- Docente: Gabriella Elina Imposti
- Credits: 9
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/14
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire a basic knowledge of aspects and principles of translation theory, of the basic strategies and processes of translation, with particular reference to literary translation. A basic overview of the history of literary translation will also be provided.
Course contents
The purpose of the course is: a) offering an introduction to the history of translation (and in particular of literary translation); b) presenting the main theories concerning translation; c) presenting some of the main translation strategies and issues depending on the typology of texts and languages. It will consist of a theoretical part taught by the responsible of the subject and of a series of lectures by specialists on specific issues and themes connected with translation.
Readings/Bibliography
A detailed bibliography will be provided during the course. Here are some of the main texts:
Eco, Umberto, Dire quasi la stessa cosa, Milano: Bompiani, 2003.
Faini, Paola, Tradurre : dalla teoria alla pratica, Roma : Carocci, 2004 (e edizioni successive).
JAKOBSON R. 1965 Aspetti linguistici della traduzione , in ID., Saggi di linguistica generale , Milano, Feltrinelli.
Morini, Massimiliano, La traduzione : teorie, strumenti, pratiche / ; (con due contributi di Renata Londero e Giulio Mozzi), Milano : Sironi, 2007.
Nergaard, Siri (a cura di), La teoria della traduzione nella storia : testi di Cicerone, san Gerolamo, Bruni, Lutero, Goethe, Von Humboldt, Schleiermacher, Ortega y Gasset, Croce, Benjamin, Milano : Gruppo editoriale Fabbri-Bompiani-Sonzogno-ETAS, 1993 (e altre edizioni).
Nergaard, Siri (a cura di), Teorie contemporanee della traduzione (testi di Jakobson ... [et al.]), Milano : Bompiani, 1995.
NEWMARK, P. La traduzione: problemi e metodi , Milano, Garzanti, 1988.
Teaching methods
Lectures, workshops, discussions, practice.
Assessment methods
Written exam with open questions on themes dealt with during the course. Students may be required to write a short paper on a chosen tropic.
Teaching tools
Lectures, presentations, workshops.
Office hours
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