97443 - DI-VERSIFICANDO: Poetry, Translation, Publishing (Lm)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminar (an activity closely relevant to the aims of the degree course), students will acquire specific expertise and notions for dealing with topics and issues of a linguistic and/or philological and/or literary and/or historical and/or artistic type.

Course contents

The seminar, in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Poetry at the University of Bologna, aims to to train students in such skills like analysing and understanding a literary text (specifically poetry) in connection with its translation, as well as to examine in depth the more specifically professional issues connected with the functioning of poetry in the publishing world.

Lectures will be led by University of Bologna instructors as well as by poets, critics, translators and publishers.

It will not be necessary to know the language of the authors discussed during the meetings.

Please refer to the main Italian-language page for the full programme.

Readings/Bibliography

All the materials will be accessible on the platform Virtuale during and at the end of the seminar.

Teaching methods

Workshops, conversations.

Active participation by the students is requested for the achievement of the objectives of the seminar.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.Any requests for adjustments must be made within 15 days of the exam date by sending an email to the lecturer and entering the email address disabilita@unibo.it (in case of a disabling condition) or dsa@unibo.it (for students with DSA) in Cc.

Assessment methods

At the end of the seminar activities, students wishing to obtain the 3 ECTS credits will be required to submit one of the following assignments:

• a translation of a poem, accompanied by a commentary (minimum 1,500 characters) discussing the translation strategies adopted;
• an analysis (minimum 3,000 characters) of a poem, relating it to the topics and discussions addressed during the seminar;
• a review (minimum 3,000 characters) of a poetry collection, including an examination of the broader situation concerning the translation of poetry by the same author or from the same linguistic and cultural context;
• an essay (minimum 3,000 characters) on the reception of a poet in Italy, relating the discussion to the topics and issues addressed during the seminar.

The text or poet must be selected in consultation with one of the seminar instructors.

There will be no final examination. The assignment must be submitted at the end of the seminar, at least two weeks before the examination date, to both the instructor responsible for the relevant literary field and the seminar coordinator, Federico Picerni. If the assignment is deemed inadequate, the instructor may reject it and ask the student to revise and resubmit it.

The assignment will constitute the sole requirement for obtaining a pass grade, which will be officially recorded on the examination date.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint presentations.

Office hours

See the website of Federico Picerni