Teaching Australian Literature

A collection of essays addressing questions like:

• What role should Australian literature play in the school curriculum?
• What principles should guide our selection of Australian texts?
• To what extent should concepts of the nation and a national identity frame the study of Australian writing?
• What do we imagine Australian literature to be?
• How do English teachers go about engaging their students in reading Australian texts?

This volume brings together teachers, teacher educators, creative writers and literary scholars in a joint inquiry that takes a fresh look at what it means to teach Australian literature. The immediate occasion for the publication of these essays is the implementation of The Australian Curriculum: English, which several contributors subject to critical scrutiny.