Poetry Translation and Appreciation
Course Code: 63037001
Course Title：Poetry Translation and Appreciation
Credit Value：2 Course Schedule：10th Term，2 hrs/week，32 hours in total
Target Students：4th-year undergraduates majoring in English
Course Type：Selective Course for English Majors
Instructor in Charge：Sun Yingchun, professor, MA
Course Description：
The purpose of the course is to teach the students basic language features of English poetry and its translation strategy. Class instruction attaches equal importance to poetry translation theory and appreciation of English poetry. It combines poetry translation theory with appreciation of particular poems, that is, it analyzes English poetry in terms of rhyme, rhythm, style and poetics, with particular focus on the study of poetry form. Through this detailed analysis, the students are expected to understand linguistic features of English poetry, develop the feel for English poetic language and grasp basic poetry theories. More importantly, after appreciation and analysis of particular poetic texts, the students are supposed to understand in what manner English poetry, a particular genre in the field of arts, has achieved its purpose of communication, namely, to appeal to the readers aesthetically and inspire them ideologically. Basically, the course has three sessions: basic knowledge of English poetry, appreciation of English poems and exercises.
Evaluation：Written Exam
Textbook：To be decided.
Reference Books：
[1]《英语修辞赏析》.范家材.上海：上海交通大学出版社,1991．
[2]《英语修辞格》．冯翠华.北京：商务印书馆,1983．
[3]《怎样欣赏英美诗歌》.段室书编译．（美）劳坡林.北京：北京出版社,1977．
[4]Approaching English Poetry．王宝童.北京：北京大学出版社.
[5]《英语文体学引论》．王佐良,丁往道.北京：外语教学与研究出版社,1978．
[6] Laurence, Perrine. Sound and Sense.. San Francisco: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
[7]ichard, Ellmann. Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry Second Edition. New York: Norton & Company, 1988.
[8]Rosenthal, M. L. The Modern Poetic Sequence. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983
