Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This course explored what poetry can tell us about human emotion and learn key ideas and techniques for understanding and interpreting verse.
4 weeks, 4 hours per week
Professor Helen Smith
Department of English, University of York
University of York
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify different poetic forms, techniques and genres
- Debate how poems create their effects, and describe how a given poem works in a way that is effective, accessible and compelling
- Engage with some key critical and theoretical arguments about poetry, intertextuality and literature
- Reflect on the social and cultural dynamics that inform poems and inspire and influence poets
- Develop an understanding of the place of contemporary poetry in a long poetic tradition
- Apply these insights to improve and develop your own critical and creative writing, if you wish to do so
Syllabus
- Traditions: the history of poetry, where it comes from, how it has changed, and how it has been important to societies in different times and places
- How to read a poem: tips and techniques to understand poetic form and genre
- How poetry works: critics and creative writers on poetic technique, and the craft of writing
- Intertextuality: how poets talk to one another across time
- Close reading: how to analyse a literary text in depth, and express your insights effectively
Issued on 3rd February 2021
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