Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Cultural and Intercultural Competency - Utilise intercultural knowledge in order to understand, analyse, and contextualise in the practice of translation.
• Be able to recognise the socio-cultural components underlying an oral or written text.
• Analyse the assumptions, implicit or explicit, allusions, stereotypes and intertextuality of any oral or written document.
• Thematic Competency - Develop and apply thematic knowledge related to domains in which translation is practised.
• Identify what information and documentation is required.
• Master the strategies, tools and techniques needed for carrying out documentary or terminological research.
• Recognise when and know how to consult an expert.
• Cognitive Skills - Possess a solid theoretical grounding in translation and/or interpretation and be able to apply it to the professional practice thereof and actively pursue further independent development of it.
• Develop the necessary analytical and synthesis faculties to be able to understand and work on complex texts.
• Develop knowledge and skills autonomously, particularly in terms of researching new theoretical approaches and tools in the field, with the aim of improving professional skills.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this course, students will be able:
-to read, analyze and understand literary texts by writers French-speaking
-to identify the genre, literary period or movement specific to the texts or authors analyzed in class, and identify and discuss their specific features (or lack of "specificity")
-by replacing these texts in their historical and literary contexts, at national and global levels, to compare them with other texts and translations.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

History of literature ; francophony ; comparative literature.

Prior Experience

Not applicable