ENGLISH 204

Pacific Literature in English

Description

An introduction to contemporary Pacific Literature exploring texts from canonical Pacific writers to spoken word performance poets. Texts will be examined in light of recent theories in Indigenous Writing Studies, with a focus on crossings of cultural and creative borders, diaspora and identity.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December

Availability 2025

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh

Reading/Texts

Poetry:

Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English, Mauri Ola II. (Eds, Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, Robert Sullivan, Honolulu: University of Hawai’iPress, 2010).

Young Adult Fiction:

Trilogy by Lani Wendt Young

• The Covenant Keeper, Auckland, N.Z.: L.Wendt Young, 2011. http://www.amazon.com/Telesa-Covenant-Keeper-Series-Book-ebook/dp/B005I3WD8Q
• When Water Burns, Auckland, N.Z.: L. Wendt Young, 2012. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008F6CLY4/ref=series_rw_dp_sw
• The Bone Bearer, Tauranga, N.Z.: Lani Wendt Young, Kale Press, 2013. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DM9L6FO/ref=series_rw_dp_sw

Short Stories:

• Black Marks on the White Page. (Ed. Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti, Penguin Random House, 2017.)
• Niu Voices. (Ed. Selina Tusitala Marsh. Wellington, N.Z. : Huia, 2006). Excerpts made available.

Points

ENGLISH 204: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I in English, or 15 points at Stage I in English and PACIFIC 100