UT Dallas 2020 Graduate Catalog

LIT7391 - Seminar in Translation Studies

LIT 7391 Seminar in Translation Studies (3 semester credit hours) The investigation of the field of Translation Studies. Topics may include the anthropological foundation of translation; the study of crossing cultural barriers; translation methodologies as a model for interdisciplinary research; communication as translation; translation and reading; historical aspects of translation; models of cultural differences; critical approaches to the theories of translation from the Greeks to the present; and specific research and translation projects. May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 semester credit hours maximum). Instructor consent required. Prerequisite or Corequisite: LIT 6300 or LIT 6380. (3-0) R