Thematic Module - Erasmus course

4 ECTS

Max. 25 students

Tuesday: 16.40 - 18.15 (room 206, Institute of Translation Studies, Hybernska st. 3)

Final assessment requirements: Regular attendance; only one absence allowed. In case of two
unexcused absences, student must submit a paper (5 standard pages + references; in
English/French/Russian or Czech) to prof. Čeňková (guarantee of the modules) in order to obtain the
credits. Topic of the paper must be related to the module. In case of three absences, ditto, but the
paper in the extent of 10 standard pages. More than three absences will result in a "fail" for the entire
course.

11. 10. 2011:
1) Mgr.David Mraček; Mracek.D@seznam.cz
Introduction to Translation Studies
Translation Studies as an academic discipline, its basic concepts and current research topics, the
translator´roles and competencies; with special focus on the process of literary translation and
intercultural transfer - the key issues of the course.

18.10. 2011:
2) PhDr. Zuzana Jettmarová, PhD., zuzana.jettmarova@ff.cuni.cz
Czech theory of translation (Jiří Levý and the Prague School - Czech functionalist structuralism)

25.10. 2011:
3) Mgr. Jaroslav Špirk, Jaroslav.Spirk@seznam.cz
Anton Popovič and his contribution to Translation Studies in context
The contribution of Anton Popovič, the constitutive personality of Slovak Translation Studies, to the
development of the discipline in the context of European, Anglo-American and Hebrew thinking on
translation in the second half of the 20th century.

1. 11. 2011:
4) PhDr. Stanislav Rubáš, PhD., stanislav.rubas@ff.cuni.cz
Mácha´s May in English and Russian Translation

8.11 2011:
5) PhDr. Šárka Tobrmanová, PhD. - ÚTRL : sarka.tobrmanova@ff.cuni.cz
Karel Čapek, one of the great 20th-century writers, in context and translation

15.11.2011:
6) Mgr. Marta Ljubková, Ljubkova@seznam.cz
Outstanding contemporary Czech prose
There is more about Czech literature than just Milan Kundera only.

22. 11. 2011:
7) Mgr. Marta Ljubková, Ljubkova@seznam.cz
Outstanding contemporary Czech drama
Václav Havel and other play-writers.

29. 11. 2011:
8) Mgr. Jaroslav Špirk, Jaroslav.Spirk@seznam.cz
Milan Kundera’s novels in the context of the Central European novel
What is Central and Eastern Europe? Where do the political, historical and cultural boundaries lie and
how permeable are they? Where do the Lands of the Bohemian Crown fit in? Europe of Regions -
how novel is the concept? The lecture focuses on Milan Kundera’s novels in the context of the Central-
European novel and on his essays regarding the Central-European heritage.

6. 12. 2011:
9) PhDr. Eva Kalivodová, PhD., eva.kalivodova@ff.cuni.cz
Božena Němcová: Text - Myth - Art

13. 12. 2011:
10) Doc.PhDr.Martin Humpál, PhD., martin.humpal@ff.cuni.cz
Major Scandinavian Dramatists I: Henrik Ibsen

20. 12. 2011:
11) Doc.PhDr.Martin Humpál, PhD., martin.humpal@ff.cuni.cz
Major Scandinavian Dramatists II: August Strindberg