COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER, IDEOLOGY AND POWER IN TRANSLATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEV 6157 GENDER, IDEOLOGY AND POWER IN TRANSLATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Translation Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JASMIN ESIN DURANER DIKMEN

Offered to

Translation Studies

Course Objective

This course explores the intersections of gender, ideology, and power in translation studies, focusing on how translations maintain or challenge power relations. It examines feminist translation theories, activist translation, translation of non-normative identities, and the role of inclusive language in shaping social discourse.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyze the relationship between gender, ideology, and power in translation.
2   Establish meaningful, dialogical connections between the fields of translation, feminist, gender, non-normative identities, and race and ethnic studies.
3   Developing a critical approach for addressing marginalization of persons and discourses through translation and analyzing the methods of subversion.
4   Develop a critical, ethical framework for reading translations through the lens of gender and race.
5   Design and conduct a research project.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Gender, Ideology, and Power in Translation
2 Theoretical Frameworks in Gender and Translation Studies
3 Theoretical Frameworks in Gender and Translation Studies
4 Power Relations in Translation: Maintaining and Challenging Authority
5 Disrupting Normative Discourses through translation
6 Disrupting Normative Discourses through translation
7 Activist Translation and Social Change
8 Mid-term exam
9 Ethical Considerations in Gender and Ideology-Oriented Translation
10 Translating for social justice movements
11 Case Studies of Ideology in Translation
12 Case Studies of Ideology in Translation
13 Students presentations for the final project
14 Students presentations for the final project
15 Students presentations for the final project
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Chamberlain, L. (1992). Gender and the Metaphorics of Translation. In Rethinking Translation (pp. 57-74). Routledge.
Ergun, E. 2013. Reconfiguring translation as intellectual activism: The Turkish feminist remaking of virgin: The untouched history. Trans-Scripts, 3, 264-289.
Foucault, M. (1990). The History of Sexuality, Vol.1,2 and3.
Harvey, K. (1998). Translating camp talk: Gay identities and cultural transfer. The translator, 4(2), 295-320.
Sedgwick, E. K. (2003). Epistemology of the Closet. Queer theory and the Jewish question.
Simon, S. 1996. Gender in translation. Routledge.
Spivak, G. C. (2021). The politics of translation. In The translation studies reader (pp. 320-338). Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face
Lectures, class discussions, student presentations

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

Students' projects, mid-term and final exams. Participation in class discussions will be taken into consideration.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory.
Late submissions of assignments will result in grade deductions.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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