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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Poetry in Context
Module Code EL208 (ITS) / LIT1028 (Banner)
Faculty Humanities & Social Sciences School English
Module Co-ordinatorJack Quin
Module TeachersKit Fryatt, Michael Hinds
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
Coursework Only
Description

This module analyses poetry’s ability to explore themes and demonstrate ideas, focusing on its responsiveness to history and politics.

Learning Outcomes

1. Show how poetry acts as a criticism of culture.
2. Compare and contrast poetry across a range of contexts and cultural situations.
3. Perform a close analysis of a poem that demonstrates how form and style relate to theme and subject matter.
4. Talk about poetry as a political medium.
5. Understand the continuities of theme that permeate the poetic tradition



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture22Two per week
Tutorial44 per semester
Independent Study99Reading, research and reflection. Completion of two assessments, one at mid-semester (~1000 words) and one at the end of the semester (1500-1600 words).
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Poetry in the public sphere from the 17th century to the present moment

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
EssayMid-semester assessment, essay of ~1000 words.25%n/a
EssayFinal assessment, totalling 1500-1600 words of writing.75%n/a
Indicative Reading List

  • John Milton: 0, The Complete English Poems, 978-067940997
  • Allen Ginsberg: 0, Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems, 978-014119016
  • Diane di Prima: 0, Revolutionary Letters, 978-0-9957162
  • John Berryman: 0, The Dream Songs, 978-037453066
  • Cook, John: 2004, Poetry in Theory, Blackwell, Oxford,
  • Ferguson, Mary et al.: 2004, The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Norton, New York,
  • Greene, Roland et al.: 2011, The Princeton Encylopaedia of Poetry and Poetics, Princeton University Press, Princeton,
  • Longley, Edna: 1999, Poetry and Posterity, Bloodaxe, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
  • Longley, Edna: 1986, Poetry in the Wars, Bloodaxe, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
  • Paulin, Tom: 0, Minotaur, Faber, London,
  • Matigny, Erik: 2011, Poetic Genres, Blackwell, Oxford,
  • Matterson, Stephen and Jones, Darryl: 2011, Studying Poetry, Bloomsbury, London,
Other Resources

50049, Website, Academy of American Poets, 0, Poetry, http://www.poets.org/, 50050, Website, Norton Anthology of Poetry, 0, Poetry, http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nap/Poetry_Workshop.htm, 50051, Website, Poetry Ireland, 0, Poetry, http://www.poetryireland.ie/,

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