Translation and Literature

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GE-Human Culture: Literature/Human Diversity Phrases like speaking in tongues, broken tongues, or mother tongues refer to the languages we speak as we navigate our daily lives. We all “speak in tongues,” even if we only have one “mother tongue,” because we communicate in different ways with our family, our friends, or our professors, even if some people decide that one of the languages we speak is a “broken tongue.” Taking as a starting point the fact that no one is truly monolingual and no language is broken, we will read novels from around the world as we approach translation as both an art and a craft and learn why it requires as much preparation in creative writing as it does cultural expertise, historical knowledge, political insights, and linguistic proficiencies. Prerequisite: ENGL 17000 with a C or better. Share this Page Facebook this Page (opens a new window) Tweet this Page (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window)