DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN

ARTS HANDBOOK

plete Italian I. Selection for admission to the group will be based on personal ináeт- view. Students interested must contact the Department not later than February 15.

sYLLAВUs

(i) Translation of prescribed texts and unseen translation.

(ii) Translation into Italian; composition in Italian; grammar and syntax.

( iii) Dictation, conversation, phonetics.

(iv) Study of selected literary works, prose and verse.

(v) Introduction to History of Italian Literature.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Cole, J.

P.—Italy. (Chatto

& Windus. )

Pettoello,

D.—An Outline

of

Italian Civilization. (Cassell.) Solmi,

A

.—The Making

of

Modern Italy.

(Benn.) Salvadori,

M. Italy.

(Prentice-Hall.)

(b) Prescribed textbooks:

*McCormick, C.

A.—Basic Italian Grammar. ( Cheshire. )

*Tomasi di Lampedusa,

C. I1 Gattopardo. (Universale

Economica Feltrinelli, Milano.)

*Levi, C.—Cristo

si è

fermato

a

Eboli.

(

Наггар. )

*Cerutti, T.—A

Guide to

Composition in

Italian. ( C.U.P.)

*Calvino,

1. _Ii visconte dimezzato. ( Appleton-Century-Crofts.)

N.B. Students intending to proceed beyond Italian part I are strongly recom- mended to acquire Cappuccio, C.—Storia della letteratura italiana. (San- soni, Firenze.)

EXAMINATION

Three 3-hour papers ( the first on translation into Italian, unseen translation into English and composition in Italian: the second on History of Literature up to 1600:

the third on History of Literature after 1600 and on part (iv) of the syllabus; an oral test of 15 minutes; terminal tests on translation and dictation, which must be completed before the written examination. Class work will be taken into account in the determining of examination results.

54^-2. ITALIAN PART II

А course of four lectures, with one tutorial class throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

(i) Translation into and from Italian, composition in Italian, dictation and conversation.

(ii) The literature of the Renaissance with special reference to Machiavelli.

( iii) The 19th century novel, with special reference to Manzoni.

(iv) Literary study of 20th century authors.

In special cases item (i) of the Italian III Pass syllabus may be available to Italian II students also.

ESSAY WORK

Students are required to submit an essay on some aspect of the literature studied.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Burckhardt,

j.—The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

_.

(Phaidon. )

Crawford, R.

M.—The Renaissance and Other Essays. (M.U.P.)

Ross, J. B., and McLaughlin, M. M. (eds. )—The

Portable Renaissance Reader.

( Viking, N.Y.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

McCormick, C. A.—Basie

Italian Grammar. ( Cheshire. )

Cappuccio,

C.—Storia

della

letteratura italiana.

(Sanson, Firenze.)

*Russo, L. —I

classici italiani,

Vol. II, Pt. 1. (Sanson, Firenze. )

*Раlanza, U.—Cttida alla

letteratura

cоntemporanea. (Società Editrice Dante Alighieri, Milano.)

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TTAI.IAN

*Machiavelli, N.—II Principe

a

Discorsi. ( Feltrinelli, Milano.)

*Machiavelli N.—Scritt{ letterari. (Feltrinelli, Milano. )

*Manzoni, A. I Promesst Sposi. (ed. Momigliano, Sansoni, Firenze. )

*Verga, G. _I Malavoglia. (Edizioni scolastiche Mondadori, Milano.)

*Verga, G.—Matsro-don Gesualdo. (Edizioni scolastiche Mondadori, Milano.)

*Qtiasimodo, S. Poеsie. ( Mondadori Gli Oscar, Milano.) Other modern novels may be prescribed.

EXAMINATION ^•

Three 3-hour papers. Terminal tests on translation and dictation which must be completed before the written examination. An oral test of about 15 minutes. Chic work will be taken into account in the determining of examination results.

54-1. ITALIAN PART III

A course of four lectures with one tutorial hour throughout the year.

External students should contact the head of the department at the beginning of the year.

SYLLABUS

(i) The literature of the 14th century with special reference to Dante, Petrareh and Boccaccio.

(ii) Special literary study of a modem author.

( iii) Translation into Italian.

(iv) Translation into English, prepared and unseen.

(v) Dictation, conversation.

ESSAY WORK

Students are required to submit an essay in Italian on Dante.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

As for Italian II.

( b ) Prescribed textbooks:

*Russo, L.—I classic{ italiani. Vol. I, Part L ( Sansoni, Firenze. )

Alighieri, D.—La Divina Commedia, Vol. I. Inferno. A cura di Natalino Sapegno.

(La Nuova Italia, Firenze.)

*Boccaccio, G.—Ii Decamerone. Con un'appendice delle opere minori. A cura di L. Russo. ( Sansoni, Firenze. )

Cappuccio, C.—Scoria della letteratura {taliaпa. ( Sansoni, Firenze.)

*Vittorini, E.—Conversazione in Sicilia. (Bompiani, Milano.) Vittoтini, E.—Uom{ni e no. (Mondadori Gli Oscar, Milano. )

*Vittorini, E.—Le donne di Messina. ( Bompiani, Milano.) EXAMINATION

Three 3-hour papers ( the first on unseen translation into English, and on the prescribed modern author; the second on Dante; the third on 14th century literature).

Terminal tests on translation into Italian and dictation which must be completed before the written examination. An oral test of twenty minutes.

R. SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Combined honours courses are available with most other subjects.

Students should consult the department for full details and advice in planning their courses.

1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of Italian Language and literature will comprise the following subjects:

Italian part I

Italian part II Course A Italian part II Course B Italian part III Literature Italian part III Language Italian part IV Literature Italian part IV Language

FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK in accordance with the details set out below.

Candidates for the degree with honours must take also three additional sub- jects at pass or honour standard, two of which should form a sub-major. A know- ledge of Latin, particularly in the philological sections of the course, will be assumed and is indispensable for this part of the work.

2. In their first year, candidates in the honour school will take the honour course in Italian part I, and two additional subjects (one of which will normally form part of a sub-major) approved by the head of the department.

Admission to the higher years of the course is conditional upon satisfactory performance in this First Year, and students must be approved bу the faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the honour school. The head of department will normally recommend such approval for candidates who have gained at least second class honours in Italian part L Other candidates who wish to continue in the honours school must interview the head of department, 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 Italian 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.

2. In their Second Year, candidates will take the two honour courses, Italian part II Course A and Italian part 11 Course B, and the second part of their sub- major or additional remaining subject. In order to proceed to the Third Year, they will be required to be "recommended to proceed" at the end of the Second Year.

4. In their Third Year, candidates will take the honour courses, Italian part III Literature and Italian part III Language. In their fourth year, candidates will take the honour courses, Italian part IV Literature and Italian part IV Language.

The Final examination will be held in two parts, _art I at the end of the Third Year, and part II at the end of the Fourth Year, and will comprise the following tests:

(a) At the end of the Third Year:

A. Formal Examination Papers:

( 1 ) Italian Literature of the 14th century.

(2) Italian Literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.

( 3 ) History of the Italian Language up to 1300.

(4) Pre-Dante Literature.

(5) Dante.

B. Class Tests and Essays:

(1) Tests in unseen translation from English into Italian.

(2) Test in unseen translation from Italian into English.

(3) Essay on Italian Literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.

(4) Essay on Dante.

(5) Oral test on the structure of modem Italian.

(8) Oral test in Italian,

(b) At the end of the Fourth Year:

A. Formal Examination Papers:

(1) Dante.

(2) Italian Literature of the 20th century.

(3) Italian Language of the 14th and 15th centuries and dialectal texts.

(4) History of the Italian Language from 1300.

B. Class Tests:

(1) Advanced oral test in Italian.

(2) Advanced unseen translation into Italian.

C. A thesis on an approved topic, to be prepared under the guidance of a supervisor and submitted in third term.

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