Poetry: Forms and Conventions
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL2023 | English | 2 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ENGL2023
- School
- English
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module expands on the work done in Creative Writing Practice by undertaking a sustained analysis of technique and craft related to writing poetry, including poetic line, stanza, rhyme, imagery and related techniques, along with a number of traditional forms such as the sonnet or haiku. Students will be introduced to a wide and diverse range of writers and techniques. They will develop their own creative work as well as their critical and reflective skills.
Target Students
Compulsory for all second-year students on Q3W8 English with Creative Writing. Optional for all second-year students on other SH programmes. Not available to students on Liberal Arts, JH programmes, or 2+2 programmes.ENGL1010 Creative Writing Practice is a pre-requisite for this module.
Co-requisites
Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:
Classes
- One 2-hour workshop each week for 11 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 70% Creative Component: Creative Component - Collection of 3-6 Poems
- 30% Coursework: Critical Essay - 1500 words
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To provide students with an opportunity to develop their skills in poetry, building on their first year work. To provide a sustained and in-depth examination of technique and craft as it relates to poetry and the critical essay. To introduce students to a wide and diverse range of texts.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding of:
•the elements of poetry, including , including poetic line, stanza, rhyme and related techniques, and imagery, along with a number of traditional forms such as the sonnet or haiku.
•the ability to locate their work within the contemporary context of their chosen genre(s);
•the ability to evaluate and reflect on their own creative process
Intellectual skills
•the ability to think analytically about works in progress
•the ability to assess critically one’s own work
•the ability to discuss and apply editorial suggestions to one’s own writing
Professional skills
•the ability to develop a work in progress in accordance with the responses of others
•the ability to write adaptively in an assigned context
Transferable skills
•the ability to reflect upon and assess progress of oneself and others