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SLAV-B531

Littérature tchèque dans le contexte européen IV

academic year
2023-2024
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Petra JAMES (Coordinator) and Astrid Muls

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

Czech

Course content

Translation work on set texts and assessment of translations.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

To deepen students' knowledge of the Czech language and its literature by grasping the cultural and historical issues involved in a literary text through translation. One of the aims of this course is to develop students' critical faculties with regard to the various translation processes.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Distribution of texts, correction and evaluation of translations during seminars in which all students actively participate. Organisation of translation workshops.

Contribution to the teaching profile

The aim of this course is to provide a practical methodology for translation and to develop students' creative abilities. The aim is to offer a critical approach to translation as a complex exercise which requires contextualisation and analysis of the semantic charges of a text. The aim is also to present translation work as a dynamic exercise, the determination of which must be the result of interdisciplinary reflection.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Will be specified at the beginning of the course.

Course notes

  • Université virtuelle

Other information

Contacts

Astrid Muls
Astrid.Muls@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Personal work

Personal work

Students will be assessed on the basis of the ongoing translation work required during the course.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

The mark is based entirely on the personal work done.

Language(s) of evaluation

  • Czech
  • french

Programmes