Spanish into English

HISP 194, Fall 2006


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  (Revised 11/29/06 )

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MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY
9/4
Labor Day
9/6
VARK; Elements of translation
9/8
Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason.
9/11
Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason
9/13
Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason; Jorge Luis Borges ("Borges and I").
9/15
Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason; Do Library Tutorials.
9/18
Jorge Luis Borges ("Borges and I," "The Garden of Forking Paths," "The Circular Ruins," "Funes the Memorius"); Written translation critique.
9/20
Bibliographic Instruction Room, Library.
9/22
Vistor: Becky Graham, MAX Center. Jorge Luis Borges, ("The Shape of the Sword," "Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," "Deutsches Requiem").
9/25
Jorge Luis Borges ("Death and the Compass," "The South").

9/27
Discussion of "The South," the film: Adaptation and transposition vs. translation. Begin Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo. Paper #1.

9/29
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo.
10/2
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo.

10/4
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo

10/6
Pedro Páramo, the film.
10/9
Discussion of film and story, "Don't you Hear the Dogs Bark." Music: Translations, adaptations, versions, remixing.
10/11
Introduction to Hispanic poetry and translation. Selections of poetry.

10/13
Selections of poetry. Discussion.

10/16
Translation Exercise #2. Clarice Lispector, Family Ties.
10/18
Clarice Lispector, Family Ties.
10/20
Clarice Lispector, Family Ties.

10/23
Paper #2.
Introduction to Luso-Brazilian poetry.

10/25
Luso-Brazilian Day; Translation Exercise #3

10/27
Fall Break

10/30
Translation Critique,
Discussion.

11/1
Translation Exercise #4, Discussion. Identification of video to subtitle.

11/3
Introduction to subtitling (H304). Individual subtitling tasks.
11/6
Subtitling workshop (H304)
11/8
Gabriel García Márquez, "Tuesday Siesta" and "One of these Days"
11/10
Gabriel García Márquez, "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon" and "Montiel's Widow."
11/13
Gabriel García Márquez, "Big Mama's Funeral." Transcription of film due.

11/15
Discussion of filmscript translation: conventions, standardization, appearance, problems
11/17
Translation of filmscript due. Classroom discussion of translations.
11/20
Discussion of Eréndira, the film.
11/22
Like Water for Chocolate, film critique.

11/24
Thanksgiving Break

11/27
Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate.

11/29
Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate.
12/1
Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate. Digitized, subtitled segments due no later than classtime.
12/4
Projects: Lexi, Anna, Hannah, Sarah L.

12/6
View/Critique of Subtitled Film.

12/8
Subtitling assessment.

12/11
No class today!
12/13
Projects: Bobbi, Zach, Celeste, Jenny (Day); Erin, Catherine, Ronny, Evan (Evening).
12/15
Projects: Marinha, Jeremy, Crystal, Sarah M.