The importance of a comprehensive method in the teaching of literary translation

Abstract

The emergence of translation studies as an independent discipline contributed to the development of the pedagogy of translation included in a number of higher education programmes. Due to its unique status as a creative and aesthetic product, literary text and its translation into a foreign language and culture deserve a comprehensive method which consists of a balance of theory and practice of literary translation. This paper deals with how such a balance should be established in the teaching of literary translation to the future translators of literature in higher education programmes.

Keywords

• literary text
• translation theory
• translation practice
• literary translation