Module Descriptors
POETRY FOR READERS AND WRITERS
ENGL60289
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Barry Taylor
Email: B.P.Taylor@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 22
Independent Study Hours: 128
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • JOURNAL weighted at 67%
  • CRITICAL ANALYSIS weighted at 33%
Module Details
Module Resources
OHP
Library
VCR
Internet

Module Texts
Peter Sansom Writing Poems (Bloodaxe, 1993)
Robin Behn The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach (HarperResource, 1992)
Julia Bell (ed.) The Creative Writing Coursebook (Pan, 2001)

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 Additional Assessment Details
Coursework Journal [Learning Outcomes 2,3,4]
Critical Analysis [Learning Outcomes 1,5]
Module Learning Strategies
Contact hours will be taken up with Workshops, and small-group tutorials to support coursework Journal development.