PRJsU2 Translation Seminar II (Translation of Literary Texts)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Polina Štěpánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:10–15:45 A31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain translatology as an interdisciplinary science necessarily demanding a comparative approach; work with information on literary theory (especially poetics and stylistics), comparative studies and linguistics; write paper on the history and criticism of artistic translation; analyse single types of translation and to delve into translation regularities; determinate critical criteria useful for the revival of artistic translation criticism; verify own knowledge and skill by writing and possible publishing of a critical work devoted to some contemporary translations; understand and explain semiotic works by Anton Popovich, Frantishek Mika etc.; use semiotic terminology in own papers; use good literary orientation to find conveniant literary text for translation; use theoretical knowledge in own translation of a short prosaic text (literary sketch,short story, novella, novel).
Syllabus
  • 1. Artistic translation as a historic discipline, problematic of its criticism and its function in national literature. 2. Analysis of the poetics of artistic translation as a way to the individual creative activity. 3. Selection of a piece of art to be translated and its further interpretation. 4. Problematic of artistic translation poetics. Selection and interpretation of a prosaic text, its translation. 5. Poetics of a literary sketch. 6. Practice of functional equivalence of artistic translation in the individual translation of a sketch. 7. Poetics of a short story. 8. Practice of functional equivalence of artistic translation in the individual translation of a short story. 9. Poetics of a novel. 10. Practice of functional equivalence of artistic translation in the individual translation of a chapter from a novel. 11. Problematic of translation of a novel as a complex genre. Arguments for the chosen translation strategy. 12. Summarizing knowledge in the form of an oral colloquium.
Literature
  • Kiraj, D., Kovač, A.: Poetika. Trudy russkich i sovetskich poetičeskich škol. Budapešt 1982.
  • Translation Studies in Hungary. Ed. Kinga Klaudy, J. Lambert, A. Sohár. Budapest, Scholastika 1996.
  • Fedorov, A. V.: Iskusstvo perevoda i žizň literatury. Leningrad, Sov. pisateľ 1983.
  • O interpretácii umeleckého textu. Nitra, Ped. fak 1982.
  • Antologie teorie uměleckého překladu (Výběr z prací českých a slovenských autorů) – Milan Hrdlička, Edita Gromová, Ostrava 2004.
  • Kusá M.: Literárny život, literárne dianie, literárny proces. Vnútroliterárne, mimoliterárne a medziliterárne súvislosti ruskej literatúry 20 storočia, Veda, Bratislava 1997.
  • Kusá M.: Preklad ako súčasť dejín kultúrneho priestoru. SAV. Bratislava 2005.
  • Translatologica Pragensia VII. Milan Hrala Septuagenarius. UK, Praha, Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Philologica l, 2002, Karolinum, Praha 2005.
  • Richterek, O.: Umělecký styl prózy A. P. Čechova v interpretaci českých překladatelů. Hradec Králové, PdF 1987.
  • RICHTEREK, Oldřich. Úvod do studia ruské literatury. Vyd. 1. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2001, 122 s. ISBN 80-7041-640-8. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. Edited by Karel Hausenblas. Vyd. 3., upr. a rozš. verze. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1998, 386 s. ISBN 802373539X. info
  • Preklad včera a dnes : zborník príspevkov z konferencie "40 rokov prekladu v socialistickej spoločnosti", Bratislava, marec 1985. Edited by Ján Vilikovský. Bratislava: Slovenský spisovateľ, 1986. info
  • TRZYNADLOWSKI, Jan. Sztuka słowa i obrazu : studia teoretycznoliterackie. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy Im. Ossolińskich, 1982. ISBN 8304010453. info
  • Komparatistika a preklad. Edited by Pavol Petrus. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1980, 182 s. info
  • ARISTOTELES, 384-322 př.Kr. Poetika ; Rétorika ; Politika [Aristoteles, 1980] : Politika [Aristoteles] (Přít.) : Rétorika [Aristoteles] (Přít.). Bratislava: Tatran, 1980. info
  • ŽIRMUNSKIJ, Viktor Maksimovič. Teorija literatury, poetika, stilistika. Leningrad: Nauka, 1977. info
  • VINOGRADOV, Viktor Vladimirovič. Poetika russkoj literatury : izbrannyje trudy. Moskva: Nauka, 1976. info
  • POPOVIČ, Anton. Teória umeleckého prekladu : aspekty textu a literárnej metakomunikácie. 2. preprac. a rozš. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1975, 293 s. info
  • POPOVIČ, Anton. Poetika umeleckého prekladu : proces a text. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1971, 166 s. info
  • STAIGER, Emil. Základní pojmy poetiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1969, 189 s. URL info
  • POPOVIČ, Anton. Preklad a výraz. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1968. info
  • INGARDEN, Roman. O poznávání literárního díla. Edited by Jan Patočka, Translated by Hana Voisine-Jechová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1967, 277 s. URL info
  • HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Estetika. Translated by Jan Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1966, 430 s. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1963, 283 s. info
  • FEDOROV, Andrej Venediktovič. Vvedenije v teoriju perevoda : (lingvističeskije problemy). Izd. 2-e pererab. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo literatury na inostrannych jazykach, 1958, 370 s. info
  • ŠKLOVSKIJ, Viktor Borisovič. Teorie prózy. V Praze: Melantrich, 1933, 273 s. info
Teaching methods
Active work during seminars. Critical analysis of a translation, its possible publishing. Individual translation of a short story or an extract from a larger prosaic text, also with characteristics of the chosen text.
Assessment methods
Final colloquium to control knowledge and experience in the field of translation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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