Postgraduate Course: MSc Literary Translation as Creative Practice Dissertation (CLLC11121)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Students will embark on the dissertation in consultation with the programme director. A dissertation supervisor will be allocated, and the dissertation topic must be approved by the dissertation supervisor. Students will write a dissertation on the agreed topic to conform to the academic requirements of the discipline.
The dissertation may consist of an extended exercise in practical translation with commentary, a critical evaluation of an existing translation or translations, an exploration of a topic in translation studies, or any meaningful combination of these. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
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| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will gain the skills to undertake a research project in this discipline. |
Assessment Information
Dissertation of 15,000 words (excluding the bibliography) as specified in the programme handbook and the University assessment regulations.
Alternatively students can choose a translation and commentary option for their dissertations, the approximate word count division is 9,000 words for the translation and 6,000 words for the commentary component. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | LTCPD |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Charlotte Bosseaux
Tel: (0131 6)51 3735
Email: Charlotte.Bosseaux@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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