An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in Higher Education for Translation Studies Trainees
An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in Higher Education for Translation Studies Trainees

Summary/Abstract: Literature and its position in curricula within translation studies (TS) study programmes has always been a source of heated debates. This paper zooms in on proposing an integrated approach to teaching literature for TS trainees based on combining a linguistic, literary and cultural analysis. Its aim is to outline methodological considerations, give recommendations for future teaching practice and provide the TS-minded community with a possible didactic inspiration on the basis of the author’s advocated approach. Part of this paper is also an empirical analysis from the perspective of the proposed integrated approach based on a selected case study of Christopher Marlowe’s Act I from his play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus in order to substantiate its relevance. The analysis shows how a literary text comes to convey its meaning thanks to a combination of threefold interpretative insights.

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