Second Year / Second Semster English Course (English 2b)
for students of the Post-Graduate Course in “Language Sciences”
March 3 to April 8, 2009 – Monday, 2-4pm, Room 9; Tuesday 4-6pm, Room 14; Friday, 12-2pm, Room 9

“Accommodation as translation of the Self; translation as accommodation to the Other”

     Roll, attendance, marks     

LESSON DATES:

3.3

4.3

6.3

10.3

11.3

13.3

17.3

18.3

20.3

24.3

25.3

27.3

31.3

1.4

3.4

7.4

8.4

     Program (set texts)     

Non attenders (Non frequentanti)
 

1. Accommodation Theory Revisited>  , Cross-cultural Accommodation: Transformation of Consciousness> 
2. Mary Snell-Hornby, Translation Studies, Amsterdam: Johns Benjamins, 1995.

3. Albrecht Neubert, Gregory M. Shreve, Translation as Text, Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2000.
4. Peter Newmark, A textbook of Translation, New York; Prentice Hall, 1988.
5. Basil Hatim, Ian Mason, The Translator as Communicator, New York: Routledge, 1997

Attenders (Frequentanti)

1. Accommodation Theory Revisited>  , Cross-cultural Accommodation through a Transformation of Consciousness>  
2. Parts of the texts for non attenders (available at the photocopy shop Pronto Stampa, since they constitute less than 15% of each volume).

     Exam procedure     

Non attenders (non frequentanti)

TEXTS: You are responsible for all texts on the Reading List> 
   MARKS: Here are the criteria determining your mark >           

Attenders (frequentanti)

Students attending 80% of the lessons may substitute part of the program with research activities.
Final mark = max. 20 points research & esonero + 8 points discussions + 2 points for final exam.

     Rules, credits    
 

Regulations for taking exams at the School of Humanities >  

This course is worth 4 credits. 
Since in the EU 1 credit = 25 hours of work, the total work load for this course is set at 100 hours:
32 contact hours (16 lessons) + 68 hours of study (reading and carrying out research activities.  N.B. Non frequentanti: just reading) = 100 hours