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 2021-22 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. To establish student awareness of the writing process. To foster independent reading of contemporary poetry. To 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

This module will be taught by 1 x weekly 1-hour tutorial with small group (F2F or online, as can be accommodated), and 1 x weekly 1-hour remote online workshop with whole cohort.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours     12

    12

24
Timetable (if known)     60 mins X 1 totaling 12
 
    60 mins X 1 totaling 12
 
 
Private Study 126
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         
Assessment 1: Original poems There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  5 pages of original     50       
Assessment 2: Essay (Self-reflection) - 2000 words. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  1800-2200 words    30       
Assessment 3: Essay (Peer review) - 1000 words. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  900-1100 words    10       
Assessment 4: 2 Art reports - 1000 words. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  900-1100 words    10       

Recommended Texts

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