Poetry & Poetics - ENG00085M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2023-24 |
Module aims
- To give students the opportunity to develop their aesthetic discrimination in, and enjoyment of, poetry;
- To provide a research-led basis for the postgraduate study of poetry and poetics;
- To offer a sophisticated approach to concepts of genre, periodicity and poetic language;
- To enable students to develop advanced skills of formal analysis;
- To provide an introduction to key concepts in poetics from classical to post-modern poetry;
- To enable students to recognise issues of translation and cross-cultural poetic influence;
- To introduce students to advanced theoretical issues in contemporary international poetics.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students will be able to
- Undertake a research-led essay project addressing the aims of the module;
- Have considerable knowledge of issues of genre, periodicity and language;
- Undertake with confidence the advanced formal analysis of poetry;
- Grasp significant issues in poetics in English and languages other than English;
- Be aware of the theoretical and aesthetic implications when poetry crosses different linguistic and poetic traditions;
- Write and speak with confidence about a variety of advanced contemporary theories of poetry.
In addition
- Students will demonstrate advanced skills of writing appropriate for a post-graduate degree;
- Demonstrate the ability to progress to sustained independent study;
- Gain a set of skills which will provide a grounding for other modules in poetry or in the MA programmes offered by the Department of English and Related Literature.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
- You are provided with feedback within the 6-week University deadline.
- You are always welcome to use staff Open Office Hours to discuss essay feedback (Full Time Staff Open Office Hours Autumn 2015 (PDF , 135kb))
For more information about the feedback you will receive for your work, see section 12 of the department's Guide to Assessment (PDF , 1,244kb).
Indicative reading
Poetry: emphasis will be on the reading of poetic texts from a number of periods and authors as offered by contributors to the course.
Poetics may allude to one of a number of possible texts: Plato, The Republic; Aristotle, Poetics; Sidney, Defence of Poesy; Kant, Critique of Judgement; Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads; Coleridge, Biographia Literaria; Eliot, Essays; Empson, Seven Types of Ambiguity; Stevens, The Necessary Angel; Olson, The Human Universe; Bloom, The Anxiety of Influence; Kristeva, Revolution in Poetic Language; De Man, Blindness and Insight; Culler, Structuralist Poetics; Perloff, The Poetics of Indeterminacy; Longenbach, The Resistance to Poetry; Stewart, Poetry and the Fate of the Senses; Muldoon, The End of the Poem; Leighton, On Form; Attridge, Moving Words.