Australian Literature: Identity, Representation and Belonging

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Intellectual Australian interest is not a new phenomenon. Homi K. Bhabha declares in Nation and Narration that "The Nations of Europe and Asia meet in Australia. "It happens to be a seemingly simple statement for an immensely varied geographical, cultural, linguistic and literary space. A settler colony is a space to reconcile indigenous and settler population. Australia is essentially a multicultural and multiethnic country. It is suggested that Australia created its own literature from a combination of the British, American and native sources. In this fast changing political, social and cultural milieu of our times everything has undergone a sea-change. Inter-disciplinary and transcultural studies are made so that men understand one another in a better way. Everything is "perpetually in process of cohesion and dissolution." This special anthology of critical essays, we believe, will play a vital role in transmitting knowledge to the readers about higher areas of learni

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jaydeep Sarangi

Jaydeep Sarangi teaches English at Seva-Bharti Mahavidyalaya (Vidyasagar University), Midnapur (W.B.). He has been working for the UGC Research Project on Contemporaray Indian Englishg Poets. His publications include three full-length books: An Introduction to Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (second edd. 2004), Indian Novels in English: A Sociolinuistic Study (2005), An Introduction to English Language Teaching (2005). His areas of interest are: Indian Writing in English, Sociolinguistics, ELT and Australian poetry. He edits three research journals in English. He is one of the executive members of the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS).

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Title
Australian Literature: Identity, Representation and Belonging
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8176257354
Length
xvi+188p.
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