Translation - Theory and History

Code:

MEAAM021

Acronym:

TTH

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Anglo-American Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEAA	6	Study Plan since 2007/2008	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This seminar aims to acquaint students with various moments and modes of translation as a practice, but also as the object of a variety of discourses. Particular emphasis will be laid on the relations between translation, intellectual history and the history of literary criticism from the mid-twentieth century. This will highlight the theoretical framework – from structuralism to poststructuralism to the so-called “cultural turn” – that has enabled the emergence of “translation studies” as an academic domain strongly determined by a trans-disciplinary rationale. The seminar will contribute to a sharper understanding of the process that has promoted translation to a prominence in academic discourse that would have been unthinkable before the final quarter of the twentieth century.

Program

This course will be based on a set of texts that will allow discourse on translation to be historically delineated and situated. Such texts will also help promote a critical articulation of the aforementioned discourse with features of contemporary intellectual history.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course will be run on a seminar basis

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	30,00
	Trabalho escrito	107,00		2010-06-19
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	25	2010-06-19
	Total:	25,00

Eligibility for exams

a) active participation in the seminars
b) an oral presentation on a predefined subject

Students are expected to attend at least 75% of all seminar sessions

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted avarage of the results of the components mentioned above.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n/a

Classification improvement

n/a