An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in Higher Education for Translation Studies Trainees

• Authors: Bednárová-Gibová Klaudia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Literature and its position in curricula within translation studies (TS) study programmes has always been a source of heated debates. This paper zooms in on proposing an integrated approach to teaching literature for TS trainees based on combining a linguistic, literary and cultural analysis. Its aim is to outline methodological considerations, give recommendations for future teaching practice and provide the TS-minded community with a possible didactic inspiration on the basis of the author’s advocated approach. Part of this paper is also an empirical analysis from the perspective of the proposed integrated approach based on a selected case study of Christopher Marlowe’s Act I from his play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus in order to substantiate its relevance. The analysis shows how a literary text comes to convey its meaning thanks to a combination of threefold interpretative insights.

PL

Literatura i jej miejsce w treściach programowych translatoryki (TS) zawsze były źródłem gorącej debaty. Niniejszy artykuł skupia się na propozycji zintegrowanego podejścia do nauczania literatury adeptów translatoryki (TS), bazując na połączeniu analizy z zakresu językoznawstwa, literatury i kultury. Celem jej jest podkreślenie wagi rozważań metodologicznych, udzielenie wskazówek co do dalszej praktyki nauczania oraz dostarczenie translatorsko ukierunkowanej społeczności oczekiwanych inspiracji wynikających z proponowanego przez autorkę podejścia. Częścią niniejszej pracy jest także analiza empiryczna prowadzona, z perspektywy proponowanego podejścia zintegrowanego oparta na studium Aktu I sztuki Christophera Marlowa Tragiczna historia doktora Fausta, po to, aby ukazać jej zasadność. Analiza ta ukazuje jak tekst literacki przekazuje zawarte w nim treści dzięki troistej kombinacji czynników interpretacyjnych.

Keywords

EN

integrated approach; literature; higher education; TS trainees; translation didactics

PL

podejście zintegrowane; literatura; adepci translatoryki (TS); dydaktyka translacji

• Publisher: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Chełmie
• Journal: Language. Culture. Politics. International Journal
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 7-17

Contributors

author

Bednárová-Gibová Klaudia

• University of Prešov

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