Module: Poetry: How & Why to Read it

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Poetry: How & Why to Read it
Module Code	EL104 (ITS) / LIT1019 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	English
Module Co-ordinator	Jack Quin
Module Teachers	Kit Fryatt, Michael Hinds
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

Through the study of a range of poetry, the fundamental aspects of poetry's affective and intellectual appeal will be analysed. Students will apply theoretical and practical knowledge of poetic devices and techniques to three ‘case study’ poets.

Learning Outcomes

1. Communicate a fundamental knowledge of how poetry's word-music is generated
2. Show an understanding of the other dimensions of poetry's sensory appeal
3. Demonstrate a knowledge of lineation and layout
4. Analyse the formal resources of poetry, with reference to sub-genres such as the dramatic monologue, pastoral, the lyric sequence and the narrative poem
5. Show a problematic understanding of the role of the poet in culture, and be alert to the power of a poetic persona
6. Respond aptly to the dynamism and range of poetry in critical language

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	21	No Description
Tutorial	3	No Description
Independent Study	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Rhythm and metre
Practical exercises with a range of poems to demonstrate rhythm

Rhyme
Practical exercises with a range of poems to demonstrate rhyme

Layout and lineation
Visual and concrete poetry, lineation

Creating pictures
The problematics of visualisation; ekphrasis

The dramatic monologue
Poems in ‘character’

Poetic Personae
The lyric self, poetic subjectivity

Case Studies
Applying the above to selections from different poets

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	50%	Examination Weight	50%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Greenblatt et al: 2007, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 8th, W.W. Norton, New York,
John Lennard: 2006, The Poetry Handbook, Oxford, OUP,
Stephen Matterson and Daryl Jones: 2000, Studying Poetry,, Manchester: Bloomsbury Academic,
Christopher Ricks: 1984, The Force of Poetry,, Clarendon New York and Oxford,
Michael Schmidt: 1999, The Lives of the Poets, Random House New York,

Other Resources

None