( For possible combinations with this school see p. 251)
1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of French Language and Literature comprises the following subjects:
French parts I, II, III, IV, and
Medieval French Language and Literature Renaissance French Language and Literature Advanced Medieval French Language and Literature
in
accordance
with the detailsset out below and as set out for the ordinary degree.
Candidates
for the degree with honours must also take three additional subjects at pass or honour standard including the two parts of a sub-major.* It is recom- mended that at least one of the additional subjects should bea
Philosophy ora
History subject. It will be assumed, especially in the philological sections of the course, that students have a fair working knowledge of Latin, which is really an indispensable background to the study
of
French.2. In their First Year, candidates in the honour school will take the honour course in French part I, and two additional subjects ( one of which will normally form part of a sub-major) approved by the professor of French. The First Year is regarded as a preliminary year of general study, during which students will be expected to build a solid linguistic foundation for the honour work of the later years and to acquire reasonabie correctness and fluency in spoken and written French.
Admission to the higher years of the course is conditional upon satisfactory performance in this First Year, and students must be approved by the faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the
honour school. The professor of French will normally recommend
such approval for See Approval of Course, Degree with Honours, note (VI), p. 35.87
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candidates who have gained at least second class honours in French part I. Other candidates who wish to continue in the honour school must interview the professor of French, who will be guided in his recommendation by the merits of the case.
A student who has completed the First Year of the course for the ordinary degree, and has passed in French part I may, with the permission of the faculty, enter the honour school. Such a student must make special application to the faculty, through the sub-dean, and, if permission is granted, the faculty will prescribe what further work must be completed before the student is allowed to proceed to the final examination.
3. In their Second Year, candidates will take the honour course in French part II, Medieval French Language and Literature, and the second part of their sub-major or the remaining additional subject. In order to proceed to the Third Year, they will require to be "recommended to proceed" at the end of the Second Year.
4. In their Third Year, candidates will take the honour courses in French part III, and either Renaissance French Language and Literature or Advanced Medieval French Language and Literature, according to the year in which the lectures in these subjects are delivered. In their Fourth Year, candidates will take the honour course in: French part IV, and either Renaissance French Language and Literature or Advanced Medieval French Language and Literature, whichever subject is given in that year. The Third and Fourth. Years have been planned as a continuous course of study, but candidates will sit for a preliminary final examination, both written and oral, at the end of the Third Year. Students should utilize the long vacation at the end of the Third Year to cover a major part of their Fourth Year reading.
5. The final examination in the school of French Language and Literature will be based on recorded class work of the Third and Fourth Years and on the following series of tests:
(a) At the end of the Third Year:
A. Formal Examination Papers:
(1) French Literature of the 18th century.
(2) The Special Literary Study.
(3) Renaissance French Literature or Advanced Medieval French Literature.
(4) Renaissance French Language and Texts or Studies in Linguistics.
B. Class Tests and Essays:
(1) Class tests in advanced unseen translation from English into French.
(2) Class tests in advanced unseen translation from French into English.
(3) Essays and explications on the French Literature of the 18th century.
(4) Oral test in French.
(b) At the end of the Fourth Year:
A. Formal Examination Papers:
(1) Modern French Literature, first paper.
(2) Modern French Literature, second paper.
(3) Renaissance French Literature or Advanced Medieval French Literature.
(4) Renaissance French Language and Texts or Studies in Linguistics.
B. Class Tests:
(1) Advanced oral test in French.
(2) Class test in advanced unseen translation into French.
(3) Class test on the social and intellectual history of France since 1870.
C. A thesis on an approved topic (not necessarily 20th century), to be prepared under the guidance of a supervisor and submitted early in third term. . .
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20-1. FRENCH PART I (lions)
A course of four lectures, one tutorial class and one language laboratory session per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) A study of nineteenth century French literature and its historical back- ground.
(ii) A special literary study.
(iii) Translation of prescribed texts; an introduction to French versification;
unseen translation into English.
(iv) Translation into French; composition in French; grammar and syntax.
(v) Dictation, conversation.
(vi) Theory and practice of phonetics.
ESSAY WORK
Candidates will be required to submit short essays in English on the 19th century literature.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading: As for French Part I (ordinary degree).
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
As for French Part I ( ordinary degree ), together with the following for special literary study:
*Baudelaire,
C.
-Les
Fleursdu Mal. ( Coll.
"Les Classiques de la civilisation française", Didier.)*Balzac, H. de—La сousine Bette. (Garnier. )
*Balzac, H.
de —
CésarBirotteau.
(Garnier. ) Special literary subject:(i) A study of the poetry of Baudelaire based on selected poems.
(ii) A study of the novels of Honoré de Balzac based particularly on the following—
*La cousine
Bette.
(Garnier.)*César
Birotteau.
(Carnier.) EXAMINATIONThree 3-hour papers; (the first on unseen translation into English, composition, prescribed texts and versification; the second on part (i) of the syllabus; the third on the special literary study); tests and class work as for the ordinary degree, with special stress on spoken French.
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-2. FRENCH PART II (lions)
A course of five lectures, a seminar, and a special tutorial class per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) French literature of the 17th century studied in two courses of lectures:
(a) Theatre; (b) Prose and Poetry.
(ii) Special literary study: Baudelaire and Rimbaud.
(iii) Contemporary French authors (study in seminars of selected texts).
(iv) A background course on aspects of the civilization of the Ancien Régime.
(v) Advanced unseen translation into English.
(vi) Advanced unseen translation into French.
(vii) Spoken French.
ESSAY WORK
Candidates will be required to submit essays and
explications
during the year on the 17th century literature.89
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(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Seventeenth century—
As for French part II (ordinary degree) and in addition the following:
Borgerhoff, E. B.
0.
—The
Freedom of French Classicism. (Princeton University Press, 1950.)Moore, W.
G.—Frenćh
Classical Literature, an Essay. (O.U.P., 1961. ) For the special literary study—Brooks, C., and Warren, R. P.
—
Understanding Poetry. (Holt.) Raymond,M. De
Baudelaire au surréalisme. ( Paris, Corti, 1947.) Fairlie,A.
—Baudelaire: "Les Fleurs du Mal". ( Arnold, 1960.)Bonnefoy,
Y.-Rimbaud
par lui-
m@me. ( Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1961.) ( b ) Prescribed textbooks:Seventeenth century—
For part (i) (a) of the syllabus:
Tristan L'Hermite.—La Mariane. (ed. J. Madeleine, Société des Textes Français Modernes, 1917. )
*Comeille. Le Cid. ( Classiques Larousse.)
Polyeucte.
( Classiques Larousse.)*Racine: Britannicus. ( Classiques Larousse.) Phèdre. ( Classiques Larousse. )
*Corneille—Le Menteur. (Classiques Larousse.)
*Molière—L'Ecole des Femmes. (ed. W. D. Howarth, Blackwell's French Texts.) Dom Juan. ( Classiques Larousse.)
Le
Misanthrope. (ed. G. Rudler, Blackwell's French Texts.) For Part (i) (b) of the syllabus:*Descartes.—Discours de la Méthode. (Garnier, 1960.)
*Pascal—Les Pensées. ( Classiques Carnier.)
*La Rochefoucauld—Maximes. ( Classiques Larousse.)
*La Bnryère.—Les Caractères. ( Coll. Garnier-Flammarion.)
*Saint-Simon.—Mémoires. (Classiques Larousse.)
*Madame de La Fayette.—La Princesse de Clèves. (ed. N. S. Wilson, Hanap, 1958.)
Guilleragues.—Lettres portugaises. ( Classiques Carnier.)
*La Fontaine—Fables. ( Classiques Garnier. )
*Boileau. Le Lutrin
et
l'Art poétique. ( Classiques Larousse. ) For the special literary study:*Baudelaire,
C.—Les
Fleurs du Mal. (Garnier, 1959.)*Rimbaud,
A.—Oeuvres.
(Garnier, 1960.) EXAMINATIONStudents will sit for one 3-hour paper on part (iii) of the syllabus.
The literature of the 17th century will be examined by essays and
explications
during the year. There will be terminal tests in unseen translation into French, a class test on the civilization of the 17th and 18th centuries at the end of second term, and, in third term, an oral test (reading and conversation on section (i) of the syllabus.) Seminar work will be taken into account in determining the examination results.
20-5. MEDIEVAL FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
A course of three lectures per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) Studies in Old French Literature with special reference to the epic cycles and the lyrical poetry. Studies in selected aspects of medieval French culture.
(ii) Outline history of the French language with a study of Old French texts.
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(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Dauzat, A.-Lв Cénie de lиΡ langue française. (Payot.) . Voretzsch, K.—Introduction to the Study of Old French Literature. (Stichert.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:
*Bourdillon "(ed.)—Aucassin et Nicolette. ( Manchester Univ. Press.)
*Ferran, A. et Decahors, E.— Morceaux choisis de la littérature française. Tome I:
Le Moyen Age (Les Editions de l'Ecole, Paris, 1949.)
*Paris, G. et Langlois, E.—Chrestomathie du moyen lige. (Hachette. ) BACKGROUND COURSE
A course in the folklore of the Middle Ages, open to all students of French, is an integral part of the preparation for the examinations in Medieval French Language and
Literature.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (one on part (i) of the syllabus, the other on part (ii) ), a class test in unseen translation from Old French.
30-3. FRENCH PART III (Ions)
A course of five lectures, two seminars, and a special tutorial class per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) French literature of tho 18th century ( advanced treatment of the syllabus set for French part III, ordinary degree).
( ii) Special literary study: Baudelaire and Rimbaud.
( iii ) Contemporary French authors ( study in seminars of selected texts).
( iv) A background course on contemporary French civilization.
(v) Advanced unseen translation into English.
(vi) Advanced unseen translation into French.
( vii) Spoken French.
ESSAY WORK
Candidates will be required to submit essays and explications on the 18th century literature during the year.
BOOKS
( a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
For the study of the eighteenth century—as for French part III ( ordinary degree ).
For the special literary study—as for French part II (honours).
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
For the study of the 18th century-as for French part III (ordinary degree ).
For the special literary study—as for French part II (honours)
For the seminars on 18th century and contemporary authors: texts to be an- nounced during the preceding long vacation.
For the study of contemporary French civilization-as for French part III (ordin- ary degree).
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (the first on part (i) and the second on part (ii) of the syllabus); terminal tests in advanced unseen translation into French; and, in third term,
a
written test on contemporary French civilization, a test in advanced unseen translation from French into English, and an oral test (reading and conversation on 18th century literature and contemporary French civilization).Seminar work will be taken into account in determining the examination results.
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20-6. RENAISSANCE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE A course of two or more lectures per week throughout the year. Lectures will be given in 1968 and thereafter in alternate years.
SYLLABUS
(i) Studies in 16th century French literature with special reference to Rabelais, Sceve, du Bellay, Ronsard and Montaigne. Studies in selected aspects of Renaissance French thought and culture.
(ii) A general study of the development of the French language in the 16th century, with special emphasis on semantic problems.
вooks
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Crawford, R.
i.—The
Renaissance and other Essays. (M.U.P.) Tilley, А.—Studies in the French Renaűsance. (C.U.P. )(b) Prescribed textbooks:
*Rabelais, F.—Pages choisies. (Colin.)
*Montaigne, М.—Seleсted Essays. (eds. Tilley and Boase, Manchester Univ. Press.)
*Ronsard, P. de—Poèmes. (Blackwell's French Texts.) EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, one on part (i) of the syllabus and the other on part (ii); a glass test in unseen translation from Renaissance French.
20-4. FRENCH PART IV
A course of five lectures or seminars and a special tutorial class per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) French literature of the 20th century.
(ii) The social and intellectual history of France since 1870.
(iii) Spoken French.
(iv) Advanced unseen translation into French.
ESSAY WORK
Each candidate will be required to prepare under the guidance of a supervisor and submit early in third term a thesis in French on an approved topic of his choice (not necessarily a 20th century topic).
ORAL WORK
Candidates will be expected to achieve considerable fluency and correctness in spoken French, and will present themselves for a viva voce examination of honours scope at the end of the year.
BOOKs
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
For section (i) of the course:
Bгée, G., and Guiton, 1.—An Age of Fiction. (Chatto & Windus, 1958.) Raymond, 1.—De Baudelaire au surr&zllaine. (Paris, Corti, 1940.) Warren, A. and Wellek, R.—Theory of Literature. (Peregrine.) ,
Boisdeffre, P. de—Les écrivains f rапçаis d'aujourd'hui. (Coll. ` Que sais-je?", Paris, P.U.F., 1963.)
For section (ii) of the course:
Brogan, D. W.—The Development of Modern France. (Hamish Hamilton, 1949.) Thomson, D. Democracy in France Since 1870. (4th ed., O.U.P., 1964.) Brombert, V. The Intellectual Fiero. (New York, Lippincott, 1961. ) Albérès, R. M.—L'Aventure intellectuelle du XXe siècle.
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Touchard, J. (ed.)—Hłstoire des idées politiques. 2 vols. (Paris, P.U.F., 1959.) Hoffmann, J. et al. France: Change and Tradition. (Gollancz, 1963.)
(b) Prescribed textbooks:.
A reading list will be sent to honours students early in the preceding long vacation.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, one on the novel (to be done in French), the second on poetry and the drama; the thesis (above mentioned) on a selected topic; oral examination of one half-hour on the year's work; class tests in advanced translation into French and on part (ii) of the syllabus.