Linguistic, Literary and Translation Studies

The course will be devoted to a reflection on literary translation from Portuguese into Italian and from Portuguese Italian, analysing translations of texts from different periods and different contexts (specifically: Dante Alighieri, Luís Vaz de Camões, Mário de Andrade, Italo Calvino and José Luandino Vieira).

Have taken at least 24 cfu of Portuguese and Brazilian Language and Translation

Bibliography: - Rosa Maria Bollettieri Bosinelli, Elena Di Giovanni (a cura di), Oltre l'Occidente. Traduzione e alterità culturale, Bompiani, Milano, 2009 (the following essays: Maria Cristina Batalha Traduzione e modelli canonizzati: l’angoscia della disobbedienza; Else Ribeiro Pires Vieira La liberazione dei calibani: interpretazioni di Antropofagia e della poetica della transcreazione di Haroldo de Campos; Paul Bandia Alcune considerazioni etiche sulla letteratura africana nelle lingue europee e sulla scrittura come traduzione) - Siri Nergaard (a cura di), Teorie contemporanee della traduzione, Bompiani, Milano, 1995 (the following essays: Gideon Toury COMUNICAZIONE E TRADUZIONE. UN APPROCCIO SEMIOTICO; Itamar Even-Zohar LA POSIZIONE DELLA LETTERATURA TRADOTTA ALL’INTERNO DEL POLISISTEMA LETTERARIO) Texts subject to translation reflection: - Mário de Andrade, Macunaima, Adelphi, Milano, 1960 - José Luandino Vieira, Luuanda, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1990 - Italo Calvino, Se numa noite de inverno un viajante, trad. de José Colaço Barreiros, D. Quixote, Lisboa, 2017 - Short excerpts from Italian translations of Os Lusíadas by Luís Vaz de Camões and Dante Alighieri's Commedia will also be analysed as examples

The linguistics module is semester-long and comprises one two-hour lecture per week. The linguistic workshop is semester-long and consists of two two-hour lectures per week.

The final exam includes three tests: 1) written test of "lettorato"; 2) oral test of "lettorato"; 3) oral examination with the professor (translation module); The two oral tests must be supported in the same day. The written examination of the readership includes interpretation, grammar, vocabulary and written production. The oral examination of the "lettorato" reads the level of ability in oral communication. To pass the exam you must obtain a grade of not less than 18/30. In the oral examination relating to the translation module, the student must demonstrate that he/she has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered during the course and of the relevant bibliography. In order to obtain a mark of 30/30 cum laude, the student, in addition to having obtained the highest marks in the "lettorato" tests, must demonstrate that he/she has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics dealt with during the course, and of the relevant bibliography, being able to link them together in a logical and coherent manner.

The translation course (taught by the professor) is accompanied by language practice sessions (taught by native speakers). The course is mainly structured around lectures. Students can choose whether to attend language practice sessions with a native Portuguese speaker or a native Brazilian speaker.