Literary and Intersemiotic Translation

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This Honours course examines theoretical and practical issues in literary translation. It deals mainly with aspects of literary translation relating to genres (e.g., novel, drama), style (e.g., metaphors), metalinguistics (e.g., cultural elucidation) and theoretical issues (e.g. interpretation). The principal focus is on interlingual translation (from French to English and English to French). Secondarily, intersemiotic translation is discussed, and examples of intermedial transpositions are analyzed (e.g. novel to film; play to opera; poem to painting), Coursework includes comparisons of translations and intermedial transpositions, reviews of theoretical works (e.g. A. Berman, U. Eco), and translation assignments in the student's preferred language(s). The course is taught in French. Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Requisite Courses: 3 credit hours in French literature [prerequisite(s)]; and 3 credit hours in 3000-level French language/linguistics, or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].