PPT-Australian Historical Fiction

THE BLACK DOG GANG BY ROBERT NEWTON The Rocks Sydney 1900 A backyard The Bubonic plagueThe Black plague Arrival Poverty Disease A kitchen Hygiene A butchers shop. Failure is not an option.. You want me to do what?. You . will . be . reading . twenty . books . this . year. . . This includes books that we read together for class. . You . will . be . reading from a variety of genres in order to explore books you might not ordinarily read and to develop an understanding of literary elements, text features, and text structures. . What is Historical Fiction?. Historical fiction is fiction set in the past. It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may combine factual information about time, place, events, and real people of the period with fictional characters, dialogue, and details.. ACL1001. Grunge Writing. Before and After. What is Grunge?. What is Grunge writing?. Definitions. The term Grunge literature, for the purposes of this lecture, refers to a group of Australian writings that were published between the early and mid 90s. . For the higher grades, you will need a . concept. or . thesis. , which you will develop and or “prove” over the course of the essay.. You should also demonstrate evidence of wider reading.. Today: “flesh out” cultural background of American hard-boiled tradition. Reading Sonya . Hartnett’s . Surrender. dr. Natalie Kon-yu. ACL2009. Australian Literature. Lecture Overview. Gothic Fiction. Australian Gothic Fiction. ‘Cold Snap’ Cate Kennedy. Surrender . Sonya Hartnett. A . contribution. to . futures. . studies. and . foresight. . practices. ROBERTO PAURA. 1st International Conference on . Anticipation. – . University. of Trento, 7 . November. 2015. Science Fiction . What is Historical Fiction?. Historical fiction is fiction set in the past. It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may combine factual information about time, place, events, and real people of the period with fictional characters, dialogue, and details.. MARIA BALHADDAD 201200806. MAIN POINTS :. Who Animals lives in Australian Forest . . How can the Australian Aborigines Adaptation with Australian Animals .. How Australian Aborigines benefited od Australian Animals .. GMOs are created by injecting chemicals into food AFTER it is harvested.. Fiction. GMOs are developed through genetic engineering where scientists identify and insert specific traits into the DNA of the seed before it is ever planted. The plant grows just like conventional (non-GMO) seeds. . **FICTION:. Point . of View-. the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told. . 3 main kinds . of POV:. *. First Person: . the narrator is a character in the story. We see the story through his/her eyes. . Historical Fiction Alexa, Jenni, Katie Historical Fiction Characteristics: · There is a mixture of real and fictional events · Characters are involved in a conflict or problem that is real for that time period Fiction and Non-Fiction. Genres of literature are divided into (2) categories. Non-Fictions are informational texts dealing with real-life subjects. Real or Actual. Fictions are narrative literary works produced by the imagination. The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Australian Literature. Discussions of the current state of Australian literature are frequently alarmist and usually focus on the prestige area of literary fiction – ‘serious’ or ‘good’ novels for adults (not genre fiction: crime, romance, science-fiction and so on). In his essay ‘The Decline of the Literary Paradigm in Australian Publishing’ . “. A strong explicit focus on language and literature can improve historical understanding…text is such a good tool to think with [because of] its effect upon the imagination…fiction takes some beating as a tool for historical thinking..