RUSSIAN LITERATURE
LETTERATURA RUSSA
On translating Evgenij Onegin: problems and strategies
Tradurre l’Onegin. Problemi e strategie
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| 2020/2021 | 8 |
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| Giuseppe Ghini | Please contact the professor by email |
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Course partially taught in a foreign language
Russian
This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to develop students' translating ability.
Program
Evgenij Onegin. Problems and strategies of translators
1. Philology. Poetry, Narrativeness. Unity of the text.
2. The poetics of the novel. Style. Language. Onegin stanza. Meter, rhythm, rhyme. Word order.
3. Narrator and characters.
4. The cultural environment
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the main tools of literary translation
Knowledge of the peculiarity of Russian poetry and metrics
Applying knowledge and understanding
Ability to understand and discuss several translating strategies
Ability to estimate different critical points of view
Making judgements
Ability to develop one's own literary judgement
Learning skills
Independent reading of Russian poetry texts
Communication skills
Ability to convey clearly and coherently the contents of the lessons to specialists and non-specialists interlocutors
Ability to convey with accuracy and effectiveness the contents of the lessons to specialists and non-specialists interlocutors
Teaching Material
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
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Front lessons with original materials.
Sessions of traslation.
- Course books
Evgenij Onegin. Italian translations (Lo Gatto, Giudici, Pera).
G. Ghini. Tradurre l'Onegin. 2003.
A. Niero, Tradurre poesia russa. Macerata: Quodlibet. 2019.
- Assessment
Students have to prepare the translation of two stanzas of Evgenij Onegin according to their own translating strategy.
- 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.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Independent study.
- Course books
Evgenij Onegin. Italian translations (Lo Gatto, Giudici, Pera).
G. Ghini. Tradurre l'Onegin. 2003.
A. Niero, Tradurre poesia russa. Macerata: Quodlibet. 2019.
- Assessment
Students have to translate two stanzas of Evgenij Onegin according to their own translating strategy.
- 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.
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