Module: Poetry in Context

Module Specifications.

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-ordinator	Jack Quin
Module Teachers	Kit 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

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	22	Two per week
Tutorial	4	4 per semester
Independent Study	99	Reading, 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 Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	Mid-semester assessment, essay of ~1000 words.	25%	n/a
Essay	Final assessment, totalling 1500-1600 words of writing.	75%	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

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/,