Unit information: Poetry in 2023/24

Unit name	Poetry
Unit code	ENGL10101
Credit points	20
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Mr. Savage
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	None
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one	None
School/department	Department of English
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

Description:

This unit will encourage students to read and appreciate a wide range of poetry written in English. It will introduce students to rhyme and metre; poetic imagery; and a number of poetic forms such as the sonnet, epic and pastoral. It will also consider the use of historical context in literary readings and ideas from critical theory. There will be a particular emphasis on poetic form and voice; through this approach, students will be encouraged to consider both particular authors and the development of certain forms across time and space. There will be an opportunity to study poetry in draft as well as in published forms, and through this to think about the process of composition.

Aims:

This unit aims to enhance students' critical appreciation of poetry, and to widen their knowledge of concepts that inform an understanding of this literary form. In particular, the unit will aim to develop students' knowledge of particular poets and of aspects of form that shape a poem's composition and 'final' published version.

Your learning on this unit

Successful students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to approach and critically analyse poetry from a range of historical periods and in a variety of forms
2. Identify and analyse the technical or formal characteristics of poetry from a range of genres and historical periods orally and in writing.
3. Construct a reasoned argument about a poet(s) or poem(s) supported by appropriate use of evidence and analysis appropriate to level C/4.

How you will learn

This unit will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous teaching over a period of 10 weeks. Sessions will include mini-lecturers, presentations, small group discussions supported by practical activities, and self-directed exercises.

How you will be assessed

1 x 3000 word essay (100%) (ILOS 1-3)

Resources

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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.