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CRWT30230

Academic Year 2026/2027

Experimental Poetry (CRWT30230)

Subject:
Creative Writing
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Paul Perry
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This workshop-based module invites students to explore innovative approaches to writing poetry beyond conventional forms and themes. Through reading contemporary experimental poets and engaging in generative exercises, students will experiment with sound, visual form, fragmentation, constraint-based writing, digital poetics, and performance. Emphasis is placed on process, play, and risk-taking. Students will develop a portfolio of original work and participate in peer critique to refine their voice and expand their understanding of what a poem can be.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module the student will:
Know and understand the main forms of modernist experimentation;
Understand the ways that recent thinking on 'late modernism' has taken into account the experiences of queer writers and writers of colour;
Understand the ways that writers excluded from mainstream culture and society have used experimental methods to express complex subjectivities;
Develop skills in the close analysis of texts and understand the ways they produce and respond to broader aesthetic and social contexts.

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

24

Specified Learning Activities

76

Autonomous Student Learning

100

Total

200


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching will be f2f.

Distribution of written material and worksheets via Brightspace.
Small group tutorials / workshops
Individual feedback.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Participation in Learning Activities: Weekly drafts/exercises as detailed in class or syllabus Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10 Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes
20
Yes
Portfolio: Ten poems that demonstrate integrated knowledge of techniques and approaches discussed in class, plus a 1000-word critical-reflective essay as discussed in class. Week 14 Graded Yes
80
Yes

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students receive individual feedback on an ongoing basis on their contributions to discussion. They receive feedback on their creative work through workshop activities and individually. On completion of the module they receive individual written feedback.

Name Role
Dr Éireann Lorsung Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 14:00 - 15:50