Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25
None
Available as a Free Standing Elective
No
Aims
To introduce students to the key characteristics of poetry.To show how the understanding of these characteristics can be employed to explore the meaning of a text.To provide students with an awareness of the literary traditions to which their writing might respond.To provide students with an awareness of the contemporary literary context of their own writing.To introduce an awareness of form and genre to students' own creative writing.To give students the opportunity to engage with creative as well as critical practice and to begin to explore the relationship between the two.
Intended Learning Outcomes
recognise some of the key literary characteristics of poetry and the terminology used to describe it: 1,2write poems that demonstrate an engagement with the critical questions raised on the module: 1employ written and oral communication (including the use of the VLE) in the critical discussion of poetry: 2reflect critically on the creative practice (of themselves and others): 2engage with the work of a range of contemporary poets and their literary antecedents: 1,2demonstrate analytical skills - close reading, description and analysis of form in relation to a poem's meaning: 2
Lectures: 6 hoursSmall Reading Groups: 6 hoursExercise Workshops: 6 hoursOpen Advice Sessions: 5 hoursPeer Review Workshops: 12 hoursFeedback: 1 hourIndividual study: 72 hoursWorkshop/Assessment preparation: 42 hours
Description of Module Assessment
1: Portfolio weighted 60%A Portfolio of PoetryA portfolio of original poetry consisting of 5 poems, demonstrating a response to the modes of poetry taught on the module.
2: Commentary weighted 40%Critical commentary on the PortfolioFive short Commentaries (of around 150-200 words each) on the poems in the Portfolio, demonstrating an awareness of technical and critical issues relating to the creative work.