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Introduction to Cultural Translation Fall 2009 文化翻譯概論 選修(外語學院共同科) 二學分 Tue. 14:10 –16: 00 Instructor: Pei-Yun Chen Office Hours: (Thur.) 11:00-12:30 FL 733 #3203e-mail: jill@mail.tku.edu.tw Course description: This course will put its central focus on translation and its relation to cultures. Translation, which is not merely the transposition of the same meanings in different languages, actually involves the transposition of thoughts expressed in one language by one social group into the appropriate expression of another group, and it entails a process of cultural de-contextualization and re-contextualization. With the rapid growth of globalization, cultures nowadays are increasingly brought into greater contact with one another. This course will examine the interface of cultures presented in several theoretical discourses and literary works, and by such examination this course will also demonstrate the fact that the formations and reshaping of cultures are never divorced from the ceaseless workings of translation practices. Requirement: Students are required to attend all class sessions and to participate in class discussions. Class participation means that students are required to have read the texts thoroughly and to come to class prepared to talk about them. In addition, each student will be required to deliver at least one presentation on an assigned work during the semester. These presentations should be conceived as exercises in literary interpretation through close analysis, and should ideally help to stimulate a discussion through arguments and questions. Those who are assigned to give presentations are also responsible to lead class discussions. No mid-term will be scheduled, but a final exam will be scheduled. Grading assessment: Attendance and Participation (including pop-quizzes): 20% Presentations: 40% Final: 40% Attendance policy: Attendance at all classes is required and is necessary for satisfactory progress in the work of the cours