COML 3810 - Translating Poetry: Principles and Practice

(LA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: Proficiency in one language in addition to English.

N. Pollak.

This course will use translation theory to illuminate the translation of poetry. Readings may include essays by Walter Benjamin, Roman Jakobson, Vladimir Nabokov and others, and also translations of poetic texts. Students will produce a set of translations and a related commentary.