Introduction to Poetry (for medical students)

Code:

OPT2_35

Acronym:

IPEM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S (of 20-09-2021 to 14-01-2022)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Population Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Masters Degree in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	32	Official Study Plan	2	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Brief history of poetry: how it started, where it comes from, how it changed and how it was important to societies in different times and places.

How to read a poem: ideas and techniques for understanding poetic form and genre.

How a poem works: poetic technique and writing craft.

Intertextuality: how poets dialogue with each other and over time.

Reading: how to analyze a poem in depth and express ideas effectively.

Examples of Poems on Medicine and Poems Written by Medical Doctors.

Learning outcomes and competences

The themes foreseen in the Program will make it possible to systematize and explore the knowledge to be acquired, through exploratory, dynamic and reflective work, leading to a consolidation of the skills and knowledge to be developed.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 – Read a Poem. Lyric poetry. Narrative poetry. Dramatic poetry. Write a paraphrase.

2 – Hear the voice of the poem. Tom. The persona of the poem. Irony.

3 – Words. Literal meaning. What the poem says. Word choice and word order. Diction.

4 – Say and suggest. Denotation and connotation.

5 – Images. Haiku.

6 – Style figures. Metaphors and comparisons.

7 – Poem and song. Ballad. Blues. Rap music.

8 – The sound of the poem. Sound as meaning. Alliteration and assonance. Rime.

9 – Rhythm. Breaks. Metrics.

10 – Forms. Sonnet. Epigram. Free verse. Poetic prose. Visual Poetry.

11 – Symbols. Myth. Archetype. Personal myth and popular myth. Culture. Cultural identity.

12 – Translation of poetry. World Poetry.

13 – Recognition of excellence: the examples of Alexandre O'Neill, Ruy Belo and Manuel António Pina. The life and work of medical poets.

14 – What is poetry then?

Mandatory literature

X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia;; An Introduction to Poetry, Longman , 2010. ISBN: 978-0205686124

Teaching methods and learning activities

The work of this Optional Curricular Unit will not only allow the development of knowledge in the field of Poetry under a holistic view, but will also explore a great interaction between the teacher and the students. There may also be a component of writing and reading the students' own poems, and it is not the objective of the course that students learn to write a poem but to read and interpret poems.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho escrito	23,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Under normal conditions, the absence of more than 25% of the classes implies a lack of achievement.

NOTE: For a total of 14 weeks/classes students will have to attend 10 classes to obtain frequency.

Calculation formula of final grade

0.20*attendance+0.20*fieldwork+0.60*written work.

As mentioned above in relation to frequency students will have to attend between 10 and 14 classes, and in this interval students will be classified between 16 and 20 points.

Within the scope of this UC, field work will be work to be done outside of classes and delivered in the class immediately following the one in which they were requested and which will be at most XXXXX and in total will be worth 20% of the final classification.

Written work will be a final essay to be presented on a date to be determined and will be worth 60% of the final classification.

Students will be approved with frequency (at least 10 classes attendance from the 14 total) and at least 9.50/20 points ​​in the written work/final essay.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Regarding the TE, and given that they may be exempt from attending classes, they are not exempt from the work to be presented throughout the semester or from the final essay, however, the evaluation formula is changed to 0.40*fieldwork+0 ,60*written work.

In this case, the number of works to be presented during the semester can be increased.

Classification improvement

The possibility of improving the classification will take place through an Oral Test.