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)

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03/23

 Spring Break

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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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