Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Facultad de HumanidadesLicenciatura:
Traducción & Interpretación
Curso: Segundo
Asignatura: Fuentes Culturales (Lengua C)
Carácter: Obligatoria
Créditos: 6 créditos
Profesor:
Sage Fitz-Gerald
sfitger@upo.es
I. INTRODUCTION
Fuentes Culturales Aplicadas a la Traducción de Lengua C is an introductory level
Cultural Studies course in which 2nd year T&I students are introduced to topics related to
the cultural and linguistic reality of the US, the UK and Ireland. Socio-cultural and historical aspects not included in traditional language, linguistics or literature courses will be covered. The course contents are directly related to the texts, films and songs we will read, watch and listen to throughout the course. Students are strongly encouraged to reinforce classroom learning with pertinent extracurricular activities including original version cinema and language exchanges with visiting students from English-speaking countries.
This survey course will help Translation Studies students better understand the most important historical events and contemporary currents shaping the English-speaking world today.
II. METHODOLOGY
Intensive reading and in-depth text analysis are the backbone of the course. Students are
expected to have thoroughlyread and understood assigned readings from required texts
(An Illustrated History of the USA / An Illustrated History of Britain) before class, as well as
participate freely and regularly in classroom activities and discussions. We will employ
cooperative learning techniques to analyse films, documentaries, poems, cartoons, and a variety of other primary and secondary texts and audiovisual material chosen to complement the required reading. Critical thinking will be encouraged and all topics will be approached from a multidisciplinary perspective including basic ideas from disciplines such as historiography, sociology, cultural studies, translation studies, and anthropology. Classes will be held primarily in English and opportunities for practical English-Spanish (direct) translation practice will be afforded.
III. EVALUATION
Continuous assessment (15%), a 30-minute oral presentation (15%), midterm exam (30%) and a final exam (40%) will be the basis for the final grade. As future translators, students should demonstrate that they have acquired sufficient knowledge of the history, society and cultural discourse of the English-speaking countries studied.
The written exams will have two parts. In the first part, students will be asked to define/discuss/translate a series of terms, topics and/or texts related to social, cultural and historical questions. The second part of the exam will consist in an essay on one or more of the themes brought out in the course.
In addition to the oral presentation and the exam, active participation in class and
consistent completion of reading/homework assignments throughout the course will be taken into account for the final grade.
IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY
•Required:
McDowall, David. An Illustrated History of Britain. Harlow: Longman, 2004. O’Callaghan, Bryn. An Illustrated History of the USA. Harlow: Longman, 2004. Garwood, Christopher. Aspects of Britain and the USA. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Photocopy packet(s)
•Recommended:
Translation Studies
Basil Hatim and Ian Mason. Discourse and the Translator. Harlow: Longman, 1990. Eco, Umberto. Mouse or Rat? Translation as Negotiation. London: Phoenix, 2004.
U.S. Cultural Studies
Angier, Natalie (Ed.) The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Bradbury, Malcolm (Ed.) Introduction to American Studies. Harlow: Longman, 1998. Campbell, Neil. American Cultural Studies: An Introduction to American Culture.
London: Routledge, 1997.
Cullen, Jim. The Art of Democracy: A Concise History of Popular Culture in the US. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2002.
Mauk, D. and J. Oakland. American Civilization: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2005. Ruland, Richard. From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature. New
York, 1992.
Verdú, Vicente. El Planeta Americano. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1996.
British & Irish Cultural Studies
Bassnett, Susan. Studying British Culture. London: Routledge, 1997.
Oakland, John. Contemporary Britain: A Survey with Texts. London: Routledge, 2001. Oakland, John. British Civilization: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2004.
O’Driscoll, James. Britain. The Country and It’s People: An Introduction for Learners of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Yeats, W.B. Fairy Tales of Ireland. Dublin: Roberts Wholesale Books Ltd., 1998.
Miscellaneous
Forché, Carolyn (Ed.) Against Forgetting: 20th-Century Poetry of Witness. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
COURSE SYLLABUS*
WEEK 1 Introduction
• Translation & Culture
• BRAINSTORM:
Major themes in American History Major themes in British History
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 3-10
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 4-7
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 11-33
WEEK 2
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 34-56
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 57-65
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 8-15
WEEK 3
DÍA de ANDALUCÍA 28 feb. (puente)
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 67-85
WEEK 4
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 87-105
FILM: Selections from Cromwell(Dir. Ken Hughes)
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 107-120
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 16-27
WEEK 5
FILM: Selections from Oliver Twist (Dir. Roman Polanski)
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 28-31
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 32-39
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 121-137
WEEK 6
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 40-57
WEEK 7
Oral Presentations
FILM: Selections from Feel Like Going Home (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 58-71
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 138-148
WEEK 8
Oral Presentations
SONG: My Country ‘Tis of Thee… (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
Discussion
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 72-83
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 149-150
SEMANA SANTA WEEK 9 Oral Presentations
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 84-87
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 151-157
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 88-95
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 159-165
FERIA
WEEK 10
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 96-103 WEEK 11 Oral Presentations
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 166-167
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 104-107
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 168-174
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 108-111
WEEK 12 Oral Presentations
FILM: Selections from JFK / Nixon / The Doors (Dir. Oliver Stone) /
No Direction Home: The Dylan Years (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
Discussion
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 112-115
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 175-176
Oral Presentations
SONG: With God on Our Side (Bob Dylan)
Discussion
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 116-135
WEEK 13
FILM: Selections from Twilight: Los Angeles(Dir. Anna Deavere Smith)
& Bowling for Columbine (Dir. Michael Moore)
Discussion
SONG: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott Heron)
Discussion
An Illustrated History of Britain pp. 175-184
An Illustrated History of the USA pp. 136-139
Oral Presentations
“Jihad vs. McWorld” (Benjamin R. Barber)
Oral Presentations Exam Review
FILM: Fahrenheit 9/11 (Dir. Michael Moore)
Discussion
Exam Review… THAT’S ALL FOLKS!
