CERTIFICATE IN LITERARY TRANSLATION STUDIES
 he Certificate in Literary Translation Studies is an interdisciplinary program in the humanities that provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to study the theory and practice of literary translation through coursework in international literature, advanced literary studies, translation, language arts, and the craft of writing. In addition to required and elective courses, students may also choose to participate in domestic and international internships with publishing houses or literary journals. Furthermore, students in the CLTS program will have the opportunity to work with the new international literature publishing imprint (Open Letter) currently being developed at the University.
Requirements and Program Components
The CLTS is best suited for students who already have training in one or more foreign languages and whose writing skills are outstanding.
There are four formal requirements for admission to the CLTS program, the first two to be completed before formal application to the program, and the others to be submitted with application to the program.
1. A 200-level foreign-language course or equivalent;
2. An upper-level literature or culture course in student’s target language;
3. Writing sample (creative or expository);
4. A brief essay describing the student’s interest in the program and any prior experience with foreign languages and translations.
Application materials are available from the CLTS advisor or in CCAS. Completed applications should be returned to the advisor. In order to be able to complete all certificate requirements in time, students should make every effort to apply to the program no later than the spring of their junior year, but in any case they must apply by the first week of their penultimate semester at UR.
In order to receive the CLTS, students must earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 in program coursework.
There are six core components to the CLTS program:
I. LTS 200: Studies in Translation
II. LTS 201: Studies in International Literature
III. Language Arts and the Craft of Writing
Students will choose one course from the selections in the following lists:
Creative Writing
ENG 275: Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
ENG 276: Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
ENG 277: Screen Writing
ENG 375: Seminar in Fiction Writing
ENG 376: Seminar in Poetry
ENG 377: Writing in Other Genres
English
ENG 200: History of the English Language
Linguistics
LIN 210: Introduction to Language and Sound Systems
LIN 225: Lexical Semantics
LIN 265: Formal Semantics
Modern Languages and Cultures
CLT 101s/2xx: (language, literature, culture)
CLT 389: MLC Seminar
IV. Advanced Literary Studies
Students will choose two courses from the selections in the following lists:
English
ENG 201: Old English Literature
ENG 202: Middle English Literature
ENG 203: Medieval Drama
ENG 204: Chaucer
ENG 206: Studies in Medieval Literature
ENG 207: English Renaissance Literature
ENG 208: Renaissance Drama
ENG 210: Shakespeare
ENG 211: Milton
ENG 213: Studies in Renaissance Literature
ENG 214: Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENG 215: Early British Novel
ENG 218: Early American Literature
ENG 220: Romantic Literature
ENG 221: Victorian Literature
ENG 222: Nineteenth-Century British Novel
ENG 225: American Romantics
ENG 226: American Realists
ENG 227: American Moderns
ENG 228: African-American Literature
ENG 230: Asian-American Literature
ENG 231: Twentieth-Century British Novel
ENG 232: Modern Literature
ENG 233: Modern Poetry
ENG 234: Modern Fiction
ENG 235: Modern Drama
ENG 236: Contemporary Fiction
ENG 237: Contemporary Poetry
ENG 238: Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature
ENG 248: Contemporary Women’s Writing
Religion and Classics
REL 240W: Muhammad and the Qur’an
REL 244W: Islamic Mystical Poetry
REL 250: Shiva & Shakti
REL 253: Krishna
REL 255: Hindu Goddess and Women
REL 309: The Celestial Song
REL 310: Seminar in Mahabharata
REL 313: Ramayana
REL 314: Hindu Sanskrit Poetics
CLA 210S: Roman World
ARA 148: The Arabian Nights
ARA 203: Genre and Literary Form in Arabic Literature
Modern Languages and Cultures
FR 204: Contemporary French Culture
FR 205: Francophone Cultures
FR 220: Eighteenth-Century French Novel
FR 230: 19th-Century French Novel
FR 261: 20th-Century French Novel
GER 229: Kleist and Kafka
GER 230: Poe and Hoffmann
IT 219-221: Dante
IT 222: Boccaccio
IT 245: History of Italian Culture
JPN 215: Modern Japan
JPN 233: Culture of Zen
JPN 252: Recent Japanese Fiction
JPN 254: Modern Japanese Literature
JPN 273: Japanese Women Writers
RUS 231: Great Russian Writers
RUS 235: Tolstoy’s War and Peace
RUS 237: Dostoevsky
RUS 243: Chekhov and the Modern Short Story
RUS 247: Secret Nation
SP 205: Spanish Culture
SP 206: Spanish-American Cultures
SP 215/217: The Quijote/Don Quixote
SP 245: 20th-Century Spanish Theater
SP 249A: Stories from Spain (19th-, 20th-, 21st-Century Novels)
SP 256: 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish-American Prose
SP 257: Latin American Theater and Poetry
SP 260: Latin American Women Writers
SP 262B: Cuba XXI
SP 282: U.S. Latinos/Latinas
V. LTS 395 Portfolio
This is the capstone project for the CLTS program. Under the direction of an advisor, students will complete a translation of a group of poems, a short story or novella, or an excerpt from a novel or play. The portfolio should represent a semester’s independent work.
VI. Elective
This component may be an approved publishing internship OR one additional course from the lists of Component III or Component IV.
CLTS students interested in pursuing a career in translating or publishing are encouraged to participate in one of the following internship programs:
• Editorial internships with Open Letter, the literary imprint under development at UR;
• International Publishing Internships in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Spain;
• Domestic publishing internships with publishing houses or literary magazines in New York that are involved in international literature.
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