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事務局： 森本記 (2006/10/05)
10月に入り、傘なしには外出できない日が続きますが、お元気にお過ごしのことと存じます。今、日豪交流年を記念して、いろいろな催しが行われています。ブリジストン美術館では「プリズム：オーストラリア現代美術展」（12月3日まで）、東京国立近代美術館フィルムセンターでは「オーストラリア映画祭」（10月29日まで）、その他面白そうな催しが目白押し。各地のフェスティバル・イベントについては、こちらのサイトへ：
http://yoe.australia.or.jp/af/
さて、10月の定例会のお知らせです。
●日時： 10月21日（土）午後2時から5時まで
●場所： 日本女子大学（目白キャンパス）
100周年記念館：11階の留学生課目の部屋
●使用テキスト（詩集）： “Natsukashii （なつかしい）” by Ingrid Horrocks
以下は、ラクエル・ヒル会員による上記詩集の紹介です。定例会で詩集が取り上げられるのは珍しいことなので、ぜひご参加ください。
The
next ANZLS meeting will deal with Natsukashii (Pemmican Press, 1998), the first
collection of 16 poems by New Zealand writer Ingrid Horrocks (1975- ), “a writer
interested in testing the way in which place alters the kinds of worlds we are
able to imagine.” As the title suggests, these poems
were inspired by Horrocks’s time teaching English in Japan. The poems have a
short haiku-like quality and very easy to read. To whet your appetite・・・
Courtship
We stand close under
the black of an umbrella.
New snow falls softly.
A thousand winters ago
a shared umbrella
meant a chance to whisper.
When it snowed
the
streets were filled with
kimono-coloured
couples,
stepping
gladly together
under paper umbrellas.
In
each lady’s black hair
それでは、10月21日にお会いできるのを楽しみに。
●下記に、先月（9月23日：土曜日）に行われた定例会（講演会）の報告を掲載します。
（報告： ラクエル・ヒル）
On September 23rd, the ANZLS welcomed Dr Les Terry, Senior Lecturer in
the School of Social Sciences at Victoria University and, for the past
year, Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at the Center for Pacific
and American Studies at the University of Tokyo.
Professor
Terry published his memoir (or “literary non-fiction” to
use his own words), The Remarkable Resurrection of Lazaros X, to critical acclaim
in 2004. He began by sharing the story of his upbringing, which he told with an
honesty that captivated his listeners. One of the key questions he had in mind
when writing his book was “can you undo childhood
struggles to bring yourself together ?” – in other words, does the writing process allow us to create a unified
identity out of the fragmented pieces of trauma experienced during youth
? Professor Terry noted that this process of identity formation is more
difficult when one of is a non-indigenous Australian, a problem also faced
by Pakeha in New Zealand.
Other issues raised included the difficulty of getting published in Australia’s
current climate, where publishers want to promote celebrity writing, and
the influence of the magical realism model in The Remarkable Resurrection
of Lazaros X. Professor Terry ended by expressing his desire to pen a piece
of literary non-fiction based on his time in Japan, a book that all the
ANZLS members in attendance eagerly look forward to reading.
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