Module Details
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Title CREATIVE WRITING (POETRY)
Code ENGL372
Coordinator Professor JP Redmond
English
Redmond@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

To give students an opportunity to develop practical poetry writing skills in conjunction with the development of critical readings of poetry. To make students aware of the function and importance of the drafting process. T o establish student awareness of the writing process. T o foster independent reading of contemporary poetry. T o understand the importance of literary models.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will learn compositional techniques and methods (including drafting and reflection skills) appropriate to the genre.

(LO2) Students will use a range of literary techniques.

(LO3) Students will constructively evaluate their own poetry and that of their peers in the context of contemporary writing.

(S1) Improving own learning/performance - Self-awareness/self-analysis.

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written.

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral.

Syllabus
 

The syllabus will typically cover the following topics:

• Viewpoint
• The Question of Voices
• Scale
• Uses of Repetition
• Short Lines
• Long Lines
• Background
• Diction
• Uses of Syntax
• Tone
• Revision

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - 1-hour face-to-face teaching with small group (where feasible)
Description: Tutorial
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 2 - 1-hour remote online session with whole cohort
Description: Workshop
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours     11

     11

 22
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 128
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Weekly Poem  Weekly poem    0       
Assessment 1: Original poems There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  5 pages of original     50       
Assessment 2: Essay (Self-reflection) There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  2000-word Self-asses    30       
Assessment 3: Essay (Peer review) There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  1000-word Peer Revie    10       
Assessment 4: 2 Art reports There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  2 x art-reports 1000    10       

Recommended Texts
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