Module Title

Linguistic and Textual Analysis

Module Description

• the aim of the module
• the structure of the module
• the style of delivery
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This module aims to equip students with the linguistic and theoretic apparatus required to analyse both source texts and translations technically. Week by week, new topics pertinent to the study of translations are addressed through readings, quizzes, practical translation, discussions, and textual analysis.
The module is assessed by one essay, in which students choose a theory they wish either to support or to challenge, and assemble the evidence required to do so along with their argument.

Indicative Module Structure:
titles only

Week 1

Introduction

Week 2

Translation Studies

Week 3

Equivalence

Week 4

Explicitation

Week 5

Skopos

Week 6

BANK HOLIDAY

Week 7

STUDY WEEK

Week 8

Discourse

Week 9

Norms

Week 10

Cultural Shifts

Week 11

Foreignization/Domestication

Week 12

Research & Commentaries

Set text(s)
If you set a textbook, please name it. If you use journal articles or your own materials, please describe them very briefly (e.g. journal articles supplied / module handbook)

MUNDAY, J. (2016). Introducing Translation Studies: theories and applications. London, Routledge.
VENUTI, L. (2000). The Translation Studies Reader. London, Routledge.
VENUTI, L. (2012). Translation Studies Reader. London, Routledge.
VENUTI, L. (2008). The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation. London [etc.], Routledge.