A Child Lost in the Bush. Australian National Identity in Joseph Furphy's Such is Life Cover Image

Dijete izgubljeno u šikari. Australski nacionalni identitet u romanu Takav je život Josepha Furphyja
A Child Lost in the Bush. Australian National Identity in Joseph Furphy's Such is Life

Author(s): Tihana Klepač
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo

Summary/Abstract: Joseph Furphy’s novel Such is Life was written in response to The Bulletin’s call to »write Australia«. As a text written within the Nationalist-Democratic literary tradition, it contributes to the formulation of the nationalist metanarrative. However, a careful analysis of the textual traces destabilises the unisono (Anderson) of the nation, revealing the polyphony of voices, and Furphy’s Australia as an emerging country, comparable to a child lost in the bush, attempting to come to terms with its roots/routes (Hall).

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 175-200
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian