Postgraduate Course: Elements of Poetry Two: Forms, Formalities and Variations (Distance Learning) (ENLI11168)
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, in this instance with a particular emphasis on formal considerations, creative translations and the relationship between text and image. 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 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: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
370 )
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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
| 15 pages of poetry (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1. Writing from Research: Sequences and Shaping Structures
2. Ekphrasis: Image to Text
3. Speaking in Tongues: Personae
4. Rhythm and Cadence
5. Duende: Dark Sounds, Deep Song
6. Found in Translation?
7. Harmonics and Gridlock: The Sonnet
8. Songs of Praise: The Ode, Traditional and Contemporary
9. The Natural World
10. No Such Thing as Free Verse? |
| 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 |
Hobsbaum, Philip, Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form
Hollander, John, Rhyme's Reason
Levertov, Denise, The Poet in the World, New Directions
Lorca, Federico Garcia, In Search of Duende
Oliver, Mary, Rules for the Dance: handbook for writing and reading metrical verse
Padgett, Ron., (ed.), Handbook of Poetic Forms
Paterson, Don, 101 Sonnets
Sampson, Fiona : Poetry Writing: the Expert's Guide.
Stillman, Frances, The Poet's Manual and Rhyming Dictionary
Turco, Lewis, The Book of Forms: A handbook of poetics
ed. Strand & Boland, The Making of a Poem: Norton anthology of Poetic Forms
Kowit, Steve, In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop:
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | creative writing, online learning, poetry, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Miriam Gamble
Tel:
Email: mgamble@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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