THE AUSTRALIAN NOVEL
(MEG 19)
 
Answer all questions in this assignment.
 
1. Explain with suitable examples, how nineteenth century women novelists of Australia created a space for themselves within the patriarchal culture and society of their times.
2. Critically examine the significance of Joseph Furphy’s novel Such is Life, in the history of the Australian novel.
3. Explain the significance of the title The Tree of Man.
4. Consider Schindler’s Ark as a story of the triumph of humanity.
5. Explain how writing becomes a political act in True History of the Kelly Gang.