EWL 337 Philosophies and Poetics of Translation
In this course, students will consider philosophies and poetics of translation across aesthetic categories, geographic spaces, linguistic domains, cultural contexts, socioeconomic positions, and historical epochs from the advent of publishing to the digital age. Through the course of the semester, students will familiarize themselves with theories of translation from philosophers and writers including Nietzsche, Benjamin, Pound, Nabokov, Derrida, Spivak, Appiah, and Tadjo. They will also learn to compare and critique translations of celebrated literary works and quotidian non-fictional texts across genres, languages, and epochs.