National Fictions: Literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative

by Graeme Turner

Book Overview

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 wide range of texts, offering both close analysis and an account of their place within the system of meanings the book proposes as dominant in Australian culture.

The second edition of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863735046
• ISBN13: 9781863735049
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"