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Subscribe to this feedPoetry and the Trace: Some Readings
14 July 2008
A series of readings from the Poetry and the Trace conference at the State Library in Melbourne. The speakers are:
Lionel Fogarty
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Wystan Curnow
Susan Stewart
Poetry and the Trace: An International Conference considers the theme of the trace in relation to poetry of any kind from classical antiquity to the contemporary. The conference broadly investigates the relationship between poetry, trace and memory, and whether collective and private pasts and subjectivities can find articulation through the flexible forms of poetic language.
A Public Lecture by Professor Harish Trivedi
17 June 2008
An Alternative Postcolonial: Language, Location and Culture
Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at the University of Delhi. A former Vice-Chair of the International Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, Prof Trivedi presently holds the position of Vice–President of the Comparative Literature Association of India. He is also co-ordinating the international project in writing a History of World Literature.
Prof Trivedi is the acclaimed author of Colonial Transactions: English Literature and India (Manchester University Press). His co-authored books include Post-colonial Translation: Theory and Practice (Routledge), Literature& Nation: Britain and India 1800-1990 (Routledge), and Interrogating Post-Colonialism: Theory, Text and Context. Prof Trivedi is currently working on two monographs: Translation in India: India in Translation and Anthology of Indian Literature in English Translation from 1500 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
A Postgraduate Seminar with Professor Harish Trivedi
11 June 2008
Postcolonial Translation: A History and Some Issues
Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at the University of Delhi, and has been visiting professor at the University of London and the University of Chicago. He is the acclaimed author of Colonial Transactions: English Literature and India. His co-edited books include Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice; Literature and Nation: Britain and India 1800-1990; Interrogating Post-Colonialism: Theory, Text and Context; The Nation across the World: Postcolonial Literary Representations; Tess of the d’Urbervilles; Heritage of English. Professor Trivedi is Chair of the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS), and also Vice–President of the Comparative Literature Association of India. Professor Trivedi is the Distinguished Resident Scholar of Centre for Postcolonial Writing from 10-20 June 2008.
Recommended Readings: Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice, edited by Susan Bassnett and Harish Trivedi
A Discussion of Fairytales - Stardust
This is the final podcast series of the inaugural semester of ENH2360/3360 Fairy Tale Traditions. Previous podcasts have been student-access only. Information on the unit is available at at this link. For this podcast, the unit coordinator, Dr Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario, and tutor, Dr Odette Kelada, are joined by a number of students from the first cohort, 2008. The podcast is broken up into four episodes, each dealing with a separate fairy tale. The views recorded are those of the speakers.
Episode 1: Stardust & Introduction
Joined by: Isabel, Sophie, Dan and Peter.
In this segment, were focusing on the question of what constitutes a fairy tale. Is Neil Gaimans novel, Stardust, an actual fairy tale? And what is the difference between a fairy tale for adults and a fairy tale for children or is there a difference?
Please note that themes of sexuality and violence are discussed in the podcast. Some of these themes may not be suitable for younger listeners.
A Discussion of Fairytales - Beauty and the Beast
For this podcast, Dr Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario and tutor Dr Odette Kelada, are joined by a number of students. The podcast is broken up into four episodes, each dealing with a separate fairy tale. The views recorded are those of the speakers.
Episode 2: Beauty and the Beast
Joined by: Sara and Shirlaine
In this segment, were focusing on the romance myth as exemplified by Beauty and the Beast.
Please note that themes of sexuality and violence are discussed in the podcast. Some of these themes may not be suitable for younger listeners.
A Discussion of Fairytales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
For this podcast, Dr Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario and tutor Dr Odette Kelada, are joined by a number of students. The podcast is broken up into four episodes, each dealing with a separate fairy tale. The views recorded are those of the speakers.
Episode 3: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Joined by: Gabriel and Matthew.
In this segment, were looking at Southeys tale and todays retellings, including Jasper Ffordes The Fourth Bear.
Please note that themes of sexuality and violence are discussed in the podcast. Some of these themes may not be suitable for younger listeners.
A Discussion of Fairytales - Little Red Riding Hood
For this podcast, Dr Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario and tutor Dr Odette Kelada, are joined by a number of students. The podcast is broken up into four episodes, each dealing with a separate fairy tale. The views recorded are those of the speakers.
Episode 4: Little Red Riding Hood
Joined by: Naja and Aaron.
In this segment, we’re examining the darker undertones of the ever-popular tale of a girl in a red hood and a big, bad wolf.
Please note that themes of sexuality and violence are discussed in the podcast. Some of these themes may not be suitable for younger listeners.
Writers and their World: Adib Khan
16 May 2008
The Business of Creativity: the Tension between Aesthetics and Commerce in Serious Fiction
Adib Khan
A presentation for staff and postgraduates.
Adib Khan is the author of five novels. His first novel, Seasonal Adjustments won the Christina Stead Prize for fiction and the Book of the Year in the 1994 New South Wales Premier’s Prize, and won the 1995 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for First Book. His second novel, Solitude of Illusions was shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for fiction and the Ethnic Commission Award in the 1997 New South Wales Premier’s Prize, and won the 1997 Tilly Aston Braille Book of the Year Award. His other novels are The Storyteller and Homecoming. His latest work Spiral Road was listed among the twenty books for the 2008 State Library of Victoria’s summer reading program. Currently, Adib is a PhD (Creative Writing) Scholar, Centre for Postcolonial Writing.