Baudelaire and Mallarme as Readers of English (P00413)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00413

Poe is the anglophone writer that Baudelaire and Mallarme read most; they translated his work, and wrote about it, always with the greatest respect. The Option will begin by examining their writings on Poe, and will continue with a study of their translations, particular attention being paid to the implications of the way they present Poe's work in French. We will next study Baudelaire's Paradis artificiels, in which he adapted and commented at length on the Confessions of an English Opium Eater by De Quincey, whom he considered in many ways a spiritual brother of Poe. Then we will move on to Mallarme's two famous articles on Shakespeare's plays. At the end of the course, discussion will focus on the questions: what are the peculiarly "anglo-saxon" qualities which Baudelaire and Mallarme find in Poe, De Quincey and Shakespeare and how do those qualities translate into the French cultural setting? A good reading knowledge of French is required for this course.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should reach an awareness of the problems and issues underlying literary translation. Through close analysis of a range of texts, the course will develop comparative, writing and interpretative skills.