Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Screen School

Learning Methods

Lecture

Seminar

Tutorial

Module Offerings

4030CRWRI-JAN-MTP

Aims

1. To introduce students to contemporary poetry and dispel inherited myths from previous academic study. 2. To develop students’ understanding of contemporary poetry techniques, examining different forms, movements and schools of poetry. 3. To encourage students to read as widely as possible beyond the given texts of the module. 4. To begin to develop students’ critical analysis and understanding of contemporary poetry.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate a knowledge of contemporary poetry and the different schools and movements which have led up to it.
2.
Demonstrate an ability to write poetry in a contemporary way
3.
Demonstrate an ability to read widely and independently into contemporary poetry and analyse what they find in terms of what it brings to them as a writer as well as a reader.
4.
Demonstrate an ability to respond thoughtfully and creatively to writing exercises set during seminars.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:We will focus on broad-strokes of modern and contemporary poetry, introducing students to the vital movements, schools and poets who will be important to their development. Emphasis will be put on reading as a writer, and students will be encouraged to read as widely as possible in order to develop their own creative work.
Module Overview:
This module aims to establish your core knowledge of poetry, encouraging you to look beyond your previous study and embrace what poetry can be in all its different mediums and forms. The emphasis will be on instruction and development of knowledge, and guest speakers and readings will illuminate your experience further.
Additional Information:The module aims to establish a core knowledge of poetry within the students, encouraging them to look beyond their previous study and embrace what poetry can be in all its different mediums and forms. The emphasis will be on instruction and development of knowledge, and guest speakers and readings will illuminate the student experience further.

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