Syllabus.German61240

Language Professions for the 21st Century

MCLS 61240, Spring Semester 2005:
German Cultural and Literary Translation

Class Time and Place: W, 4:30 - 5:30 Satterfield 219; 5:40 - 7:00, Satterfield 313;

Instructor: Sue Ellen Wright
Office: Satterfield 306-E Tel: 672-2438 Home Tel.: 330-678-2829

E-MAIL: sewright@neo.rr.com FAX: 330-673-0738

Office Hours:
T: 3:00-4:00; W: 2:00-4:00; H: 2:00-4:00

Or by appointment; note that the 4:00-4:30 Tuesday and Wednesday slot is NOT reserved for office hours. This time is needed for class preparation and setup.

Weekly Topics and Assignments

Week	Date	Theoretical Articles and Background Discussions	In-class Workshopping Deliverables Due
1	01/19	Discussion of syllabus; Theoretical Discussion: Characteristics of Literary Translation (Dr. Baer) Translation session: presentation of materials; discussion of planned translation projects	Text # 1: Fried: Dylan Thomas
2	01/26	Article # 1: Jacobson: "On Linguistic Aspects of Translation" (pp. 113-118; Dr. Baer)	Text # 2: Janosch Textsorte: Kinderliteratur/Gedichte
3	02/02	Article # 2: Even-Zohar (pp. 192-197; Dr Baer)	Text # 2: Janosch
4	02/09	Article # 3: Toury (pp. 186-191; Dr Wright)	Text # 3: Kafka; Janosch fällig Textsorte: Novelle
5	02/16	Article # 4: Borges (pp. 34-48; Dr Baer)	Text # 3: Kafka
6	02/23	Article # 5: Nida (pp. 126-140; Dr Wright)	Text # 4: Brecht; Kafka fällig Textsorte: Schauspiel/Lieder Final project selection
7	03/02	Article # 6: Steiner (pp. 186-191; Dr Wright)	Text # 4: Brecht
8	03/09	Article # 7: Chamberlain (pp. 314-329; Dr Wakabayashi)	Text # 5: Morgner; Brecht fällig Textsorte: Märchen
9	03/16	Article # 8: Harvey (pp. 446-467; Dr Baer)	Discussion of retranslation issues (Kafka, Brecht)
...	03/23	Spring Break	...
10	03/30	Article # 9: Berman (pp. 284-297; Dr Wright)	Text # 6: Merkel; Morgner fällig Testsorte: Frauenroman
11	03/31		Text # 6: Merkel
11	04/06	Article # 11: Appiah (pp. 417-429; Dr Wakabayashi)
12	04/13	Article # 12: Brisset (pp. 343-375; Dr Wakabayashi)	Merkel fällig 1. Fassung Semesterarbeit fällig
13	04/20	Article # 14: Simon/Spivak (handout; Dr. Wakabayashi)
12	04/27	Article # 10: Venuti (Handout; Dr Wright)	Text # 7: Keller; Textsorte: Bildungsroman
12	04/28		Text # 7: Keller;
14	05/04	Article # 15: Benjamin (pp. 15-25/handout; Dr Wright)	Text # 8: Essay Keller fällig Textsorte: sozial-politscher Essay
15	05/05		Text # 8: Essay
Finals	05/10	Final exam; Essay und Semesterarbeit fällig

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Office Hours:	T: 3:00-4:00; W: 2:00-4:00; H: 2:00-4:00
	Or by appointment; note that the 4:00-4:30 Tuesday and Wednesday slot is NOT reserved for office hours. This time is needed for class preparation and setup.