Academic Year: | 2018/9 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
Period: |
- Semester 1
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Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework (CW 33%)
- Essay (ES 67%)
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Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Requisites: |
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Description:
| Aims:
* To provide students with an introduction to key concepts in translation studies and intercultural communication
* To encourage students to develop critical, theoretical and practical approaches on working between different texts and different cultures
* To help students become familiar with working from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
* Demonstrate a critical understanding of key concepts to translation studies and intercultural communication
* Apply theoretical concepts from translation and intercultural communication to the analysis of texts, images and other forms of communication
* Critically reflect on translations of a variety of texts across languages and cultures which can use different means of expression
* Draw upon a range of skills (eg. creative, technological) to understand better communication across language and culture
Skills: Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit. Creative skills and use of technology will also be developed.
Content: Topics covered in this unit will include: What is intercultural communication?;Translation and the cultural turn; Representations and mediations of the Other; Interpreting texts (literary, visual, filmic, etc.); Translation as cultural mediation; Translation and popular culture; Translation/communication and the new technological era.
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Programme availability: |
PL31007 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB13 : BA(Hons) French and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB12 : BA(Hons) German and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB16 : BA(Hons) Italian ab initio and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB14 : BA(Hons) Italian and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB08 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB09 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB05 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB04 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB18 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB06 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB07 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB02 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB23 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB20 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB22 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB19 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB15 : BA(Hons) Russian ab initio and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB17 : BA(Hons) Spanish and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
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