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An intensive Summer School, to be followed by two hours per week extra tuition throиghout the year, may be available for a limited group of students with no previous knowledge of Italian but with proved language learning ability who wish to com- plete Italian I. Selection for admission to the group will be based on personal Inter- view. Students interested must contact the Department not later than February 15.
SYLLABUS
(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.
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-HalI.)
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
*McCormick, C. A.—Basic Italian Grammar. (Cheshire.)
*Tomasi di Lampedusa, G. —Ii Gattopardo. (Universals Economica Feltrinelli, Milan, )
*BuZZati, D. —Ii deserto dei Tartari. ( Mondadori Gli Oscar.) Other texts to be prescribed.
N.B. Students intending to proceed beyond Italian part I are strongly recom- mended to acquire Cappuccio, C.—Storla della letteratura italiana. (San- soni, Firenze.)
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (the first on unseen translation into English, translation of prescribed texts and composition: the second on part (iv) of the syllabus); an oral test of 15 minutes; terminal tests on translation into Italian and dictation, which must be completed before the written examination. Class work will be taken into account in the determining of examination results.
29. ITALIAN PART II
A course of four lectures, with one tutorial class throughout the year. External tuition is available. External students should contact the head of department at the beginning of the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) The literature of the Renaissance with historical background.
( ii) Special literary study of Manzoni.
( iii) Special literary study of 20th century authors.
(iv) Translation into Italian.
(v) Translation into English, unseen and prepared.
(vi) Dictation, conversation.
ESSAY WORK
Students are required to submit an essay on some aspect of Renaissance literature or on Manzoni.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Burckhardt, J.—The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. (Phaidon. ) Crawford, R. М.—The Renaissance and Other Essays. (M.U.P. )
Ross, J. B., and McLaughlin, M. M. (eds.) —The Portable Reпаissancв Reader.
(Viking, N.Y.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:
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*McCormick, C. A.-Basic Italian Grammar. ( Cheshire. )
Cappuccio, C.—Storia della letteratura italiana. ( Sanson, Firenze.)
*Russo, L.—I сlassiсt italiani. Vol. II, Pt. 1. ( Sanson, Firenze.)
*Manzoni,
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Promessi Sposi. (ed. Momigliano.) ( Sansoni, Firenze.)*Arioste, L.—Orlando furioso. 4 vols. ( Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, Milano.) Other modern novels to be prescribed.
EXAMINATION
Three 3-hour papers (the first on unseen translation into English and 20th cen- tury authors; the second on Renaissance literature and Manzoni; the third on trans- lation of prescribed texts and an essay in Italian ). Terminal tests on translation into Italian and dictation, which must be completed before the written examination. Class work will be taken into account in the determining of examination results.
30. 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, Petrarch and Boccaccio.
(ii ) Special literary study of a modern 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 classici italiani. Vol. I, Parts 1 and 2. (Sansoni, Firenze:)
*Alighieri, D.—La Divina Commedia, Vol. I. Inferno. A cura di Natalino Sapegno.
(La Nuova Italia, Firenze.)
*Boccaccio, G. Il Decamerone. Con un'appendice delle opere minori. A cura di L. Russo. ( Sansoni, Firenze. )
Cappuccio, C.—Storia della letteratura łfaltana. ( Sansoni, Firenze. ) Modern texts to be prescribed.
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
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Italian part III Language Italian part IV Literature Italian part IV Language in accordance with the details set out below.
Candidates for the degree with honours must take also three additional sub- lects at pass or honour standard, two of which should form a sub-major. A know-
edge 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 by 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 I.
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 rents 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.
3. In their Second Year, candidates will take the two honour courses, Italian part II Course A and Italian part II Course В, and the second part of their sub- major or additional remaining subject. In order to proceed to the Third Year, they wi 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, part 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.
В. Class Tests and Essays:
Tests in unseen translation from English into Italian.
Test in unseen translation from Italian into English.
Essay on Italian Literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Essay on Dante.
Oral test on the structure of modem Italian 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.
В. Class Tests:
( 1 ) Advanced oral test in Italian.
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C. A thesis on an approved topic, to be prepared under the guidance of a supervisor and submitted in third term.
28. ITALIAN PART I
(Ions.)
A course of five lectures and one tutorial class throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree, together with special study of selected 19th and 20th century authors.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
As for the ordinary degree.
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
As for the ordinary degree with the following additional books:
*Russo, L.—I classics italiani. Vol. III, Part I. ( Sansoni, Firenze.)
*Verga, G.—I Malavoglia. (ed. Nardi, Edizioni Scolastiche Mondadori, Milano.)
*Verga, G.—Tutte le novelle, 2 vols. (Biblioteca Moderna Mondadori, Milano.)
*Cappuccio, C.—Stоria della letteratura italiane. (Sansoni, Firenze.) EXAMINATION
Three 3-hour papers (the first and second as for the ordinary degree, the third on special authors); terminal tests, class work and oral test as for the ordinary degree.
29-1. ITALIAN PART II COURSE A (Hops. )
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one additional lea- ture, a seminar and special tutorial assistance throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree, together with a special study of selected 19th century poetry.
BOOKS
As for the ordinary degree, with the following additional texts:
*Vicinelli, A.—Le tre corone. Poesie e prose di Carducci, Pascoli i D'Annunzio.
(Edizioni Scolastiche Mondadori, Milano.) A modern novel to be prescribed.
EXAMINATION
As for the ordinary degree together with one additional 3-hour paper on the subject for special study and a special oral test.
29-2. ITALIAN PART II COURSE B
(Ions.)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with two additional lee- tures, a seminar and special tutorial assistance throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree together with the following:
(i) Aspects of Renaissance literature: in 1967, Il romanzo cavalleresco.
(ii) Author for special study, in 1987, Tasso.
BOOKS
As for the ordinary degree, with the following additional texts:
*lasso, T—Aininta. (ed., Fassò, Sansoni, Firenze. )
*lasso, T.—La Gerusalemme liberata. (ed., Momigliano, La Nuova Italia, Firenze. )
EXAMINATION
As for the ordinary degree, together with one additional 3-hour Lions (i) and (ii) of the syllabus. A special oral test.
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30-1. ITALIAN PART III LITERATURE (Ions.)
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with two additional lectures and tutorial assistance throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
As for Italian part III, Ordinary Degree, with the addition of the following:
(i) Italian Literature of the 17th and 18th centuries with special reference to Metastasio, Goldoni and Parini.
(ii) Contemporary Italian authors ( Study in seminars of selected texts).
BOOKS
As for the ordinary degree, with the following additional prescribed textbooks:
*Goldoni, C.—Le opere di Carlo Goldoni. A cura di A. Momigliano. (Loescher, Torino.)
*Metastasio, P.—Didons abbandonata (ed. Gervasoni, Signorelli, Milano.)
*Metastasio, P.—Attilio Regolo. (ed. Marenduzzo, Signorelli, Milano.)
*Parini, G.—II giorno. (Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, Milano.)
*Parini, G.—Le Odi. (Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, Milano. ) EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (one on 14th century literature (as for Part III pass) and one on the Honours syllabus). Class tests in unseen translation from and into Italian.
30 ITALIAN PART III LANGUAGE (Ions.)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with three additional lectures throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) The structure of modern Italian and its development from Latin.
(iiHistory of the Italian language to 1300 with
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study of early Italian texts.( iii ) Pre-Dante literature.
(iv) Contemporary Italian authors ( Study in seminars of selected texts. ) BOOKS
( a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Migliorini, B.—Linguistica. (Le lour der, Firenze. ) ( b ) Prescribed textbooks:
*Migliorini, B.—Storia della lingua italiana. (Sansoni, Firenze.)
*Dionisotti, C., and Grayson, C.—Early Italian Texts. ( Blackwell, Oxford.) EXAMINATION
An oral test on part (i) of the syllabus; two 3-hour papers (one on part (ii) of the syllabus, the other on part (iii) ).
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-3. ITALIANPART IV LITERATURE (Ions. )
A course
of two or more Iectures with seminars throughout the year, together with such tutorial assistance as is necessary.SYLLABUS (i) Dante.
(ii) Italian literature of the 20th century.
ii ) Spoken Italian.
iv) Advanced unseen translation into Italian.
ESSAY WORK
Each candidate will be required to prepare under the guidance of a supervisor and submit in third term a thesis in Italian on an approved topic of his
choice.
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BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
*Spagnoletti, G. Роеsia italiana contemporanea. (Guanda, Parma.)
For the course on Dante students should possess their own copies of La Divin Commedia and La vita nuova. Recommended editions are:
Alighieri, D.-La Divina Commedia. A cura di N. Sapegno. (La Nuova Italia, Firenze.)
Alighieri, D. La vita nuova. A cura di T. Casini. (Sanson, Firenze.) A reading list will be sent to students early in the preceding long vacation.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (one on section (1) of the syllabus, the other on section (1));
an oral examination on aspects of the year's work; class tests on translation into Italian; the thesis mentioned above.
30-4. ITALIAN PART IV LANGUAGE (Ions.)
A course of two lectures throughout the year.
SYLLAВUs
(i) Dante and his theory of language. The spread of Florentine during the 14th and 15th centuries, with detailed study of dialectal texts.
(ii) History of the Italian language from Dante to modem times, with special reference to La questione della lingua.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
*Migliorini, B.—Storta della lingua italiana. ( Sassoni, Firenze.)
*Alighieri, D.—De vulgar' eloquentia. (ed. Mango, Le Monnier, Firenze. )
*Bembo, P.—Prose della volgar lingua. (ed. Marti, Liviana, Padova.)
*Migliorini, B. and Folena, G.—Terti non Toscani del Trecento ( Società tipografica Modenese, Modena.)
*Migliorini, B. and Folena, G.—Testi non Toscani del Quattrocento. (Societ&
tipografica Modenese, Modena.) EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (one on part (i) of the syllabus, the other on part (ii) ).
MASTER OF ARTS
R. SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Candidates will, under supervision, prepare a thesis in Italian, and will be re- quired to report to their supervisor regularly during the year. They will be advised of a suitable course of reading and may be required to pass an oral examination covering the general field of their research.
An entry form for examination for higher degrees must be submitted to the Registrar.
Three copies of each thesis ( quarto, typewritten, double-spaced ) should be submitted, one of which will be deposited in the University Library.
In certain cases candidates may also be required to pass a written and oral examination rn subjects approved by the head of the department.
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