Theories of Translation
COL 336
Spring 2025
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 356 |
This course will examine a range of predominately 20th-century theoretical approaches to literary translation in the fields of philosophy, linguistics, literary criticism, and translation studies. In an effort to derive a definition of literary translation, we will focus on two questions. First: What is literal (or word-for-word) translation? How does it differ from other kinds of translation; how does it conceptualize meaning; what are its purposes; and what oppositions (e.g., literal vs. figurative) can we use to make sense of it? Second: What is the relationship between language and culture? Can translation give us access to an unfamiliar culture; can literary translation affect the culture in which it is produced; or does translation simply colonize foreign texts by transforming them into something legible to a domestic culture? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (College of Letters)(English)(Social, Cultural and Critical Theory Certificate) |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to the fulfillment of the following ENGL major requirements: TH, elective |
| Instructor(s): Fitzpatrick,Joseph J. Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: BOGH114; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
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