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The module will enable students to analyse the relationship between cultural theory and critical practice. Students will be to introduced tpo key contemporary theorisatons of lyric practice in post war American poetry. The course will enable students to make links between critical thought and cross genre writing. Transferrable skills: Students will be introduced to key critical terms to describe ideas of document and memoir in the processes of contemporary American lyric practice. They will be encouraged to use these analytic tools to judge and evaluate the impact of data capture and web practices on the writing and reception of contemporary American poetry and Poetics.
Indicative Module Content:Defining ideas of document in poetry
Introducing lyric poetry theory
Relationship between innovative forms and exploration of self
How theory interests with close reading of poetry
Representing subjective states in 21st Century practice
Introducing key manifestos from 20th and 21st Century American Poetics
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 80 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 120 |
Total | 220 |
Recommended: Undergraduate courses in American Literature such as this School's Modern American Literature ENG20430 or equivalents in undergraduate courses at other institutions).
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback on the preparation of a research proposal for final summative research essay Feedback will be individual face to face