Translation Studies II: Themes and Issues (P00459)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00459

The course addresses a number of questions in translation theories that may also be of interest to students of literature and literary criticism. Among these are the issues of translation, authorship, and the canon; translation and orality; and themes arising from the relationship of translation to specific issues in culture (translator's invisibility; foreignisation and domestication; minority, patronage, ideology; translation and post-colonialism; translation and gender; translation and the asymmetrical power relations between languages and cultures).

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 : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

As an option coures, it will allow students to pursue knowledge and understanding in particular areas of their own interest. It will raise awareness of the diversity of issues surrounding translation, and will enhance the students' capacity to synthesise theoretical, critical and textual skills with reflective insight.

Please also see the Transferable Skills in the Programme Specification for the MSc in Translation Studies.

Assessment Information

Assessed by a 4,000 word essay due at the end of the semester. The students will give an oral presentation of their essays towards the end of the semester before submission.