Comparative Literature 791R - S-ReconsdrngPostColnlTransltn

The word `translation', which long ago meant a linguistic substitution from a source language (SL) into a target language (TL), has taken on a broader meaning in recent times. John Sturrock and Talal Asad see ethnography as an act of translation; Tejaswini Niranjana and Eric Cheyfitz employ it as a metaphor for empire; Homi Bhabha and Salman Rushdie view it as an hybrid intercultural space. The present course intends to discuss these issues in light of nineteenth century discourses in Calcutta and contemporary work in postcolonial studies. We will cover areas like print and translation, genre and translation, gender and translation, and caste and translation that help widen the field of study.