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LITR19049 - Romantic and Contemporary Poetry

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course examines a selection of Romantic and contemporary poetry from the view that poetry is a discursive rather than simply an aesthetic practice. Poetry will also be situated in the Modernist/Post-Modernist debate and in the poststructuralist problematisations of orthodox humanist notions such as the transparency of language, the fixity of meaning, the unity of the self, and poetry's alleged non-ideological access to universal truth.

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.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2013

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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 50%
3. Written Assessment 30%

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%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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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
Nil.
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
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. An understanding of the characteristics of Romantic, modern(ist) and postmodernist poetry;
  2. An appreciation of the ways in which both contemporary poetry and reading practices contest orthodox canonic views of poetry (eg, the transparency of language, the fixity of meaning, the unity of the self, and non-ideological access to universal truth);
  3. Advanced poetry reading skills including insight and depth of analysis, synthesis and evaluation of direct evidence from poems; and,
  4. Clear critical thinking skills through the clarity of arguments made and the effective use of secondary material.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Written Assessment