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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MUT 3057	TUR-ENG LITERARY TRANSLATION	ELECTIVE	2	1	0	5

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NAFIZE SIBEL GÜZEL

Offered to

Translation and Interpreting
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to help students develop awareness about critical thinking and text analysis and discuss the methods, strategies and theoretical issues influencing the preferences of the literary translator in the frame of historical, social and cultural contexts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	In this course the students will develop the necessary skills to translate the literary texts.
2	They will be able to explain their personal strategies and preferences.
3	They will be able to analyze the ideologies embedded in the text.
4	They will be able to analyze the meanings referred to by figurative language, metaphors, intertextuality.
5	They will be able to find solutions to overcome the problems encountered in every stage of the translation process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What is literature, Literal versus literary language, Some basic terms in literature
2	Poetry as a main genre and its sub-genres
3	Discussion on the translation of a lyric poem
4	Experimenting translations of lyric poems from Turkish into English
5	Specifics of Epic Poetry
6	Discussing the translation of an epic poem
7	Experimenting with the translations of some epic poems from Turkish into English
8	Midterm
9	Satire in English notes
10	Descriptive excerpts and their translations
11	Experimenting translations with some descriptive Turkish texts
12	Specifics of narrative texts
13	Discussion on the translation of a narrative text
14	Experimenting with the translation of some Turkish narrative texts

Recomended or Required Reading

Kızılcık Karpuz Olur mu Hiç Ilahi Çevirmen by Işıl Bengi Öner and Ülker Ince.
Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J.A. Cuddon
Güzel Konuşma/ Yazma by Yaşar Yörük

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2: Assesments will include the midterm and final exams and homework assignments.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % class attendance is required.
2. Students should deliver their homework assignments on time. Being absent is not considered an excuse.
3. Assesments will include the midterm and final exams and homework assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sibel.guzel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Tutorials	13	1	13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for final exam	1	3	3
Preparing assignments	14	3	42
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3
LO.2	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3
LO.3	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3
LO.4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3
LO.5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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