Elective 2: Postmodernism

Additional resources

Prescribed text: John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman

• A biography with links from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowles

• An introduction to the text from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Lieutenant%27s_Woman

• Reviews and articles of Fowles' books. You do need to create a login - it's free -  but this is a highly reputable US newspaper.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/31/specials/fowles.html

• An audio interview with John Fowles

http://wiredforbooks.org/johnfowles/

Prescribed text: David Williamson's Dead White Males

• A biography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson

• The transcript of an interview with George Negus

http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1196118.htm

• Another interview from the ABC

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bigidea/stories/s1046583.htm

• An explanation of the term, 'dead white males'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson

• An analytical article

http://www.sydneyline.com/Dead%20White%20Males.htm

• From HSC Online

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/extension1/thinking/postmodernism/dead_white_males/dwm_study.html

• An essay on David Williamson with a focus on critical theory

http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-July-1996/morris.html

Prescribed text: Sally Potter's Orlando

• Orlando: A Biography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando:_A_Biography

•  Sally Potter's notes on the adaptation of the Book Orlando

www.uah.edu/woolf/index/html

• The Contemporary Auteur: An Interview with Sally Potter

http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/publications/16+/potter.html

• Spirits either sex assume - interview with film director Sally Potter - Interview

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n10_v31/ai_14156124

• Unclothing gender: The postmodern sensibility in Sally Potter's Orlando

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3768/is_199901/ai_n8839588