Journal article
The Literary Selfie Meets Literary Studies: Reading The Permanent Resident (2016) with Roanna Gonsalves and Students of Writing Australia 2017, Queensland University of Technology, Meeanjin Brisbane
Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature : JASAL, Vol.21(2), pp.1-9
2021
Abstract
This paper adds to the ongoing dialogue between the schools of creative writing and literary studies while exploring the relationship between reading and writing Australian literature through a case study of Roanna Gonsalves’ short story collection The Permanent Resident. Gonsalves’ collection writes back to dominant narratives around the Indian-Australian and Indian-Goan Australian diaspora within contemporary Australian society. It relates to four of the themes from this year’s conference, ASAL (Virtual) 2020 Reading and Writing Australian Literature. The themes are: teaching Australian writing, literary criticism, representing diversity and writing Australia. I argue The Permanent Resident is a collection worthy of a literary criticism class as well as a creative writing class as borne out by an interview conducted with the author by QUT Creative Writing and Literary Studies students via email.
Details
- Title
- The Literary Selfie Meets Literary Studies: Reading The Permanent Resident (2016) with Roanna Gonsalves and Students of Writing Australia 2017, Queensland University of Technology, Meeanjin Brisbane
- Authors
- Penelope Holliday (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Publication details
- Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature : JASAL, Vol.21(2), pp.1-9
- Publisher
- Association for the Study of Australian Literature
- Date published
- 2021
- ISSN
- 1833-6027; 1447-8986
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99578907302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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