Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability

Module content and teaching

Principal aims

This module seeks to provide an overview of the development of Translation Studies as a discipline since the 1970s but also of “pre-scientific” thought on translation dating from the classical era; the module simultaneously provides an overview of translation theory and explores how translation theory relates to translation practice and to the study of translated texts.

Principal learning outcomes

To gain an understanding of the development of Translation Studies as a discipline since the 1970s; to gain an understanding of “pre-scientific” thought on translation from the classical era to the emergence of Translation Studies; to explore the nature and usefulness of translation theory and its relationship to translation practice; to explore the nature and usefulness of translation theory and its impact on the study of translated texts.

Timetabled teaching activities

2 hour weekly seminar

Departmental link

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/pg/masters/modules/translationstud

Module assessment

Assessment group	Assessment name	Percentage
20 CATS (Module code: EN964-20)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
30 CATS (Module code: EN964-30)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
36 CATS (Module code: EN964-36)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
45 CATS (Module code: EN964-45)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%

Module availability

This module is available on the following courses:

Core

N/A

Optional Core

N/A

Optional

• in World Literature (Q2PE) - Year 2
• Postgraduate Taught English Literature (Q3P1) - Year 2
• Postgraduate Taught Philosophy and Literature (V7P7) - Year 2