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LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Seminar

Module Offerings

5042CW-SEP-MTP

Aims

1. To enable students to develop an increased understanding of the structural principles of poems, such as line, syntax, stanzas, rhythm, metre, sound, voice, and narrative perspective, and to experiment with these in their own work;
2. To enable students to develop an increased knowledge of the work of a range of key contemporary poets and to use this to help inform their own writing;
3. To enable students to draw on a range of sources for their writing, such as place, personal experience, visual art, and translation/response to other texts;
4. To develop students' skills in reflective and analytical writing;
5. To enable students to participate in peer workshops, developing their skills in close reading, editing, and verbal communication.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate an understanding of formal and linguistic techniques in writing and editing a body of poems.
2.
Demonstrate the ability to analyse and reflect on the work of a contemporary poet in relation to the student's own work.
3.
Demonstrate an engagement with a range of source material, including personal experience, artistic and cultural sources, reading and research.
4.
Demonstrate the ability to participate actively and constructively in workshops and to give and receive constructive feedback.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Students will:
• read and discuss the work of a range of contemporary poets, analysing the ways in which poets deploy imagery, voice,
form and structure, and how these elements are used in relation to subject matter
• engage in a variety of writing exercises and experiences to help generate ideas and poem drafts
• explore a range of source material for poems, such as visual art or translation
• reflect on, and analyse, how the work of other poets has helped shape and   influence their own writing
• engage in workshops focusing on the drafting and editing of their poems, giving and receiving constructive feedback.
Module Overview:
This module has creativity embedded throughout, with a heightened awareness of written and spoken communication and the power of language. Poems are designed to be heard as well as read. Students will be reading their own draft poetry aloud in class, thus developing self-confidence in their own voices and work.

Assessments

Portfolio

Essay