Spring 2026 Comparative Literature BC3107 section 001

Translating the Animal

TRANSLATING THE ANIMAL

Call Number 00003
Day & Time
Location
W 12:10pm-2:00pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Hana Worthen
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

Through readings in language philosophy, translation studies, and critical animal studies, Translating the Animal explores how translation, language, and reason have historically worked together to maintain speciesism, preventing human animals from perceiving their commonalities with, and attunement to, sentient nonhuman beings.

Web Site Vergil
Department Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
Enrollment 0 students (16 max) as of 2:06PM Saturday, May 17, 2025
Subject Comparative Literature
Number BC3107
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20261CPLT3107X001