CO4039 Poetry and Poetics of Landscapes in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Module coordinator

Dr E R Laügt

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Module Staff

Dr Elodie Laügt, Dr Eleni Kefala, Dr Fabio Caiani, Dr Robin MacKenzie

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Module description

Drawing from recent developments in Geopoetics and Ecopoetry, this module addresses ways of engaging with different landscapes through poetic practices from a range of cultural perspectives and languages in the C20th and C21st. Issues of representation of the world as a given and as a construct will be explored in conjunction with the question of what poetry can and does do. Students will further their understanding and knowledge of formal approaches to poetry, via the reading of a range of authors whose practices are informed by different poetic traditions (including, Arabic, Greek, Spanish and French). They will be invited to reflect on issues of translation and transposition in relation to poetic practices that engage with, and partake in, writing as a transformative experience for the self, the community and the world. Themes covered may include mythological landscapes, intermedial landscapes, exile and diaspora, cityscapes and soundscapes as well as human and non-human landscapes.

Assessment pattern

Coursework - 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework - 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 seminar (x10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

15

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

130

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • read closely and analyse rigorously a range of poetic practices.
  • critically evaluate the articulation between aesthetics and politics.
  • identify, compare and contrast texts produced by different poetic traditions.
  • Learn independently
  • write essays and commentaries
  • conduct research