COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSLATION STUDIES AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MÜI 5041 TRANSLATION STUDIES AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Course Objective

This course aims to introduce students to cultural studies which is a rather interdisciplinary and eclectic field of study which borrows from lends to many different disciplines n the fields of social sciences and humanities. Within this perspective students will be studying, discussing and applying the theories and methodologies of cultural studies to their analysis of translation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be able to study and apply interdisciplinary methodologies into their work in translation studies.
2   2. To develop specialized theoretical and historical knowledge about various disciplines.
3   3. To question analytically the relations between languages, texts, cultures in other discipline.
4   4. To make research in translation studies by using scientific research methods.
5   5. To be able to apply the acquired the studied theory into their analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Translation studies and cultural studies Student should get prepared for class in advance
3 Structuralism Student should get prepared for class in advance
4 Roland Barthes Student should get prepared for class in advance
5 Post-structuralism Student should get prepared for class in advance
6 Derrida Student should get prepared for class in advance
7 Marxism Student should get prepared for class in advance
8 Mid-term exam
9 Gramsci, Prison Notebooks Student should get prepared for class in advance
10 Althusser, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses Student should get prepared for class in advance
11 Frankfurt School Student should get prepared for class in advance
12 Culture and Society Student should get prepared for class in advance
13 Raymond Williams Student should get prepared for class in advance
14 Arthur Asa Berger Student should get prepared for class in advance

Recomended or Required Reading

BARRY, P. (2009). Beginning theory: An introduction to literary and cultural theory. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.
BARTHES, Roland. 1993. A Roland Barthes Reader. Ed. Susan Sontag. Vintage.
Cahoone, L. E. (2003). From modernism to postmodernism: An anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub.
DERRIDA, Jacques. 1976. Structure, sign and play in the discourse of the human sciences. Twentieth Century Literary Theory. Macmillan.
GRAMSCI, A., In Hoare, Q., & In Nowell-Smith, G. (1971). Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. New York: International Publishers.
LEITCH, V. B. (2010). The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
MARX, K., ENGELS, F., MOORE, S., & MCLELLAN, D. (1992). The Communist manifesto. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
STOREY, J. (2006). Cultural theory and popular culture: An introduction. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
WILLIAMS, R. (1976). Keywords: A vocabulary of culture and society. New York: Oxford University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The courses are theoretical, face-to-face, and interactive in nature.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Students should get prepared for class in advance.
3. Any act of plagiarism is forbidden.
4. Absence is not an excuse for not submitting assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Atalay Gündüz
atalay.gunduz@deu.edu.tr
909 232 30118616

Office Hours

To be anounced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.153323352333
LO.235334334233
LO.334335443323
LO.443443453434
LO.534353344342