Università Roma Tre

The course is divided into two parts. The first constitutes an introduction to the external and internal history of the Spanish language, with theoretical lectures on its diachronic variety and evolution. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired through the analysis of medieval Castilian texts, practising intralinguistic translation and translanguaging commentary on Italian versions. The second part introduces the techniques of audiovisual translation, with a specific focus on subtitling. The linguistic varieties, culturospecific elements and strategies required by the technical restrictions of this field will be analysed.

Part 1

1. Manuals and essays
- Torrens Álvarez, Mª. Jesús, Evolución e historia de la lengua española, Madrid, Arco Libros, 2007.

2. Texts
- Dossier with selection of texts by the lecturer.

Part 2
1. Manuals and essays
- Roales Ruiz, Antonio, Técnicas para la traducción audiovisual: subtitulación, Salamanca, Guillermo Escolar, 2017.

Short films:
Ficciones (2021), Teo Planell e Alejandra Kikidis
Cocodrilo (2019), Jorge Yúdice [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joAb83GTpbM]
De ilusiones también se vive (2017), José Ramón Ayerra Díaz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7r_8jg4gjQ]

Readings (one reading of the student's choice):
- Vargas Llosa, Mario, La tía Julia y el escribidor, Barcelona, Debolsillo, 2015
- Fernando Aramburu, Patria, Barcelona, Tusquets, 2020
- Javier Cercas, Soldados de Salamina, Barcelona, Debolsillo, 2020.
- Antonio Orejudo, Ventajas de viajar en tren, Barcelona, Tusquets, 2020.

(The edition indicated is for guidance only; students may refer to the edition they consider most appropriate).

The course is divided into two parts. The first constitutes an introduction to the external and internal history of the Spanish language, with theoretical lectures on its diachronic variety and its evolution. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired through the analysis of texts in Medieval Castilian, practising intralinguistic translation and the translation commentary of the Italian versions. The second part instead introduces the techniques of audiovisual translation, with a specific focus on subtitling. Linguistic varieties, culture-specific elements, and the strategies required by the technical constraints of this field will be analysed.

Part 1

Textbooks and Essays


Torrens Álvarez, Mª. Jesús, Evolución e historia de la lengua española, Madrid, Arco Libros, 2007.


Texts


Dossier with a selection of texts compiled by the lecturer.

Part 2

Textbooks and Essays


Roales Ruiz, Antonio, Técnicas para la traducción audiovisual: subtitulación, Salamanca, Guillermo Escolar, 2017.


Short films:

La entrevista (2021), Daniel Ortiz y Javier Díaz, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-nQTo0aKuw8
Cocodrilo (2019), Jorge Yúdice [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joAb83GTpbM]
De ilusiones también se vive (2017), José Ramón Ayerra Díaz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7r_8jg4gjQ]

Readings (one reading of the student's choice):

Samanta Schweblin, Distancia de rescate, Barcelona, Literatura Random House, 2015.
Pedro Mairal, La uruguaya, Barcelona, Libros del Asteroide, 2017.
Mariana Travacio, Como si existiese el perdón, Barcelona, Las Afueras, 2020.
Javier Marías, Berta Isla, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2017.
Juan Tallón, El mejor del mundo, Barcelona, Anagrama, 2024.

(In addition to the edition indicated, any other edition is equally valid.)
Additional Reference Bibliography

Odicino, Raffaella – Campos, Cecilia – Sánchez, Majorie, Gramática española. Third Edition, Turin, Utet, 2022.
Barbero Bernal, Juan – Bermejo, Felisa – San Vicente, Félix, Contrastiva. Grammatica della lingua spagnola. Spagnolo-Italiano, Bologna, Clueb, 2012.
Tam, Laura, Grande dizionario di spagnolo con CD-ROM, Milan, Hoepli, 2009 (2nd ed.)
Arqués, Rossend – Padoan, Adriana, Il grande dizionario di spagnolo, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012.
Seco, Manuel; Ramos, Gabino; Andrés, Olimpia, Diccionario del Español Actual, Madrid, Santillana, 2006.