Spring 2018 - WL 404W D100
Literature and Translation (4)
Class Number: 6968
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Tue, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Melek Ortabasi
mso1@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8660
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Prerequisites:
60 units including two 300 level courses in World Literature, English, or Humanities.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Explores the translation of texts into new cultural contexts, their reception, and the theory and practice of literary translation. May compare several texts or focus on a single work that has been reconceived in several cultures. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
What is translation? Is it simply substituting one word for another in a different language? Or is just capturing the sense of a phrase enough? Moving from “original” to “copy” is both a technical and artistic feat. This workshop/seminar course will attend to the practical difficulties of literary translation, while also exploring the wider implications of the concept. Defined more broadly as a way to understand how words (and therefore literary texts) travel, translation has deep literary, social and historical significance. While independently working on translation-related projects, students will be introduced to translation theory and the various ways in which literary translations have been central to communication among cultures.
Grading
- Participation 10%
- Bibliography/proposal 15%
- Roundtable presentation 15%
- Draft project 15%
- Final project 30%
- Discussion Board 15%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
- The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 8th ed.
- Most readings available on Canvas/SFU Library
Registrar Notes:
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