Course Description
Advanced techniques for translating from and into Hebrew of literary works, including stories, scripts, and poetry.
Athena Title
Adv Hebrew Lang Lit Trans
Prerequisite
HEBR 2003
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will engage translation theory substantively, as well as belletristic compositions principally in contemporary dialect. About 25% of the course will be conducted in Hebrew, with a view to using the vocabulary and syntax resources being acquired in routine conversation. Increasing familiarity with a foreign culture, and with that culture's differences from our own as refracted through the need to map linguistic expression onto experiential perspectives, will be a focus.
Topical Outline
I. Translation Theory: Homer, the Bible, and Shakespeare in English and Hebrew II. Bialik, Tchernikowsky, Ahad Ha-Am, and Modern Hebrew Literature III. Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua IV. Contemporary Film in Hebrew: The Footnote V. Yiddish-English-Hebrew: Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Translation of Humor VI. Translating Themes: Food VII. Food Films and Literature