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LL2001 Modernism in European Film
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 5.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 Lectures (Other: Film Showing: extra).
Module Co-ordinator: Dott Laura Rascaroli, Department of Italian.
Lecturer(s): Dott Laura Rascaroli, Department of Italian.
Module Objective: To identify and study themes and features of radical European film-making from its origins to 1968, on the backdrop of modernism theories.
Module Content: The 1950s and 1960s were a period of great creativity in European cinema. Major directors including Fellini, Antonioni, Bergman, Bu?uel and Dreyer produced their masterpieces, while a new generation of rebellious and innovative young filmmakers gave rise to the New Waves. Through the analysis of a number of key European films, this module engages with questions of filmic technique and language, style and modernity, politics and ideology, performance and representation.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· construct a timeline of significant movements in and expressions of European cinematic modernism (1910s-1960s);
· discuss a range of aspects of European cinematic modernism and avant-gardes (1950s-60s), including: their relationship with the historical avant-gardes of the 1910s-20s and with Italian post-war Neorealism; their formal characteristics; their stylistic and political aspects; their impact on subsequent cinema;
· identify a number of prescribed key films of the 1930s-60s;
· discuss key ideas and stylistic features of prescribed films;
· evaluate prescribed texts;
· explain the relationship of prescribed films to each other and their cultural, productive, artistic and historical contexts;
· analyse an audiovisual text;
· communicate the above appropriately in written and oral presentations.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (1 x 3,000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (Students must submit alternative assessment, as prescribed by the Co-ordinator).
LL2003 Aspects of the Classical Tradition
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 10.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: Other (24 1hr Lectures/Seminars).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Daragh O'Connell, Department of Italian.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages; Staff, Department of English; Staff, Department of Classics; Dr Daragh O'Connell, Department of Italian.
Module Objective: The appreciation of aspects of the classical tradition in European culture.
Module Content: This module will examine the influence of the ancient work on European art, literature and architecture.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Describe the nature and content of Greek and Roman education
· Assess the influence of this education through the Mediaeval and Early Modern Periods
· Identify themes and imagery from the Classical heritage in later literature and art up until the present, by study of selected authors and artists
· Evaluate the usefulness of these Classical motifs in enabling artists of later periods to express their own imaginative world.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (2 x 2,500 word essays 50 marks each).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (Students who have failed or not submitted the Continuous Assessment must submit a new piece of work by the 2nd week of August, as prescribed by the Department).
LL3001 Postmodern and Contemporary European Cinema
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 1.
No. of Students: Min 5.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24hr(s) Lectures (Other: Film Showing: Extra).
Module Co-ordinator: Dott Laura Rascaroli, Department of Italian.
Lecturer(s): Dott Laura Rascaroli, Department of Italian.
Module Objective: To identify and study features of contemporary European cinematographic texts against the backdrop of postmodernism theory
Module Content: Moving beyond the traditional approach to the study of European film as a set of distinct national cinemas, this module proposes a continental and transnational view of contemporary European film. Through the analysis of a choice of films made from 1970 to date, it covers topics such as the postmodern city, history and nostalgia, travel and emigration, postmodern and transnational identities, the evolution of film genres, style and ideology, the local and the global.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Identify significant movements in and expressions of European cinematic postmodernism;
· Discuss a range of aspects of European cinematic postmodernism, including: its relationship with modernism; its relationship with critical and theoretical discourses from the area of postmodernism studies; its formal characteristics; its stylistic and political aspects;
· Identify a number of prescribed films;
· Discuss key ideas and stylistic features of prescribed films;
· Evaluate prescribed texts;
· Explain the relationship of prescribed films to each other and their cultural, productive, artistic and historical contexts;
· Analyse an audiovisual text;
· Communicate the above appropriately in written and oral presentations.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (1 x 3,000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (Students must submit alternative Continuous Assessment work, as prescribed by the Coordinator).
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 20, Max 25.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 Lectures (Other: Independent Reading of Designated Texts).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Silvia Ross, Department of Italian.
Lecturer(s): Dr Silvia Ross, Department of Italian; Dr Patrick Crowley, Department of French; Dr Konstantin Doulamis, Department of Classics.
Module Objective: This course examines the theory and practice of travel writing
Module Content: Students will read a set of texts (in English and in English translation) that range from literature of the Ancient World to contemporary writing. We will be looking at writers who have travelled to such places as Italy, North Africa and the Middle East, among others. We will consider issues such as the nature of the genre, the relationship between writing and travelling, and the conceptualization of foreign cultures.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· identify prescribed texts, and their cultural and historical context;
· discuss key ideas of prescribed texts;
· analyse stylistic features of prescribed texts;
· analyse the relationship of prescribed texts to each other and to their cultural and historical
· context;
· evaluate prescribed texts;
· communicate the above appropriately in written and oral presentations.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks ((100 marks): One in class assessment (50 marks) and one essay of between 1,500 and 2000 words (50 marks)).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (Students must submit alternative assessment work by a specified date in August).
LL3101 Ideas of Europe: Imagining European Identity
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 1.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 50.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures (Classes).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Rachel Magshamhráin, Department of German.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages.
Module Objective: To acquaint students with key theoretical works on the question of European Identity, and teach students to apply these theories to and think critically about key European texts (texts understood here in the broad sense to encompass literary production, films, philosophical works, fine art) that can be argued to have contributed to (or, indeed, resisted and deconstructed) the idea of a specifically European sense of identity.
Module Content: As, of course, there is no homogenous European identity, this course will entail, to speak with Balibar, "a mapping of the dilemmas inherent in "idealizing Europe" (knitting the name with its references through the definition of an idea), exploring the issue of identity and universality, and the issue of polity as conflictual multiplicity" (Etienne Balibar, "Ideas of Europe: Civilization and Constitution") The tension between multiple heterogeneities and a coherently imagined community of Europe will be examined through the lens of European cultural productions which mirror the splinters and cohesion that have been involved in imagining Europe from Classical times to this.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Distinguish and evaluate different concepts of Europe and Europeanness
· Identify and describe key issues and difficulties in the field of European identity studies
· Discuss key stages and texts in the genesis of Europe as an idea and a European sense of identity
· Apply theories of identity and relevant critical terminology to key texts involved in the development, dissemination, modification and criticism of ideas of Europe over time.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (2,500 word essay and class presentation both worth 50 marks).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Students failing continuous assessment must submit another essay on a topic provided by the lecturer, no later than the first working day in September.
LL3102 European Cultural Identities 2: Cultural Capitals
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 50.
Pre-requisite(s): none
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Paul Hegarty, Department of French.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages; Dr Paul Hegarty, Department of French.
Module Objective: To explore the role of cities that have been major contributors to European cultural production, and the cultural artefacts produced in them.
Module Content: Europe has often had a notional capital - a dominant cultural centre. At the same time, there have always been important, diverse roles for a range of cities across the continent. This course aims to look at the idea of a cultural capital, from Rome to the annual EU award of the title, and to explore in more detail the cultural productions and contexts around a particular city at a given point in history.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· demonstrate an awareness of the form of European cultural identity and identities within it
· use critical concepts to analyse and understand cultural production (art, literature, popular and general culture); write a critical commentary based on those skills.
· demonstrate an awareness of how geographical and historical context and culture inform each other.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (1 x 3000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: No supplemental examination unless condition(s) are met (The required essay must have been submitted), Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (Students may submit another essay on a topic provided by the lecturer, not later than the first working day in September, as prescribed by the Department). A student who has not submitted the required essay will not normally be granted permission to take the Autumn Supplemental Examination in this module.
LL6001 Methodologies of Reception and Intertextuality
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 15.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Seminars; 24 x 1hr(s) Other (Independent reading).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Daragh O'Connell, Department of Italian.
Lecturer(s): Dr Daragh O'Connell, Department of Italian, Plus staff from School of Languages.
Module Objective: To introduce students to a wide range of theoretical approaches within the discipline so that they can underpin their own work with a sound and appropriate methodology.
Module Content: Range of seminars on different aspects of literary history/ intertextuality/ reception studies and translation theory.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Evaluate different approaches in the field of Comparative Literature
· Employ different theoretical approaches to Comparative Literature
· Question the efficacy of comparative theories and approaches to reading practice
· Identify and use an appropriate methodology in individual research projects.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (5000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
LL6002 World Literature. Theory and Texts
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 15.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Seminars.
Module Co-ordinator: Pd Dr Gert Hofmann, Department of German.
Lecturer(s): Pd Dr Gert Hofmann, Department of German, plus staff from School of Languages.
Module Objective: To investigate and discuss recent and current developments including historical precursors of the theoretical discourse on literature, focussing on concepts such as authorship, the literary subject, transnational literature, world literature and literary neo-humanism.
Module Content: Paradigms, such as ideological criticism, psychoanalytical semiotism, poststructuralism, deconstructivism, feminism and postcolonialism have dominated the global discourse of literary criticism for half a century, they share one common fact, namely that they radically question, dispute and deconstruct cultural confinements of human identity, be they ideological, societal, national, philosophical or gender. In recent developments they have inspired new approaches to think and describe human subjectivity through literary and aesthetic means, unaffected by such confinements, confiding in their transgression, or advocating a sensitised awareness of the transcultural or subcultural, the corporeal and sensual of the human condition. The course concentrates on a selection of key texts in this context, both historical and current, by authors such as Nietzsche and Artaud, Sartre, Adorno, Heidegger, Bataille, Barthes, Blanchot, Levinas, Derrida, Agamben, Coetzee and others. A comparative discussion of European and Asian approaches to art and aesthetics will also be included.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Reproduce core ideas of recent literary theories and concepts of world literature
· Reflect critically on current developments of literary criticism
· Discuss, analyse and interpret selected texts.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (One 5000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): None.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 15.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Seminars.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Daragh O'Connell, Department of Italian.
Lecturer(s): Dr Daragh O'Connell, Department of Italian, Plus staff from School of Languages.
Module Objective: To gain a critical understanding of European literary journey narratives. The themes analysed include: poetics of return, home and exile, disintegration and the distortion of language.
Module Content: This module involves an in-depth analysis of selected texts and provides students with a solid grounding in current methodological approaches to the literary forms studied.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Engage in original research in the field of journey narratives
· Develop individual research strategies and produce critical bibliographies
· Explain major interpretive strategies of the novel
· Display an independent approach to critical analysis and evaluation
· Write critically, logically and systematically, using proper citation in keeping with standards of postgraduate research.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (One 4000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): None.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
Credit Weighting: 45
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2 and Teaching/Research Period 3.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 15.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: Other (Self-directed study).
Module Co-ordinator: Pd Dr Gert Hofmann, Department of German.
Lecturer(s): Staff, Department of French; Staff, Department of German; Staff, Department of Hispanic Studies; Staff, Department of Italian.
Module Objective: Individual research on project definition, familiarisation with source materials, identification of appropriate methodologies and presentation of findings in the form of a dissertation.
Module Content: Individual research on an agreed topic
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Identify an appropriate theoretical and methodological framework consistent with their area of study.
· Develop individual research strategies and produce critical bibliographies.
· Display an independent approach to critical analysis and evaluation.
· Demonstrate ability to write critically, logically, and systematically, using proper citation in keeping with standards of postgraduate research.
· Present their work in a minor dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words.
Assessment: Total Marks 900: Continuous Assessment 900 marks (Minor Dissertation (12,000-15,000 words)).
Compulsory Elements: Minor dissertation.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): None.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: No Supplemental Examination.
LL6010 Research Methodologies in Modern Languages
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 1.
No. of Students: Min 8.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 1 x 2day(s) Workshops.
Module Co-ordinator: Prof Patrick O'Donovan, Department of French (School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures).
Lecturer(s): Staff, Department of French; Staff, Department of German; Staff, Department of Hispanic Studies; Staff, Department of Italian.
Module Objective: To explore research methodologies in a range of disciplines relevant to students in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Module Content: Topics may include: identifying a research area and topic; preliminary research planning; supervisor-supervisee relationship; use of primary and secondary sources, as appropriate to the discipline; engaging with critics; academic writing; thesis structure; compiling bibliographies, referencing the work of others; using information technology; style and presentation; oral presentation skills, among others.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Compile a bibliography for their subject area;
· Employ appropriate bibliographical and referencing systems for their discipline;
· Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, as appropriate to their discipline;
· Engage with and evaluate secondary material;
· Deploy a range of academic writing techniques;
· Navigate competently a range of electronic resources in their subject area;
· Develop a research plan and thesis outline.
Assessment: Continuous Assessment (3,000-word assignment) to be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: A Pass Judgement.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
LL6016 Mediterranean Cultures: Encounters
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 15.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Seminars (Supplemented by extensive reading set by staff. In addition, students are expected to organise and run supplementary research seminars (1x1.5hrs per term) based on research projects designed by students in consultation with staff. This is designed to promote autonomous research).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Patrick Crowley, Department of French.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages.
Module Objective: As a region of the world in which explorations and formations of identity and alterity take place, the Mediterranean is compelling in its diversity. It is where the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia meet and where successive cultural forms have taken shape, and eventually mutated, as a result of encounters alsong the Mediterranean shores. It is a region that ahs always invited comparisons as aresult of conflict, exchange and movement. The objective of this module is to analyse and assess representations of the cultural and social significance of transcultural encounters and transnational movements across the mediterranean.
Module Content: The content of this module will comprise of cultural texts (i.e. literature, films, philosophy, performances, popular culture, theory) that have as their focus the mediterranean as a site of cultural encounter - within and between nations, regions and cities; between North and South; between East and WEst. Such encounters have had a variety of outcomes: cultural hybridity and transformation, social dislocation and control, as well as the cultural construction, performance and interrogation of mediterranean spaces. The course may include canonical writers such as Homer, Dante, Cervantes and Holderlin, along with contemporary writers and film makers such as Fatih Akin, Merzak Allouche, Vincenzo Consolo, Eugene Fromentin, Robert Guediguian, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Eric Newby, Predrag Matvejevic, Guido Piovene, and Andre Techine as well as the work of Comediants and Fura dels Baus.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Demonstrate an understanding of the Mediterranean as figured within a variety of cultural texts and performances.
· Reflect critically on the ways in which the Mediterranean has been constructed for cultural, political and social ends.
· Discuss, analyse and interpret a range of selected texts and performances drawn from literature, travel narratives, film and theory relating to the Mediterranean.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (One 5000 word essay).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
LL6018 Contemporary Translation Theory and Practice
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 24.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 12 x 2hr(s) Seminars; 12 x 1hr(s) Other (Language laboratory classes); 6 x 1hr(s) Workshops; 6 x 1hr(s) Directed Study.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Helena Buffery, Department of Hispanic Studies.
Lecturer(s): Staff, Department of German; Staff, Department of Hispanic Studies; Staff, Department of Italian.
Module Objective: To introduce students to the main theories, methodologies and tools available to the contemporary translator.
Module Content: In semester 1 this module will explore the various linguistic, cultural and ideological issues that arise when translating a text into another language and culture. The process and product of translation will be considered in relation to social and cultural contexts. Theoretical concepts will be explained using examples taken from different languages.
In semester 2 the module will focus on translation technologies, including machine translation, translation memory software and the use of corpora and specialist terminologies.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Understand and describe what is involved in the process of translation
· Identify and assess similarities and differences between source and target language systems and contexts
· Develop translation strategies that are appropriate to the function of the target text
· Discuss and justify linguistic choices and translation strategies
· Analyse translations critically using the conceptual tools provided
· Show familiarity with a range of translation tools, and assess their suitability for different translation contexts
· Use a range of translation tools in their own translation practice.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks ((Comprising one 3,000-word translation studies essay (100) and one timed assessment on translation technology (100).).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 5, Max 30.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures.
Module Co-ordinator: Prof Patrick O'Donovan, Department of French.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages.
Module Objective: To explore research methods in the range of disciplines represented in the School
Module Content: The teaching will focus on the range of research questions and research methods characteristic of the different relevant disciplines. Topics for discussion will include: defining research problems; the justification of research claims; sources for research; using libraries; using information technology; online research strategies; style and presentation; subject-specific research issues and sources. The teaching will take the form of seminar discussion of work carried out by members of the group
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· formulate a research question informed by current theoretical or scholarly models;
· plan and manage a research project with a view to formulating specific research arguments;
· justify claims resulting from the investigation or evaluation of research questions;
· locate sources or data which give the research question its proper scope and document how the use of these sources helps to justify the claims made;
· display due rigour in academic writing informed by prevailing scholarly conventions.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (Presentation 25 Marks; Assessment Exercises 75 Marks).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (as prescribed by the relevant Programme Director).
LL7001 Presenting Critical Theory
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 6, Max 30.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 12 x 2hr(s) Seminars; 24 x 1hr(s) Other (self-directed reading).
Module Co-ordinator: Pd Dr Gert Hofmann, Department of German.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages.
Module Objective: to enable doctoral students of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures to gain familiarity with major critical theories and to give a seminar presentation on a theory (or theorist) related to their research.
Module Content: the course will run as a seminar in which staff and doctoral students present critical theories (or theorists) to the group, situating them also within the context of their own research.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· identify major critical theories
· demonstrate an understanding of contemporary critical debates
· give a seminar presentation on a theory/theorist relevant to their research, using technical support where appropriate
· demonstrate awareness of the ways in which critical theory can be used as an interpretive strategy when analyzing a range of texts.
Assessment: Continuous Assessment (seminar presentation and position paper of 2,500 words).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: A Pass/Fail judgement.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
LL7002 Research Skills in Non-Native Languages I
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 10.
Pre-requisite(s): Common European Framework of Reference for Languages A1 or A2 in the language concerned
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 18 x 2hr(s) Seminars; 25 x 1hr(s) Directed Study.
Module Co-ordinator: Prof Patrick O'Donovan, Department of French.
Lecturer(s): Staff, School of Languages.
Module Objective: To develop reading and research skills in non-native languages for research purposes
Module Content: This module will allow students to develop the capacity to work directly on original sources. Teaching and learning will focus on the knowledge and skills required to read primary sources in non-native languages and also on using relevant databases and research tools. Teaching will be offered in one or more languages on a cyclical basis.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· identify sources in non-native languages relevant to specific research projects
· devise and implement reading strategies appropriate to these sources
· apply knowledge of grammatical and communicative systems in non-native languages to the reading of these sources for research purposes
· contextualize these sources
· identify and use relevant databases to analyse these sources.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (Class assignments (80) and end of module class test (120)).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated.
