Impact of Translation on Teaching Literature at the English Department

Abstract

AbstractThis paper sets up to investigate the impact of translation on teaching literature. Arabic texts have been chosen for analysis .It is found that translation plays a valid role in developing one’s competence to have a better grasp of the meaning of a literary text regarding the diversity of culture of any different language. The chosen texts should be culturally significant, and are likely to arouse students' interest and personal response. Texts that fulfill these criteria will surely facilitate effective teaching in the translation classroom for students of English Department.