(SCHOOL E)
A course chiefly of seminar work throughout the year. Seminars are generally 2 hours per week, together with weekly tutorials as required.
Regular attendance at classes is expected, and class work will be taken into account at the examination.
SYLLABUS
Five papers, which shall include:
(1) Thesis of 8,000-10,000 words on an approved subject.
'(2) Medieval literature;
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and three of:
(3) American literature.
(4) Aspects of poetry from 1500.
(5) Literature and thought, c. 1830-1880, or Literature and thought, c. 1870-1925.
(6) Shakespeare.
• (7) A study of Old English, chiefly poetry, with special reference to:
Beowulf, ed Klaeber, Heath
Sweet H Anglo-Saxon Reader, ed Whitelock, OUP
• (8) Old Norse poetry and prose.
Zoěga, G A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Clarendon Gordon E V Introduction to Old Norse, rev Taylor, OUP Typescript texts (English department).
• (9) History of the English language.
N.B. Some of the above papers may not be available and others may be added in any particular year. Those that are to be available, together with suggested reading for each, will be listed on the departmental notice- board before the end of the preceding year. Numbers may have to be limited in any of these seminars. The papers marked with an asterisk are available only to students who have taken English Language 3.
EXAMINATION
The total number of papers will not exceed five.
106-462 ENGLISH LITERATURE PART 4 (COMBINED COURSES)
A course chiefly of seminar work throughout the year: See details of Eng- lish Language and Literature 4.
SYLLABUS
Three papers, which must include (1) in accordance with the require- ments of the combined honours course concerned, and in addition two other papers from (3), (4), (5) and (6), as set out in the details for part 4 of English Language and Literature above.
EXAMINATION
The total number of papers will not exceed three.
106-463 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PART 4 (COMBINED COURSES)
A course of about four hours a week: See details of English Language and Literature 4.
SYLLABUS
Three papers which must include (1) In accordance with the requirements of the combined honours course concerned, and in addition two other papers from (2), (7), (8) and (9), as set out in the details for part 4 of English Language and Literature below.
EXAMINATION
The total number of papers to be sat will not exceed three.
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MASTER OF ARTS
106-601 E. SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 1. Enrolment.
Candidates must complete two formal applications—one for the sub-dean of the faculty and the other for the department of English—seeking per- mission to enrol, whether for the degree of MA or for the preliminary course qualifying pass-degree students to enter upon the MA.
If permission is granted, candidates must enrol at the Students' Records Office, re-enrol for each subsequent year of their approved course and, when appropriate, lodge an entry form for examination for higher degrees.
2. Preliminary Course (for candidates with pass degrees).
Students should apply, both to the sub-dean and the department of Eng- lish, on the appropriate forms not later than the end of January in the year in which they propose to begin.
Students should consult the department about details of their course, but generally they will be required to take only one paper from those set for pert 1 of the final honours examination and two papers from those available for part II, together with a thesis on an approved subject as re- quired for part II. However, all proposed courses must be approved by the head of the department.
3. MA Course.
Candidates may choose, with the approval of the head of the department.
to fulfil the requirements for the degree of MA in one of the following two ways:
Prepare a thesis of about 50,000 words on a subject approved by the head of the department. Students will work under a supervisor nominated by the department, to whom they are required to report regularly on their work. Three copies of the thesis (quarto, type- written, double-spaced) should be submitted. Candidates may also be examined on the subject of their thesis.
(ii) (a) Sit for a special examination in any of the courses available for part 2 of the final honours examination or such other courses as may be offered from time to time, provided that no student may repeat a course he has taken as part of his BA or his MA Preliminary course.
(b) In addition, prepare a thesis of about 25,000 words on a sub- ject approved by the head of the department. Other requirements for this thesis are those set out above under (i) concerning the longer thesis.
Course work must be undertaken before, or concurrently with, the writing of the thesis. Candidates may not undertake the writing of the thesis before beginning their chosen course.
The thesis should normally be submitted for examination within two years from the commencement of candidature for MA by full-time can- didates and within four years by part-time candidates.
Except in special circumstances and with the permission of the faculty no thesis or course work will be examined unless the candidate presents for examination within four years from the commencement of his can- didature or, in the event of his having been granted leave of absence for the maximum period of one year, within five years from the commence- ment of his candidature.
(I)
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