Syllabus - The Origins of Culture: Translation and Self-Translation Between Hebrew and Yiddish (18840)

Syllabus The Origins of Culture: Translation and Self-Translation Between Hebrew and Yiddish - 18840
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Last update 08-01-2022
HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master) Responsible Department: Yiddish Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Yaakov Herskovitz Coordinator Email: yaakov.herskovitz@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Monday, 13:30-15:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. yaakov herskovitz Course/Module description: What happens when the author is also the translator of a work? When the one who writes is also the one who translates? Such instances will be our focus in this course which is devoted to the role of self-translation in the formation of Yiddish and Hebrew literature. Self-translation makes everything murky: what is the difference between writing and translation? What is the origin, the original of any one text? What changes in our thinking of fidelity? And most of all: what compels an author to write in more than one language? All these issues will be discussed through the rich case study of Hebrew-Yiddish modern literature, alongside contemporary theory of self-translation. Course/Module aims: Acquaintance with the corpus, history and poetics of self-translation Learning contemporary and historical theory of self-translation Knowledge of the formation of the Hebrew-Yiddish canon Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Knowledge of the bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish Canon Ability to explain the centrality of bilingualism to Jewish culture Knowledge of contemporary translation theory Attendance requirements(%): 95 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Course/Module Content: see Hebrew Required Reading: see Hebrew Additional Reading Material: Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 10 % Participation in Tutorials 10 % Project work 80 % Assignments 0 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information:

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