COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH-ENGLISH LITERARY TRANSLATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 4302 TURKISH-ENGLISH LITERARY TRANSLATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to identify the deviations arise in literary texts and teach how to read literary texts. Determining the most accurate transfer structure and lexical choices after the reading is another aim of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Acquire required conceptual ant theoritical knowledge for literary translation.
2   2. Adapt the knowledge acquired in other courses into literary translation.
3   3. Translate individually and in a group.
4   4. Know and apply strategies and methods used in literary translation and develop new methods when required.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Evliya Çelebi-Seyahatname, Dil-Kültür-Tarih
3 28 Mehmet Çelebi-Seyahatnameler
4 Felatun Bey ile Rakım Efendi
5 Twentieth century Turkish Novel
6 Pre-Work Presentations
7 Mid term exam
8 One fifths of the translation
9 Two fifths of the translation
10 Three fifths of the translation
11 Four fifths of the translation
12 Translation completed
13 Presentations
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Şiir Dili ve Çevirisi Doç.Dr.M.Osman Toklu. Akçağ Yayınevi 2003.
Kızılcık Karpuz Olur mu Hiç Ilahi Çevirmen Ülker Ince & Işıl Bengi Öner. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları
Çeviri kuramlarını Düşünürken Işıl Bengi Öner
Sait Talat Halman ve Can Yücel in örnek çevirileri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face and interactive courses. Critical reading and thinking skills will be enhanced. Dynamic, critical and effective reading will be promoted.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will be based on assignments, participation and attendance, mid-term, a and final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Texts to be read will be provided in advance and students are expected to be ready to discuss it in the class.
3. It is obligatory to take place in in-class discussions

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.24354
LO.3543544
LO.4545

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