The course will pursue two objectives: 1. create a linguistical and philological sensibility to literary texts; 2. practise literary translation from Russian to Italian with a professional approach. The course will be structured in two parts, a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical unit will be centred on text linguistics, and in particular on the elements that enable the cohesion of the text. Through textual analysis, the course aims to develop the abilities enabling students to differentiate various text types and recognise them correctly. The practical part will be made up of translation exercises, in which different recurrent difficulties of Russian to Italian translation will be broached.

Part I 

1.     The issue of defining a text

 2. Cultural and communicative dimension

 3. Distinctive marks

 4. Main elements and structure

 5. Main means of cohesion

Part II 

 1. What is translation?

 2. Translation types

 2.1. Interlinguistic translation

 2.2. Semiotic translation

 2.3. Intralinguistic translation

 3.  Recurrent difficulties

 4. Word order

 5. Verbs

 5.1. Verbal category of time

 5.2. Verbal category of aspect

 5.3. Verbal category of manner

 5.4. Verbal category of the passive

  5.5. Verbal category of person

  5.6. Verbal category of number

  5.7. Verbal category of gender

 6. “False friends”

 7. Literary citations

 8. Translation of proper nouns and geographical names

 8.1. Systems of transliteration

Recognise different types of texts: descriptions (opisanie), stories (povestvovanie) and reasoning (rassuždenie), both as dialogues and monologues.

Deal with and solve recurrent Russian to Italian literary translation problems, through linguistic and stylistic analysis.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

Babenko L.G. e Kazarin Ju.V., Lingvisti?eskij analiz hudo?estvennogo teksta, Moskva, Flinta- Nauka, 2005, pp. 3-5; 11-13; 25-49; 159-213; 263-270; 485-496.

Recker Ja.I., Teorija perevoda i perevod?eskaja praktika, Moskva, R. Valent, 2010, pp. 10-44.

Assessment

Written text.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

Babenko L.G. e Kazarin Ju.V., Lingvisti?eskij analiz hudo?estvennogo teksta, Moskva, Flinta, 2005, pp.

Valgina N.S., Teorija teksta, Moskva, Logos, 2003, pp. 18-29.

Recker Ja.I., Teorija perevoda i perevod?eskaja praktika, Moskva, R. Valent, 2010, cc. 10-44.

Assessment

Written text.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Students who will not be able to attend the lessons should contact the teacher both at the beginning and at the end of the course.