LITR19049 - Romantic and Contemporary Poetry

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Poetry, as they say, is a many splendid thing: the art of the unsayable, an outlet for expressing innermost thoughts and feelings, a special use of language and poetic forms such as metaphor and metonymy, a certain kind of discourse, an aesthetic practice, a form of knowing that sits outside conventional epistemologies - the list goes on. Poetry has had a significant influence on contemporary intellectual thought: Freud, for example, repeatedly acknowledged that the poets preceded him in all his thoughts. The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the plethora of poets and poetic forms represented in the Romantic and Contemporary eras, to show them a form of advanced poetics that will inform their reading practices, and to introduce the sorts of challenges to modern poetic orthodoxies represented by recent developments in post-structuralist literary theory. Students will also explore the main influences poetry has had on contemporary thought.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

Attendance Requirements

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 29.27% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE Student Evaluation
Feedback
Some of the links to information require updating
Recommendation
Resources will be updated during the refresh of the unit, for offer in 2024. Those changes possible will be included in the final offering for 2023.
Action Taken
Broken links have been noted and will be updated during the refresh of the unit for 2024. Unit Coordinator checked and removed/updated all links during the 2023 offering.
Source: SUTE Student Evaluation Observation
Feedback
The final assessment (Poetry Blog) is reported as overwhelming by students
Recommendation
Modify the final assessment so that it continues to meet the learning outcome, whilst considerate of volume of learning for students and the anticipated time to complete the assessment.
Action Taken
This complaint was noted by several students during the 2023 offering. The Unit Coordinator noted these complaints and explained to the students that assessment items could not be changed mid-way through a unit and offered guidance and encouragement/feedback on completing the poetry blog. Unit Coordinator has taken the complaints on board for changes to the assessments in 2024.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Curriculum is lacking female and First Nations voices.
Recommendation
Ensure the new replacement unit includes curriculum to include female and First Nations representations.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Curriculum is lacking content on how to write poetry.
Recommendation
Ensure the new replacement unit includes curriculum to include poetics and how to write poetry.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse selected poems from the Romantic and contemporary eras using advanced poetics.
  2. Identify and evaluate ideas that both affirm and contest orthodox canonic views of poetry, such as the transparency of language, the fixity of meaning, the unity of the self, and non-ideological access to universal truth, within the framework of modern poetry.
  3. Communicate research outcomes and cogent arguments with advanced oral and written communication skills.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
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