Poetry: Form & Context

Code	School	Level	Credits	Semesters
ENGL4298	English	4	20	Autumn Malaysia

Code: ENGL4298
School: English
Level: 4
Credits: 20
Semesters: Autumn Malaysia

Summary

The module is designed to make students familiar both with the craft and practice of using some common poetic conventions and with the contexts in which poetry is published and read. Each session includes some lecture-style input, group discussion and a w

Target Students

Compulsory for students enrolled on the MA in Creative Writing (UNMC) available to other MA students with permission of the instructor.

Classes

One 3-hour workshop each week for 5 weeks

Assessment

70% Coursework 1: Portfolio of 5 poems of up to 100 lines in total
30% Coursework 2: 1,000 words reflective commentary on writing process

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

This module aims to provide students with:an introduction to some common poetic techniques;an introduction to the publication culture of contemporary poetry;the opportunity to experiment with a range of writing processes through which they may generate, draft and develop their work;the experience of critically supporting their peers in the development of their writing;the ability to reflect creatively on the process of working towards writing publishable poems

Learning Outcomes

(a) Knowledge and Understanding:

of the conventions and relative terminology involved in the practice of writing poems;
of the culture of the publication of contemporary poetry.
(b) Intellectual Skills:
the ability to take a practical creative approach to the writing of poems;
the contextualise a student's own poems within the culture of publication;
to criticise practically the draft work of other students.
(c) Professional Practical Skills:
the ability to write accurately and grammatically and present written work according to the conventions appropriate to the study of creative writing;
the ability to construct and communicate a sustained reflective analysis of texts in writing.
(d) Transferable (Key) Skills:
communicate effectively in oral and written work.

Conveners

Nur Sheena Baharudin

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Last updated 09/01/2025.