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Looking for an Australian novel/play/short story...
« on: March 24, 2012, 10:24:34 pm »
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...where group belonging can be identified through the language used (preferably with dialogue)...

I have no idea where or how to start looking, especially since it has to be Australian too. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Re: Looking for an Australian novel/play/short story...
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 09:02:45 am »
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Have you read Deadly Unna?
It's a really, really good example of a text that uses lots of Australian English and non-standard usage too. We were given it as a bit of an introduction to Eng Lang. There's a little bit of dialogue if I can recall correctly.

Honestly just troll through your school's library a bit. Plenty of fiction novels have heaps of Australian colloquialisms and all that jazz. Check the authors Nick Earls and Rebecca Sparrow, I remember reading their combined book "Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight" in like year 8 or 9 and picking up those sorts of things but don't quote me. All of those girly teenage-y novels about going through adolescence and looking for boys and not being popular and all that superficial stuff and shiz  that you really only see the year 7s at your school flicking through is PERFECT and are AWESOME resources for this task.

How is this helpful, you ask? Think about it. Teens in particular have their own way of communicating: "Teenspeak". They also invent new words (neologisms) to be able to identify new things in the evolving technology age. Think about acronyms too. Why do they do this? To exclude and include. To ensure adults don't know what they're talking about. To use diminutives of words about places, people, whatever so that they sound cooler being shorter.

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Re: Looking for an Australian novel/play/short story...
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2012, 03:58:33 am »
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^ Nah, I've never heard of it. My library doesn't have it but I have a good idea of what to look for now, thanks a lot

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Re: Looking for an Australian novel/play/short story...
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2012, 12:28:32 am »
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i think deadly unna got  made into a film - "australian rules "
also, ' bran nue dae' , summer heights high, the castle, other stuff with chris lilley, are films or tv shows which show good aus english use
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Re: Looking for an Australian novel/play/short story...
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2012, 12:32:59 am »
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Stolen by Jane Harrison.

It's a short play and very Australian (story of five Aboriginal kids who have been forcefully removed from their homes by the Australian Government). I studied the play in Year 11.

EDIT: I remember a powerful scene where the kids are singing to the tune of the vegemite song (with different lyrics).

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I strongly recommend reading Stolen as I think it meets the parameters of your task perfectly. In essence the whole play is about these children belonging in an Australian society.
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Re: Looking for an Australian novel/play/short story...
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2012, 06:21:53 pm »
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^ Excellent, found a copy. Thanks!

My teacher was using 'Deadly Unna' :p