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The Decline Of Regionalism In Australian Literature And Culture, Per Henningsgaard
The Decline Of Regionalism In Australian Literature And Culture, Per Henningsgaard
English Faculty Publications and Presentations
The years leading up to and including the Australian bicentennial (1988) marked a high point of nationalistic fervor, but also of interest in regionalism and, in particular, regional literature in Australia. For example, the Literature Board funded four anthologies of Western Australian literature that were associate with this occasion; two of these received additional funds from the Australian Bicentennial Authority. However, this interest could not sustain itself. With the bicentennial finally behind it, the typically antagonistic relationship regionalism had enjoyed with nationalism (e.g. regionalism was commonly regarded as “the advocacy and advancement of the interests, functions, and competence of parts …
Regional Literature And ‘The Liminal’: Exploring The Spaces In-Between National And International Literatures, Per Henningsgaard
Regional Literature And ‘The Liminal’: Exploring The Spaces In-Between National And International Literatures, Per Henningsgaard
English Faculty Publications and Presentations
Regional literature, that often overlooked and much maligned cluster of writings whose origins are frequently said to be anywhere but here, has actually played an important role in the story of Australian literature. The theme of nationalism, which reigned as the master narrative of Australian literature from early in the history of white settlers in Australia until perhaps the 1970s, merged with or fragmented into (depending on your perspective) regionalism in the 1980s. In the 1990s, internationalism emerged from this transitional phase as the new master narrative of Australian literature. Regionalism seems to have acted as a liminal state in …