WUSTL Course Listings Login with WUSTL Key
Search Results: Help Display: Open + Closed     Just Open     Just Closed View: Regular     Condensed     Expanded
1 course found.
MLA SEMINARS (U98)  (Dept. Info)Continuing & Professional Studies  (Policies)

U98 MLA 5911Reading the Globe3.0 Units
Description:While literature from the United States and other English-speaking countries is translated into many languages across the world, only a very small percentage of literature published in English in the US is in translation. However, as readers, scholars and writers it is important that we go beyond the borders of our own national literary traditions and the English language and engage with the cultural contexts that the larger global literary landscape offers. Literary translation, moreover, goes beyond simply translating one text into another - it is an art form in itself. In this class, we will read literature from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas written in languages other than English. We will read and discuss them as novels in their own right and develop and strengthen our tools of literary analysis and close reading. However, we will also reflect on and study the question of translation and the theories that inform the task of the translator including. We will also look at translation concepts and debates including fidelity and foreignization as well as examine translation as activism, LGBTQ translation and translation's intersection with race and gender. This class will also offer a focus on research and writing conventions for graduate students and will include: writing an abstract, writing an outline, peer review, citation, and preparing an annotated bibliography. Visits to the Writing Center and relevant research librarians are encouraged. No prior foreign language experience required.
Attributes:
Instruction Type:Classroom instruction Grade Options:CPA Tuition:$2,220.00 Fees:
Course Type:HomeSame As:N/AFrequency:None / History
Label

Home/Ident

A course may be either a “Home” course or an “Ident” course.

A “Home” course is a course that is created, maintained and “owned” by one academic department (aka the “Home” department). The “Home” department is primarily responsible for the decision making and logistical support for the course and instructor.

An “Ident” course is the exact same course as the “Home” (i.e. same instructor, same class time, etc), but is simply being offered to students through another department for purposes of registering under a different department and course number.

Students should, whenever possible, register for their courses under the department number toward which they intend to count the course. For example, an AFAS major should register for the course "Africa: Peoples and Cultures" under its Ident number, L90 306B, whereas an Anthropology major should register for the same course under its Home number, L48 306B.

Grade Options
C=Credit (letter grade)
P=Pass/Fail
A=Audit
U=Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
S=Special Audit
Q=ME Q (Medical School)

Please note: not all grade options assigned to a course are available to all students, based on prime school and/or division. Please contact the student support services area in your school or program with questions.


No section found for FL2024.