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SUMMARY:The influence of fairy tale on contemporary Australian fantasy fic
 tion for young people - Sophie Masson
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Literary scholar Lisa M.Fiander has proposed that 'fiction wri
 ters are most likely to draw upon fairy tales when they are framing\, in w
 riting\, a subject that generates anxiety in their culture\,' and that whi
 lst British writers may use fairy tales to 'chart the movement of the lone
 ly into communities' and Canadian writers to express anxieties about ident
 ity\, Australian writers use fairy tales to express the landscape and geog
 raphy and to articulate anxieties about belonging as a settler community i
 n an Aboriginal land. She was writing about Australian adult fiction\; but
  does this hold in contemporary Australian fantasy fiction for young peopl
 e? If so\, how is it expressed? And if not\, why not? This presentation is
  an interesting overview of a flourishing area of Australian contemporary 
 fiction for young people\, and draws on Sophie Masson's own experience as 
 a writer as well.\n\nBorn in Indonesia to French parents and brought up in
  Australia and France\, *Sophie Masson* is the award-winning author of ove
 r 60 books\, for children\, young adults and adults. Her latest books are 
 _Jack of Spades_ (Eagle Books\, 2017) and _Once Upon An ABC_\, illustrated
  by Christopher Nielsen\, (Little Hare\, 2017) \n
LOCATION:MAB 104\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PH
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