DVHs153 Translation of Contemporary Scottish Drama (Translation Seminar)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Markéta Polochová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 16:40–19:05 G01
Prerequisites
knowledge of English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Devoted to Scottish drama, the aim of the course is to translate Scottish dramatic texts. Lead by one of the teachers, regular workshops with students serve as a platform for the translations and modifications of the texts translated (in a form of the discussion over the translated parts). The results are complete translations of several texts.
Syllabus
  • Students prepare in advance particular parts of the texts. These are analyzed at the regular meetings (classes every week or a doubleclass every second week, depends on agreement). Due to a comparative method, frequently made mistakes (misunderstandings of the original, syntactical and stylistic inaccuracies) as well as original and innovative solutions (word puns, non-translatable parts) are pointed out. The final text is completed during the last session.
Literature
  • Harrower, David. Nože ve slepicích. Praha: Interludium, 2002.
  • Twentieth-century Scottish Drama: an anthology, eds. Cairns Craig and Randall Stevenson (Edinburgh: Canongate, 2001).
  • Greig, David. The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union (London: Methuen, 1999).
  • Déprats, Jean-Michel. “Translation at the Intersections of History.” In: Shakespeare and Modern Theatre. The Performance of Modernity, ed. by Michael Bristol, Kathleen McLuckie, and Christopher Holmes. London: Routledge (2001): 75-92.
  • Cetera, Anna. Enter Lear. Warsaw University Press, 2008.
  • Harrower, David. Dark Earth. London: Faber and Faber, 2003.
  • GLOVER, Sue. Tulení žena ; Slaměná židle ; Podruhyně : (tři hry o ženách). Edited by Sue Glover, Translated by David Drozd. Vyd. 1. Brno: Větrné mlýny, 2005, 307 s. ISBN 8086907031. info
  • HARROWER, David. Přítomnost. Translated by Jan Hančil. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2003, 63 s. ISBN 8070081562. info
  • BUSE, Peter. Drama + theory : critical approaches to modern British drama. 1st publ. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001, xi, 204. ISBN 0719057221. info
  • SMART, John. Twentieth century British drama. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 128 s. ISBN 052179563X. info
  • SHELLARD, Dominic. British theatre since the war. First published in paperback. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, viii, 259. ISBN 0300087373. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. Edited by Karel Hausenblas. Vyd. 3., upr. a rozš. verze. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1998, 386 s. ISBN 802373539X. info
  • HAYMAN, Ronald. British theatre since 1955 : a reassessment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979, 176 s. ISBN 0-19-219127-6. info
  • BRIDGES-ADAMS, W. The British theatre (Přív.) : English literature. Rev. ed. London: British Council, 1946, 53 s. : il. info
Teaching methods
Preparations before sessions (sending the part to be translated plus an analysis of a comparative chart of existing translations - according to the number of students in class), class discussion plus the final class during which the text will be completed.
Assessment methods
Work during the term (regular preparation for classes), active participation in the discussions
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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