Postgraduate Course: Elements of Poetry One: The Mind's Eye (Distance Learning) (ENLI11167)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course consists of monthly, synchronous, online seminars (webinars), online workshops (writing forums) and individual consultations. Webinars will focus on theoretical and reflective exploration of key topics and tailored writing assignments will be set. Asynchronous, tutor- hosted writing forums will take place three times per year. Each will last for twelve days. Students will present and critique work in progress by their peers. Students will also consult five times per annum with a writing tutor and at the end of the year submit a folio of circa 15 pages of poetry for assessment. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Essential Course Texts |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 1,
Online Activities 105,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 25,
Formative Assessment Hours 8,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
262 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students who complete the course successfully will attain a broadened awareness of stylistic possibilities in poetry. By practice they will develop compositional skills in a way that complements more general English studies. |
Assessment Information
| Portfolio circa. 15 page(100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1. Poetry v Verse: Definitions and Distinctions
2. 'A wet black bough': the Legacy of Imagism
3. 'Only the Marvellous is Beautiful': The Persistence of Surrealism
4. Exoskeletons and White Space: Considering the Concrete
5. The Word on the Street: Poetry in the Vernacular
6. Abstractions, Ambiguities and Enigmas
7. Language: Use or Abuse: the Poetic Versus Poetry
8. Private Voice, Public Voice
9. Correspondences: Association, Metaphor and Symbol
10. Nothing Not Giving Messages: How Poetry Means |
| Transferable skills |
Students will gain a facility for economy of expression, awareness of the fine nuances of language, acute attention to detail and the ability to take work from an early draft to final polish, skills applicable to all written work. |
| Reading list |
Addonizio, Kim and Dorianne Laux, The Poet¿s Companion
Ahmad, Dohra, Rotten English
Basho, Matsuo, Of Love and Barley Bloom, Harold, The Anxiety of Influence
Eliot, T.S.,The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism
Gioia, Dana, David Mason and Meg Shoerke (eds), 20th Century American Poetics: Poets on the Art of Poetry
Herbert, W.N., Writing Poetry
---. and Matthew Hollis (eds), Strong Words: Modern Poets on Poetry
Leonard, Tom, Intimate Voices: Selected Works 1965-1983
Levertov, Denise, The Poet in the World
Lopez, Tony, Meaning Performance: Essays on Poetry
Mi¿osz, Czes¿aw, The Captive Mind
Parini, Jay, Why Poetry Matters
Paulin, Tom, The Secret Life of Poems
Wolosky, Shira, The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | EoP1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Miriam Gamble
Tel:
Email: mgamble@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk |
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