Final Project Propositions

These are what you're turning in next class, 11/17. Because you'll have three weeks to do this with short classes and limited reading, including Thanksgiving Break, the final project/paper itself will need to be extensive. Because you also have a week to do this with no reading, the proposition itself should also be polished and the project should also be well thought-out. Julie and I are aiming for quick turnaround time for the approvals, so you should know whether or not you're approved [or if you have to be more thorough on your proposition] by 11/19.

Requirements for the proposition are:
• What makes you interested in the project? Why do you want to do it?
• What kinds of research will you need to do? More importantly, will it be feasible to do that kind of research?
•  If you're doing a translation, be sure to include a translator's statement [same as an artist's statement]; if you're referencing a translation [say, of a poem] that's in English, be sure to include that, too. We would, however, recommend that you not look at the published English translation before you do your own just to cut down on the amount of influence it has on yours.
• If you're doing a comparison of translations, be sure to state the translators and editions—i.e., you will need a bibliography.
• I am expecting that the projects themselves will be no less than ten pages. If it's a couple pages of translation, make sure that your translator's statement justifies the translation and addresses whatever other translations that you reference. Include whatever you think you need to include so that your translation will make sense to whoever reads it, regardless of their familiarity with the language.

 The final date is 12/15 at 6 PM in the same room as always—essentially just one more meeting at the same bat time, same bat place. This is where we're going to have the final meeting and do some sort of paper presentation, with details to be worked out later.


For those of you who either didn't present your midterms or were absent yesterday, you will need to bring them in and be prepared to present them on the 17th. Recall that two blog posts were due yesterday; the next two are due 12/15, the same day as the final. If you haven't posted yet, I still expect to see four from everyone. For all of you who wanted some more hands-on translation or comparing multiple translations and don't know what to post about, that is a valid topic for both the final and some blog postings...