Module Descriptors
POETRY FOR READERS AND WRITERS
ENGL50445
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Lisa Mansell
Email: Lisa.Mansell@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 72
Independent Study Hours: 228
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
  • JOURNAL weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A Coursework Journal - 5000 Words [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Key Information Set Data:
100% Coursework
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Level 4 English Core Modules
Module Texts
Jackie Kay. 2012. Out of Bounds: British Black and Asian Poetry. Bloodaxe.
Edna Longley. 2000. The Bloodaxe Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland. Bloodaxe.
Module Resources
Library
Playback facilities - Audio and video
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available, where relevant, to support this module. Deatils will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Indicative Content
This module aims to develop students' creative responses to twentieth century and contemporary poetry, whether as writers or readers. It will explore in detail a wide range of British and American poetry, focussing on how poems and poetic language work - the craft of image, rhythm, structure, line and voice. The module will be assessed by a personal journal tracing the student's creative interaction with poems on and off the reading list, and including related examples of his/her own poetry and/or his/her close readings of individual poems.
Module Learning Strategies
Contact hours will be taken up with Workshops, and small-group tutorials to support coursework Journal development.

Key Information Set Data:
10% Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity
90% Guided Independent Study