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Assessment Regulations
ASSESSMENT OF COURSE COMPONENTS
1) Theory and Methodology of Comparative Literature and Literary Translation/Theory and History: two essays of between 3,500-5,000 words each to be submitted by the first day of Hilary teaching term and by the first day of Trinity teaching term. *See deadlines, page 8, course handbook. The better of these two marks will count for 20% of the overall final assessment. 2) Non-core-element: an essay of up to 3,500-5,000 words for each term option, to be submitted by the Friday of the first week of the following teaching term. *See deadlines in page 8. The essays together will count for 20 % of the overall assessment result. Note: Essays must have a standard course cover and if permission for late submission has been sought, the Course Director must countersign this cover.
3) Portfolio of translations which may, by prior agreement, be in a language other than English. To be submitted by 31st May 2011. Students must achieve a pass (40%) on the submitted portfolio, in order to pass overall. For further criteria for evaluation, please inspect: www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-cultures/postgraduate/literary_translation
*ASSESSMENT DEADLINES
Theory and Methodology of Comparative Literature and Literary Translation Core Course *Essay submission deadline: 5pm Monday, 25th April 2011
- Theory and History Core Course *Essay submission deadline: 5pm Monday, 25th April 2011
- Portfolio of translations Translation workshop and student seminar: by portfolio of translations. *Portfolio submission deadline: 5pm Tuesday, 31st May 2011
- Dissertation A dissertation will be written in the second half of the year. It may be either an annotated translation or an academic treatment of a subject in translation studies or comparative literature. Length: 20,000 words.*Dissertation submission deadline: 5pm Wednesday, 31st August 2011
- Options: by essay (1 per 1-term option, 2 for a year long option). *Essay deadline are listed in the Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011
4) Overall Assessment: Weighting of elements: Portfolio: 30% Dissertation: 30% Core course essays: 20% Option essays: 20% (10% per essay)
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