116-461 FRENCH PART 4
Unit 3: Bibliography and research method (1 hour per week in Term 1)
Unit 4: Twentieth century fiction and drama (2 hours per week) Unit 5: One of the following:
(а) Surréalisme and after (1 hour per week) (b) French literary criticism since
Bachelard (1 hour per week)
(c) Autobiography, memoirs, journal
intime (1 hour per week)
• (d) The stylistics of French (1 hour per week) N.B. The department reserves the right not to offer all of the units numbered 5(a), 5(b), 5(c) and 5(d) above. Students must submit their choice af units for approval by the chairman of the department not later than 14 February, 1975.
This option will not be available in 1975.
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French PRELIMINARY WORK
Students are required to read at least the set texts of Proust (see below) during the long vacation preceding their final-honours year. They will present for a viva voce examination on these books during Orientation Week.
WRITTEN WORK
Students are required to submit a weekly language exercise for unit 1.
THESIS
Each candidate is required to prepare under the guidance of a super- visor and submit early In third term a thesis in French on an approved topic of his choice (not necessarily a 20th century topic).
BOOKS For unit 1-
•Vinay J P et Darbelnet J Stylistique cоmрaгéе du français et de l'anglais, Didier
• Vinay J P et Darbelnet J Cahier d'exercices no 1 Work Book, Lib- rairie Beauchemin, Montréal
For unit 4—
• Proust M Du CBté de chez Swann, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard Sodome et Gomorrhe, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
Le Temps retrouvé, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
• Gide A L'immoraliste, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard La Porte étroite, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard Les Caves du Vatican, Coll 'Folio Gallimard Les Faux-monnayeurs, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
• Bernanos G Sous le soleil de Satan, Coll 'Livre de Poche' Journal d'un curé de campagne, Coll 'Livre de Poche'
• Camus A L'Etranger, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard La Peste, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
La Chute, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
• Claudel P Partage de midi, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard Le Soulier de satin, Coil 'Folio' Gallimard
• Montherlant H La Reine morte, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard La Ville dont le prince est un enfant, Coll 'Livre de Poche'
• Sartre J-P Huis clos suivi de Les Mouches, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard Les Mains sales, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
Les Séquestrés d'Altona, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
• Genet J Les Bonnes, Editions de l'Arbalète Les Nègres, Editions de l'Arbalète For unit 5(а)—
• Breton A Manifestes du surréalisme, Coll 'Idées' Gallimard
•Aragon L Le Paysan de Paris, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard
• Eluard P Choix de poémes, Gallimard
• Char R Fureur et mуstére, Coll 'Poésie' Gallimard
• Prévert J Paroles, Coll 'Folio' Gallimard For unit 5(b)—
• Bachelard G L'Eau et les réves, Corti
• Richard J P Stendhal et Flaubert, Coll 'Points' Editions du Seuil 173
•Goldmann L Pour une sociologie du roman, Coll 'Idées Gallimard
• Todorov T Littérature et signification, Coll 'Langue et langage' Larousse
• Genette G Figures 1, 11, 111, Editions du Seuil
(Chapters from Genette will be provided by the Department.)
For unit 5(c)— ,
• Rousseau J J Les Confessions tomes 1 et 2, Coll 'Livre de Poche'
•Constant B Adolphe, Garnier-Flammarion
•Delacroix H Journal, '10/18' Union Generale d'Editions Mauriac F Mémoires intérieurs, Coll 'Livre de Poche'
•Beauvoir S de Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée, Coll 'Folio' Gal- limard
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers on unit 4, the first on the novel and the second on the drama; the thesis (mentioned above); an oral examination of one half-hour on the year's work in unit 4; terminal tests in advanced unseen translation into French. The work in unit 5 will be assessed during the year, for instance, by terminal tests.
116-364t/116-4641 ADVANCED MEDIEVAL FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (HONs)
In 1977 this subject will be available for third year PASS students, who will use code number 116-304
Co-ordinator: Dr S. J. sCOTT
A course of three or more lectures per week throughout the year. Lectures will be given in 1975 and thereafter in alternate years. After 1975 the course will be revised.
SYLLABUS
(i) Studies in Old French Literature. Evolution of the Arthurian and Grail legends. The chief Celtic and British-Latin sources. Special study of the work of Chrétien de Troyes. There will also be a study of the wider cultural background of the literature. The subject of the background course, which will vary from year to year, will usually be chosen from the following: Folk-lore in medieval litera- ture, allegory and symbolism in medieval literature, history of Paris (ancient and medieval), ideas and institutions in the Middle Ages, etc.
(ii) Advanced studies in the Old French language.
WRITTEN WORK
Candidates will be required to submit two essays in English or French during the year.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading and reference:
Loomis R S and others Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages, OUP t Fourth Year honours students.
French (b) Prescribed textbooks:
'Chrétien de Troyes Le Conte du graal (Percevai ). Classiques français du moyen Age
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, one on part (i) of the syllabus and the other on part (ii); in third term, an oral test on both parts of the work.
116-801 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FRENCH STUDIES A course of four lectures/seminars/tutorials per week throughout the year. Classes are held in the evening, on two days each week.
The prerequisite for admission to the diploma course is a pass B.A.
degree with major in French or the equivalent. The course is intended for graduates who do not wish to proceed to a research degree but desire to extend and deepen their knowledge of contemporary French language, literature and civilization. Some provision is also made for those who want to make a study of medieval French.
The course normally involves two years of part-time study, but in special cases adequately qualified graduates may be allowed to complete it in one year of full-time study.
116-811 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FRENCH STUDIES 1 (First Year)
SYLLABUS
Unit 1: Contemporary French (a descriptive study — phonological, morphological, syntactical, lexical — of the present-day Ian- guage, with reading and analysis of articles from Le Monde and other exercises. The course will introduce some basic notions of modern linguistic description — one hour per week for three terms).
Unit 2: Spoken French (discussions on topics related to units 3 and 5 below, conducted in French by a native speaker — one tutorial per week throughout second and third term).
Unit 3: French Literature since 1945 (a course of lecture/seminars — one hour per week for three terms).
Unit 4: History and Criticism of the French Film since 1945 (a course of lecture/seminars — a double period per week, in first term only, with some lengthier sessions to be arranged).
Introductory historical survey — the first fifty years: the begin- ning of the two traditions, with Lumière and MBliès; the attempts at the Film d'Art; the achievements of Delluc, Gance, Clair, Vigo and Feyder in the twenties; of Renoir and Carné in the thirties.
The period since 1945 will be examined through the work of Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Resnais and Malle, through the critical debates generated by the Cahiers du cinéma school and through the influence and achievements of the New Wave.
Students will view representative films and study their dia- logue in spoken and written form.
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Unit 5: Twentieth Century France (a course of lecture/seminars—one