Introduction to Literary Translation

This course provides students with an opportunity to enter the fray: working as literary translators, reading texts that reflect on the nature of translation, and considering this frustrating, gratifying, and meaningful field of study and practice for themselves. It offers students an introduction to the field of translation studies (mostly via texts in English, but with discussion in Spanish) as well as a foundation of experience in the practice of literary translation, predominantly from Spanish to English, but with opportunities for translating from English to Spanish or either of these languages to another one. The course is highly interactive, with students frequently called upon to reflect on their experience as translators, and dialogue about this experience with their peers. Throughout the semester, we will engage in regular workshops, with students sharing their work and collaborating with one another throughout.