Poetry and the Imagination (11117.1)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| School Of Arts And Communications | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) |
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Critique and craft language with attention to what is vivid, musical and memorable;
2. Learn by heart and recite a celebrated poem;
3. Work collaboratively in order to critique, appraise and edit poems; and
4. Reflect upon and adjust to peer critique and self-reflection of poetic work.
Graduate attributes
1. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Prerequisites
11113 Introduction to Creative Writing.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
9308 Poetry and the Imagination.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | On-campus | Dr Owen Bullock |
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 28 July 2025 | On-campus | Dr Owen Bullock |
Required texts
Required:
Weekly Poetry Selections
These are all available as free pdfs or links on our Canvas page.
Recommended:
Seven Centuries of Poetry in English, 5th edn, ed. John Leonard (London: Oxford University Press, 2003). (This text is unfortunately out of print, but it is widely available second-hand.)
Contemporary Australian Poetry, ed. Martin Langford, Judith Beveridge, Judy Johnson & David Musgrave (Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2016).
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 黑料吃瓜网. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
黑料吃瓜网 students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
黑料吃瓜网 uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
Tutorial participation is highly recommended; students who do not attend 80% of tutorials may find it difficult to pass this unit. Students must give a recitation in class for Assigmnent 2.
Students who attend campus for class or other purposes must play their part in keeping our campus and community safe by following these basic guidelines to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission:
- Practise good hand hygiene, washing hands regularly;
- If you do happen to cough or sneeze, please do so into the crook of your elbow, dispose of tissues immediately and wash hands immediately
- Practise effective physical distancing;
- Follow all directions of teaching and other 黑料吃瓜网 staff regarding safety measures;
- Stay off campus if you are unwell and get tested according to guidelines, and
- Follow University communications about campus arrangements /coronavirus-advice
Required IT skills
The unit will make use of 黑料吃瓜网's online Canvas site. Regular access to this site is essential for completing the unit. Basic word-processing skills are also expected.
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
- Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, 黑料吃瓜网 - Canberra, Bruce (218609)
- Semester 2, 2023, On-campus, 黑料吃瓜网 - Canberra, Bruce (213635)
- Semester 2, 2022, On-campus, 黑料吃瓜网 - Canberra, Bruce (208535)
- Semester 2, 2021, On-campus, 黑料吃瓜网 - Canberra, Bruce (199601)
- Semester 2, 2020, On-campus, 黑料吃瓜网 - Canberra, Bruce (195974)
- Semester 2, 2019, On-campus, 黑料吃瓜网 - Canberra, Bruce (184511)
