Module Details
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Title CREATIVE WRITING (POETRY)
Code ENGL372
Coordinator Prof JP Redmond
English
Redmond@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

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

Learning Outcomes

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

Students will use a range of literary techniques.

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

Syllabus
1 

Week 1  Introduction

Week 2  Viewpoint

Week 3  The Question of Voices

Week 4  Scale

Week 5  Uses of Repetition

Week 6  Short Lines

Week 7 To be advised

Week 8  Long Lines

Week 9  Diction

Week 10 Uses of Syntax

Week 11 Tone

Week 12 Revision


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Tutorial - Writing workshop

Tutorials are generally split between examining the work of others (e.g. highly-regarded examples of well-written poetry) and examining the work of students (workshopping). Each week students submit work which is then circulated to the class and reviewed during the tutorial.
By this means students can get used to writing for an audience and to responding to feedback.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours     24
Writing workshop
      24
Timetable (if known)     Tutorials are generally split between examining the work of others (e.g. highly-regarded examples of well-written poetry) and examining the work of students (workshopping). Each week students submit w
  		       
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
Coursework  5 pages of original   Semester 1  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 
Coursework  Self-assessment 2000  Semester 1  30  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 
Coursework  Peer Review 1000 wor  Semester 1  10  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 3 
Coursework  2 x art-reports each  Semester 1  10  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 4 Notes (applying to all assessments) Independent creative work, i.e. 5 or more poems, with evidence of extensive drafting. 2000 word essay, revealing models, influences, independent reading and critical evaluation. 1000 word essay of peer reviewing. 2 x 500-word art-reports.  

Recommended Texts
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