School of English - AUTh

Description

This course is an introduction to literary translation criticism. It aims to familiarize students with different translation quality assessment criteria and evaluation models. Students are invited to engage in the discussion, analysis, and evaluation of multiple translations of (English and Greek) texts from different literary genres (prose, poetry, and drama) through a comparative and contrastive approach. Students will also become acquainted with concepts from comparative literature, literary criticism, reception theory, stylistics, the literary hermeneutics and aesthetics of texts.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

By the end of the course students are expected:

• To undertake a close reading of the translated text(s) in juxtaposition with the source text.
• To be acquainted with the critical evaluation of translated literary texts.
• To apply critical standards in determining the adequacy and/or appropriateness of the translation choices made.
• To demonstrate knowledge of the literary hermeneutics and aesthetics of texts that have been translated into Greek (and English).
• To conduct fruitful research.

Assessment

1. Translation project 30% (optional).
2. Final exam 70% for those who have done the translation project, and 100% for those taking only the final exam.

Teaching