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Alan Lawson's research interests include post-colonial theory and critical practice, especially in relation to 'settler' cultures, literary and cultural institutions, Australia-Canada comparative studies, Australian fiction and Canadian fiction. He currently researches in two distinct areas.
1. Higher education policy - eapecially as it relates to research higher degrees
2. The analysis of rhetorical and narrative tropes in "settler" post-colonial cultures, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.
He has authored:
Patrick White.
Articles on Australian literature including Patrick White, Barbara Baynton, George Johnston, Hal Porter, and Henry Lawson.
Australian literary criticism and literary history.
Post-colonial theory, Canadian literature and literary institutions.
Theory and practice of comparative studies in post-colonial context.
He has edited and co-edited many publications, including:
Patrick White: Selected Writings.
The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature (with Ken Goodwin).
Barbara Baynton (with Sally Krimmer).
Australian Literature: A Reference Guide (with Fred Lock).
De-Scribing Empire: Post-colonialism and Textuality (with Chris Tiffin).
Post-colonial Literatures: General, Comparative and Theoretical Criticism (with Leigh Dale, Helen Tiffin, and Shane Rowlands).
Annotated Bibliographies of Criticism of Post-colonial Literatures in English series.
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