Past Programs
Family and Children - 2007
Ideology in children's fiction
27/06/2007
You don't have to look too far to find examples of ideology in children's literature. Feminist revisions of fairy tales, for instance and you might say that When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs in an example of a kids' book with a strong ideological anti-nuclear message.
John Stephens has made the production of ideology in children's fiction the focus of his research. He is Professor in English at Macquarie University, and he's won the 11th International Brothers Grimm Award for his outstanding body of research into children's literature.
Two novels for and about teenage girls (review) Read Transcript
03/06/2007
Kate Bochner reviews two novels for and about teenaged girls, written by Melbourne-based writers. Notes from the teenage underground is the first novel by Simmone Howell. A rose by any other name is the latest story by Maureen McCarthy. Maureen McCarthy's very popular stories have several times been adapted for television. You may have seen one miniseries , based on one of her books, Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get a Life on ABC TV.
Miranda Seymour's memoir of obsession: In My Father's House Read Transcript
01/04/2007
In her new book In My Father's House: Elegy for an Obsessive Love, Miranda Seymour turns her considerable powers of observation, research and language to a story close to home, indeed the story revolves around her home and the obsessive love of her father, George Fitzroy Seymour, for a house called Thrumpton.
Miranda Seymour's memoir of obsession: In My Father's House Read Transcript
29/03/2007
Miranda Seymour joins us to talk about her memoir, In My Father's House: Elegy for an Obsessive Love. Miranda Seymour has written novels, children's stories, and several works of non-fiction including literary biographies of Henry James, Robert Graves, Mary Shelley and Ottoline Morrell. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts, and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham Trent.
In her new book In My Father's House: Elegy for an Obsessive Love, Miranda Seymour turns her considerable powers of observation, research and language to a story close to home, indeed the story revolves around her home and the obsessive love of her father, George Fitzroy Seymour, for a house called Thrumpton.
