translation and film

Spring 2011-2012 EAS 352 / COM 348 (LA) na, npdf Language in Film: Expression and Translation Kerim Yasar We will employ both historical and theoretical approaches to explore the subtleties of filmic dialogue, the reciprocally sustaining and contrapuntal relationships between word and image in the cinematic text, the history of film translation, and the conditions--linguistic, technological, social, and economic--within which screenplays are written and produced, and within which subtitling and dubbing take place. The syllabus will focus primarily on Japan and the United States, but students will be encouraged to draw upon their knowledge of other traditions as well. Sample reading list: Yasujiro Ozu, Late Spring Jean-Luc Godard, Pierrot le Fou David Milch, Deadwood Paul Schrader, Mishima Sarah Kozloff, Overhearing Film Dialogue Markus Nornes, Cinema Babel: Translating Global Cinema