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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Comparing Australian and Non-Australian Speculative Fiction: Uncommon Zombie Narratives in Illuminae and His Dark Materials
Illuminae is an Australian science fiction novel by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, published in 2015. The first novel of the Illuminae Files trilogy focuses on Ezra and Kady, who try to survive the ongoing war over a planet as … Continue reading
Exploring Sexuality and Queerness in Australian Fantasy: Nevernight’s Mia
The Nevernight Chronicle by Australian author Jay Kristoff consists of the three novels Nevernight (2016), Godsgrave (2017), and Darkdawn (2019). The fantasy trilogy (which is very much not YA due to very graphic depictions of sex and violence) follows the … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy
Tagged Australia, Australian Fantasy, Jay Kristoff, Nevernight, Queerness, Sexuality, Speculative Australia
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Lost in Translation? Interpreting and Identity in Suki Kim’s The Interpreter
The Interpreter (2003) is the first novel by Suki Kim, who was born in Korea and immigrated to the US with her parents at the age of thirteen. The plot revolves around the interpreter Suzy Park, also born in Korea and … Continue reading
Posted in Further Courses and Topics, Thoughts on Translation
Tagged The Interpreter, Translation
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Getting Started
The Initial Idea The idea of creating a student-led blog as part of our Australian Speculative Fiction project came up fairly early on. Requiring students to write blog posts seemed to be an ideal way to encourage them to engage … Continue reading
Tagged Anglophone Literatures, Speculative Australia, Student Blogging
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