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Instructors: Dr. habil. Ulrike Stange-Hundsdörfer
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
05.008.760
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Registration group: Engl Ling 760
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Requirements / organisational issues:
Workload per semester (see Modulhandbuch): 21 hours in class (1,5 hours per week) plus 99 hours of private study (approx. 7 hours per week).
You need to have a sound knowledge of the contents of the lecture ***Introduction to English Linguistics***, as all core fields are relevant in the discussion of literary translation. I will not spend time explaining basic linguistic terminology.
Required: active participation in class, research project presentation, term paper (see the Guidelines for Writing Seminar Papers for details, downloadable here: https://www.english-linguistics.uni-mainz.de/materialien-downloads/)
Contents:
In this seminar we will do group projects to investigate a variety of issues in literary translation, covering different genres. Issues that can be addressed include: the translation of humour (e.g., wordplay in Oscar Wilde's works), translating culture-specific references (e.g., Manhattan Project), translating stories written in rhymes (e.g., in the children's book The Gruffelo), translating accents and dialects (e.g., Hagrid in Harry Potter), the translation of names (e.g., in Harry Potter), etc. The results of each research project will be presented in class (mandatory). We will determine the format (talk/poster/video) as is suitable for the respective project.
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