Promotes the understanding of translation and its role in redefining meanings across epochs and cultures, in establishing common norms, and in advancing mutual intelligibility; but also providing encounters with absolute alterity. Actual translations are used as case studies.
Enrollment Requirements
Prerequisite(s): one year of college-level, non-English language study or the equivalent reading ability in a non-English language.
Class Notes
If you completed the prerequisites but get an error message, or have satisfied the language prerequisite at another college or via a UCSC Literature Department proficiency exam, email litdept@ucsc.edu. Include proof of prerequisite material.