FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of English Translation and Interpreting
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ETI 317 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Literary Translation II
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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ETI 317
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to examine the basic concepts, the stages and different strategies in literary translation, to develop solutions to deal with problems during the translation stage, to examine the editing process in translated literary texts, and critically describe translated texts. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In this course, translation of different literary genres will be discussed. Skills of conducting research preliminary to the translation process, determining appropriate translational strategies, and proofreading and editingbah will be improved. Descriptive translation criticism will be addressed. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction, Portfolio and Project Guidelines | |
| 2 | Literary Translation: Recent Theoretical Developments | |
| 3 | Translating poetry: inclass discussion | Translation of a selected poem |
| 4 | Feedback and discussion on various student translations of the poem | |
| 5 | Writer’s intention: textual function of reference | Mey, Jacob (1998) When voices clash: A study in literary pragmatics Ch. 1 pp 41–45 ISBN-13: 978-3110158212 |
| 6 | A sample presentation of a translation | “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” in Encyclopedia of the American Short Story (2013) ISBN: 978-1-4381-4075-9 |
| 7 | Comparison and critical discussion of two translations | “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe, The Cask of Amontillado (Auckland, Floating Press, 2016) ISBN 9781776671816. |
| 8 | Differentiating the implied author and the narrator | Reading: Mey, Jacob (1998) When voices clash: A study in literary pragmatics Ch. 1 pp 45–66 ISBN-13: 978-3110158212 William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” |
| 9 | Translating poetry from Turkish into English / midterm | Selected poem |
| 10 | Translating fiction from Turkish into English | Selected short fiction story |
| 11 | Editing translated literature | A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin Kate Chopin, “A Pair of Silk Stockings” in Short Stories for Students (Gale, Cengage Learning, 2012) ISBN:978-1-4144-8743-4. |
| 12 | Team 1 and 2 Presentation and discussion | Selected short fiction story |
| 13 | Team 3 and 4 Presentation and discussion | Selected short fiction story |
| 14 | Team 5 and 6 Presentation and discussion | Selected short fiction story |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Mey, Jacob (1998) When voices clash: A study in literary pragmatics Ch. 1 pp 41–45 ISBN-13: 978-3110158212 “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” in Encyclopedia of the American Short Story (2013) ISBN: 978-1-4381-4075-9 “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe, The Cask of Amontillado (Auckland, Floating Press, 2016) ISBN 9781776671816. A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin Kate Chopin, “A Pair of Silk Stockings” in Short Stories for Students (Gale, Cengage Learning, 2012) ISBN:978-1-4144-8743-4.
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EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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5
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project |
1
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30
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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35
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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65
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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35
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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3
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42
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
1
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45
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45
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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20
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20
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| Final Exam |
1
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25
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25
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| Total |
180
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired, |
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| 2 | To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods, |
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| 3 | To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages, |
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| 4 | To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production, |
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| 5 | To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language, |
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| 6 | To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired, |
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| 7 | To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act, |
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| 8 | To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields, |
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| 9 | To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work, |
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| 10 | To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources, |
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| 11 | To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level, |
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| 12 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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