Littoral fictions: Writing Tasmania and newfoundland ...

• Main Author: Polack, FM
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23205641.v1; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Littoral_fictions_Writing_Tasmania_and_newfoundland/23205641/1

This thesis examines contemporary literary fiction which takes either the Canadian island of Newfoundland or the Australian island of Tasmania as its imaginative terrain. Utilising a comparative framework, it juxtaposes narratives which have helped construct these regional spaces during the last twenty-five years of the twentieth century. Informed by post-modern spatial theory, 'Littoral Fictions' is premised on the argument that places are produced, rather than simply reflected, in literary and other modes of cultural expression. Particularly important to the thesis are Michel de Certeau's assertion that 'every story is a travel story - a spatial practice' (The Practice of Everyday Life 115), and Fredric Jameson's contention that cultural and economic production are inextricably intertwined. Consequently, the thesis seeks to determine how and why Tasmania and Newfoundland figure within recent fiction, and to consider the ramifications of their constructions. 'Littoral Fictions' examines writing about ...