Translating Ireland

Programação das Aulas Online: Qua, 15/10/2025  - Ter, 25/11/2025

Horário: 14h00-18:00

Mais informações: https://catedrawbyeats.fflch.usp.br/node/482

Objectives: 

Historicize the value of translation in the linguistic, cultural, social and political development of Ireland. Raise the students’ awareness of the critical role of translation in the transformation of national cultures.

Rationale:

Translation has been a crucial element in the linguistic, cultural, social and political development of Ireland over the centuries. This factor in Ireland’s development and international influence has often been neglected as translation has often been ignored or written out of conventional histories of the country. The proposed course beginning in the medieval period will take students up to the present day and will chart the influence of inward translation on changes in the linguistic, cultural and poliutical makeup of the island and will examine the impact of outward translation in giving Ireland a cultural presence on the global stage. The aim of the course is to raise students’ awareness of the critical role of translation in the transformation of national cultures.

Content: 

Topic 1: Rome and Greece in Medieval Ireland

Topic 2: Revolutionary translation in 19th centrury Ireland

Topic 3: Translation in James Joyce’s The Dead

Topic 4: Translation for the New Nation: translation and language revival

Topic 5: Translation and Soft Power: Irish Cultural Dpilomacy in the Modern Age

Topic 6: Seminars & Conclusion