English - Australian Prose and Poetry - Essay Writing Assessment Answer

Analyse the spatial/geographical coordinates in the stories/novels/poems set for study. How does location in each text represent more than just a bare stage for action? You may wish to consider indigenous conceptions of the land, settler- colonial attitudes to landscape, the city/bush dichotomy, colonial metropolis, the centres and margins of empire, or the relationship between Australia and Britain/Europe. (NB: these are suggestions only; there is no need to mention all of them in your essay) NB: Text choices: You must analyse either or TWO novels ONE novel and THREE short stories