Translation as Creative Resistance

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course addresses the concepts of un/translatability from both a theoretical and practical perspective. In addition to key theorists of translation from within the German literary tradition and beyond, we will read the work of two authors - Paul Celan and Yoko Tawada - whose essays, poetry and short stories embrace metaphors of translation and encounter. Through our own select translations of these authors' work, we will explore the difficulties, but also potential benefits of literary translation.