Children in Detention: Juvenile Authors Recollect Refugee Stories
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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2007vol17no2art1197Keywords:
Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by Young Writers aged 11-20 Years, detention of asylum seekers, refugees, Vietnam, AfghanistanAbstract
'Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by Young Writers aged 11-20 Years', which is considered as one of the most original literary attempts made to grapple with the overwhelming number of often untold and nameless refugee stories in Australia, is discussed. Two short texts which cover the war and migration zones of Vietnam and Afghanistan, and are biographical accounts which differ in genre and style are considered for discussion.
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