Mira CZARNECKA, PhD

Position:

• Assistant Professor.

Positions held in the Institute and the University:

• N/A

Degrees:

• 2019; PhD in Literary Studies;
  University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Humanities;
  Thesis: “Literary Translation of Nonstandard Speech on The Examples of Translations of English and American Prose”;
  Supervisor: Professor Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech;
  Reviewers: Professor Jolanta Dudek, Jagiellonian University in Cracow; Professor Anna Szczepan-Wojnarska, Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw.

• 1991; MA in English Culture and Literature;
  Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Faculty of Humanities;
  Thesis: “William Blake’s Concept of Christianity”;
  Supervisor: Professor Marta Gibińska-Marzec.

Main field of research:

• Literary studies.

Department:

• Department of Translator Education

Research Interests:

• Literary translation,
• Translation of nonstandard speech,
• Postcolonial translation theory,
• English for business and business communications.

Teaching:

• Translation of Functional Texts, Translation of Journalistic and Literary Texts, Translation Workshop, Transcreation, 1st Specialised Module, Translation Projects,
• Warsztaty tłumaczeniowe, Transkreacja, Moduł specjalizacyjny 1, Projekty tłumaczeniowe.

Membership in Academic Societies:

• Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji językowej „Tertium”

Selected visiting lectures:

• 2006; Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Tutor w Technical Writing Center uniwersytetu.

Main Publications:

Articles:

• “You can’t end nothin’ you say wit’ at” – Southern Speech in the Polish translation of Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon, “Studia o przekładzie: Cultural and Linguistic Issues in Translation”, Nr 46, 2019, s. 83-105
• “W obronie godności – emocje w przekładzie artystycznym”, „Studia o przekładzie: Przekład i emocje”, Nr 45, 2017, s. 221-239
• “Doris Lessing’s Narrative Technique as a Means of Artistic Creation of the World of Conflict and Reconciliation in The Memoirs of a Survivor”, “Polish Journal of English Studies”, No 2.1 2016, s. 39-55
• “Eternal woman at her task of weeping” – Metaphor and its Translation in The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing”. Proceedings of the Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE) 2007 Conference, 19 – 21 April 2007, (Studies in Language, Vol.1, 2007) s. 136-144
• “The Role of Literary Translation in Establishing Cross-cultural Dialogue. Untranslatability and the Desire to Transplant Foreign Concepts”, “Kalbu Studijos” (“Studies About Languages”, No 7 2005), s. 43-45