981
  • Graeme Turner, National Fictions, Allen and Unwin 1986
  • 'All our Own Work', Nicholas Jose, Weekend Australian 25 July
  • John Kinsella on the 'Australian Canon' Guardian 8 March 2012
  • Tony Birch, 'A National Literature' (useful for major essay topic 1)

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Your essay should demonstrate that you have interpreted the assignment topic appropriately, and that you have addressed the topic directly, even if you later expand on it.

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Originality:

Don't be afraid to disagree with critics or to refine their insights. If you see things differently, say so and show why and how your views can be supported.

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