The primary focus of this course is on major and representative works originally written in French, German, Russian and Spanish. The course is team-taught in English by specialists of the respective literatures. Content and theme vary with instructors. FLG 394 Cr. A study of the theory and problems of literary translation.
Students translate literary works from the target language into English.
The student translations are used for literary as well as translation technique study in the course. The nature of language and its role in society. Introduction to the techniques, terminology and theory of linguistic analysis. Problems in phonology, grammar and comparative linguistics. FLG 491 Cr.