Biting the hand that writes you: The prose and theory of Mudrooroo Narogin.

摘要

This thesis is an investigation of the prose and literary theory of Mudrooroo Narogin, the Australian Aboriginal writer.;The first chapter explores the various definitions of post-modernism and post-colonialism in order to produce an interpretation of these two terms that is not homogenizing and that allows for difference. The second chapter examines the dialogue between Narogin's first text, Wild Cat Falling, and his most recent "Novel Koori Script," Doin Wildcat. The dialogue between these texts highlights many of the problems and solutions offered by post-colonial theory. The third chapter studies Narogin's use of history and time in Long Live Sandawara and Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World. Time and history are used to produce texts that emerge from the interstitial space between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures. The fourth chapter concludes the thesis with Narogin's production of a hybrid form in his two books of poetry The Song Circle of Jacky and Dalwurra: The Black Bittern. By including Aboriginal referents and totems in his poetry, Narogin succeeds in creating a space for both Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals within his texts. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)