Literature has been taught as a discipline at Murdoch University since its foundation. In 1975, Murdoch’s first literary studies programme was called ‘World Literature’ and was located within the School of Human Communication. The main objective of the programme was to ‘give the student a thorough understanding of the general history and development of world literature on a comparative basis.’ The following year the programme changed to ‘World Literature and Literary Theory’, then to ‘Comparative Literature’ in 1979 and to ‘English and Comparative Literature' in 1985. Since 1999, it has been called ‘English’ and students ‘are exposed to a wide range of literary, non-literary, theoretical, dramatic, electronic and other kinds of text, with an emphasis on critical understanding and practical production’.
In addition to acquiring texts directly related to the University’s English programme, the Library also collects literature more widely – this includes the winners (and shortlisted authors) of major national and international literary prizes. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is one of the world’s most prestigious awards. Now in its thirty-seventh year, the prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000, plus the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a worldwide readership and a dramatic increase in book sales.
1975 |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and dust
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 825.439 J598H 21 |
1976 |
David Storey - Saville
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 S8848S |
1977 |
Paul Scott - Staying on
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 S4288S |
1978 |
Iris Murdoch - The sea, the sea
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 M9748S |
1979 |
Penelope Fitzgerald - Offshore
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.939 F5548O 01 |
1980 |
William Golding - Rites of passage
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 G6198R 1 |
1981 |
Salman Rushdie - Midnight 's children
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 825.439 R9538M 1 |
1982 |
Thomas Keneally - Schindler's ark
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 829.439 K338S 41 |
1983 |
J.M. Coetzee - Life and times of Michael K
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 826.839 C6738L 01
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1984 |
Anita Brookner - Hotel du Lac
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 B8728H |
1985 |
Keri Hulme - The bone people
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 829.339 H9158B |
1986 |
Kingsley Amis - The old devils
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 A5178O |
1987 |
Penelope Lively - Moon tiger
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 L7848M 01 |
1988 |
Peter Carey - Oscar and Lucinda
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 829.439 C2758O 1
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1989 |
Kazuo Ishiguro - Remains of the day
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.939 I798R 01 |
1990 |
A.S. Byatt - Possession
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.939 B9938P 01 |
1991 |
Ben Okri - The famished road
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 826.639 O448F 01 |
1992 |
Michael Ondaatji - The English patient
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 827.179 O588E |
1992 |
Barry Unsworth - Sacred hunger
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 U598S |
1993 |
Roddy Doyle - Paddy Clarke ha ha ha
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 823.159 D7548P 01 |
| 1994 |
James Kelman - How late it was, how late
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 823.159 K298H |
1995 |
Pat Barker - The ghost road
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.939 B2558G |
1996 |
Graham Swift - Last orders
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.939 S9778L |
1997 |
Arundhati Roy - The god of small things
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 825.439 R8888G |
1998 |
Ian McEwan - Amsterdam
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 M1438A |
1999 |
J.M. Coetzee - Disgrace
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 826.839 C6738D |
2000 |
Margaret Atwood - The blind assassin
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 827.179 A8878B |
| 2001 |
Peter Carey - True history of the Kelly gang
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 829.439 C2758T |
2002 |
Yann Martel - Life of Pi
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 827.179 M3768L |
2003 |
D.B.C Pierre - Vernon God Little
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.959 P6158V |
2004 |
Alan Hollinghurst - The line of beauty
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.939 H7418F |
2005 |
John Banville - The sea
SOUTH WING LEVEL 2 824.929 B2198S
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