Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210273

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210273

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Past Tense: 'acts of memory' in contemporary Australian memoir. This project examines the turn to autobiographic expression - particularly fragmentary forms of memoir - by the intelligentsia in Australia in the fin de siecle of the twentieth century. Why and how did these styles of writing proliferate? How did they shape ideas and express uncertainties about national identity and citizenship during a phase of national commemoration, self-consciousness, jubilation and unease? In a monograph, 'Past Tense', and a series of articles and conference presentations these questions will be considered using a comparative, cross cultural approach which will make a contribution to understanding identity debates in contemporary Australian society.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $125,137.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Literary Studies | Australian And New Zealand | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

National identity |

Other Keywords

Australian And New Zealand | Languages and Literature | Literary Studies | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | National identity | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Understanding Australia'S Past

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