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Unit of Study WRI82006 - Poetics (2020)

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Unit description

Develops student skills in writing and critiquing poetry. Students will write and edit their own suite of poetry and engage with close analysis of other poets' work to develop advanced skills in genre, tone, voice and language. Students will receive critical feedback integral to their writing practice and engage in reflection on their own work using analytical and interpretation skills.

Unit content

  1. Introduction
  2. Verse
  3. The senses
  4. Subjects and metaphors
  5. Voice and language
  6. Finding poetry/revision & editing/critical review information

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Location Domestic International
Online
Session3
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate the skills to write a variety of poetic texts.
2 demonstrate the skills to critique a variety of poetic texts.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate the skills to write a variety of poetic texts.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate the skills to critique a variety of poetic texts.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

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