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Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
MÜT527 - Literary Translation I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Almanca
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ZEHRA GÜLMÜŞ
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources Albrecht, J. (1998). Literarische Übersetzung. Geschichte - Theorie - Kulturelle Wirkung. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.Apel, F. (1983). Literarische Übersetzung. Stuttgart: Metzler.Baker, M., & Saldanha, G. (Hrsg.). (2011). Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (2. Aufl. Ausg.). London & New York: Routledge.House, J. (2005). Offene und verdeckte Übersetzung: Zwei Arten, in einer anderen Sprache >das Gleiche< zu sagen. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik, 35(139), 76-101.Keller, R. (1997). Linguistik und Literaturübersetzen. Tübingen: Narr.Kittel, H., Frank , A., Greiner, N., Hermans, T., Koller, W., Lambert, J., . . . Lambert, J. (Hrsg.). (2004). Übersetzung: ein internationales Handbuch zur Übersetzungsforschung (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; 26.1). Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.Kohlmayer, R. (2011). Literaturübersetzen und Translationswissenschaft. Kritischer Rückblick, hoffnungsvoller Ausblick. In W. Pöckl, I. Ohnheiser, & P. Sandrini (Hrsg.), Translation-Sprachvariation-Mehrsprachigkeit. Festschrift für Lew Zybatow zum 60. Geburtstag (S. 179-196). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.Koller, W. (2011). Einführung in die Übersetzungswissenschaft (8., neubeararb. Ausg.). Tübingen: A. Francke.Levý, J. (1969). Literarische Übersetzung. Theorie einer Kunstgattung. Frankfurt: Athenäum.Nord, C. (2009). Textanalyse und Übersetzen. Theoretische Grundlagen, Methoden und didaktische Anwendung einer übersetzungsrelevanten Textanalyse (4. überarb. Aufl. Ausg.). Tübingen: Julius Groos.Petrova, A. (2010). Was macht literarische Übersetzungen literarisch? In L. N. Zybatow (Hrsg.). Frankfurt a.M. u.a.: Peter Lang.Rifat, M. (Hrsg.). (2003). Çeviri Seçkisi 1: Çeviriyi Düşünenler. İstanbul: Dünya.Rifat, M. (Hrsg.). (2004). Çeviri Seçkisi 2: Çeviri(bilim) nedir? İstanbul: Dünya.Schreiber, M. (2006). Loyalitat und Literatur. Zur Anwendung des Loyalitasbegriffs auf die literarische Übersetzung. In M. Wolf, Übersetzen - Translating - Traduire. Toward a Social Turn? (S. 79-87). Müster, Wien: LIT.Snell-Hornby, M., Hönig, H. G., Kußmaul, P. A., & Schmitt, P. A. (Hrsg.). (1999). Handbuch Translation (2., verb. Ausg.). Tübingen: Stauffenburg.Zybatow, L. N. (2010). Translationswissenschaft: Glanz und Elend einer Disziplin. In L. N. Zybatow, Translationswissenschaft: Stand und Perspektiven (S. 205-231). Frankfurt am Main ; New York: Peter Lang.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction
Week - 2 Historical Approaches to Literary Translation
Week - 3 Historical Approaches to Literary Translation
Week - 4 Literary Translation and Translation Theories
Week - 5 Literary Translation and Translation Theories
Week - 6 Theoretical Approaches to Problems in Literary Translation
Week - 7 Theoretical Approaches to Problems in Literary Translation
Week - 8 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation
Week - 9 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation
Week - 10 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation
Week - 11 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation
Week - 12 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation
Week - 13 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation
Week - 14 Analysis and Translation of a Selected Literary Text, and Evaluation and Revision of the Translation

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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