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| IDE5660 | Literary Translation | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to address the major difficulties faced in the translations of literary texts produced in English literature and engage the students with the major challenges arising from the translations of English literary texts into Turkish and to teach how to tackle and minimize these problems using various types of literary pieces and finally to help them to enhance their translation skills and capabilities to a desired level. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | develop their capabilities of overcoming the difficulties of the translations of literary texts arising from cultural and linguistic peculiarities of the target language. | 1 | 1,6 | | PO - 2 : | improve their competency of expressing a given idea in another language through the translation of literary texts. | 11 | 1,6 | | PO - 3 : | perceive the importance and significance of preserving the essence and content of the texts to be translated into other language. | 9 | 1,6 | | PO - 4 : | acquire the notion that in the process of ranslation, a word or an expression may come to have different meanings in different contexts, depending on texts. | 15 | 1,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The contents and the nature of literary translation are outlined. Translation methods are introduced as one of the major components of the course. Necessity of handling the translation of literary works independently of other texts is profoundly demonstrated, emphasizing the fact that translations of literary texts becomes more of an effort due to cultural and linguistic factors. An example of every literary form such as poetry short story play texts is translated in the classroom, and students are assigned the tasks of activities of translation. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Linguistic Issues in Literary Translation | | | Week 2 | Cultural Issues in Literary Translation | | | Week 3 | Language and Meaning | | | Week 4 | Meaning and Translation: Some Philosophical Issues | | | Week 5 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act I. Pages from 1-10 | | | Week 6 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act I: pages from 11-20 | | | Week 7 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Birinci Perde: from page 21 to the end of the Act I | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act II: pages fro 27 to 37 | | | Week 10 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act II: pages from 38-45 | | | Week 11 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Avt II. from page 39 to the end of the Act II | | | Week 12 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act III. pages 48-53 | | | Week 13 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act III. pages 53-60 | | | Week 14 | A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT: Act III. pages 60-to the end of the Act III | | | Week 15 | evaluation of the translation in terms of the issues of Literary Translation | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Lawrence. D.H. 1934; A Collier's Friday Night. A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook, eBook No.: 0500021h.html | | | |
| 1 | Akşit, G. 1986; Çağdaş Yayınları, Çeviri Dillerin Dili. İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 06/04/2010 | 2 | 30 | | Project | 11 | 25/05/2010 | 3 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 02/06/2010 | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 7 | 14 | 98 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 201 |
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