ESSAY Woax. Each candidate will be required to prepare and present, not later than the end of Second Term, a critical
opus
in French on an approved 20th century literary topic of his choice.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.
Boors. (а) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Billy, A.—La
littérature française contemporaine.
(Colin.)Wilson,
E. Axel's Castle. (Scribners.)
(b) Prescribed text-books:
No books are prescribed, but the major authors to be studied are:
Barrès, Clau- del, Péguy, Gide, Valéry
andProust.
Other authors may include :Giraudoux, Marcel, Anouilh, Salacrou; Verhaeren, Jammes, Apollinaire, Supesvielle, Aragon, Eluard; Alain-Fournier, Mauriac,
Bernanos, Malraux, Vander Meersch, Sartre, Camus, Saint-Exupéry.
(c) Recommended for reference:
Lalou,
R.—Histoire de la littérature française contemporaine. (2
vols., P.U.F.) Cloward,H.—Histoire de la littérature française, 1885-1914. (2
vols., AlbinMichel.)
Picon, G. Panorama
de la nouvelle littérature française.
(N.R.F.)Thibaudet,
A. H ů toire de
lalittérature française de 1789 d nos jours.
( Stock.)
Montfort,
Е.— Уingt-cinq ans de littérature française. (2
vols., Libr. de France.) Boisdeffre, P.de—Métаmorрhose de la littérature.
(Alsatia.)Raymond,
M. De Baudelaire au surréalisme.
(Corei.)Michaud,
R. Modern Thought and Literature in France.
(Funk andWagnall.)
Lemaitre, G. Four
French Novelists—Proust, Gide, Giraudoux, Mor апd.
(O.U.P.)
Fournier, A., and Rivière,
J.—Correspondance.
(4 vols., Gallimard.) Turnell, 1.—TheNovel in France.
(Hamish Hamilton.)Benda,
3.—La France byzantine.
(Gallimard.) De Rougemont, D.-L'Amour etl'Occident.
(Plon.)Brodin,
P.—Les écrivains français de l'entre-deux-guerres.
(Valiquette, Montreal.)EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers, one on drama and poetry (to be done in French), the second on the novel and criticism ; the critical opus (above men- tioned) on a selected topic; oral examination of one half hour on the year's work.
FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PART III
A course of two or more lectures weekly throughout the year. Lectures will be given in 1958 and thereafter in alternate years.
SYLLAnus.
(i) Studies in Medieval French Literature.
Evolution of the Arthurian Legend. The chief British-Latin sources, with special reference to169
Geoffrey of Monmouth. Special study of the work of Chrétien de Troyes and of the poetic versions of Tristan.
Воокs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Bruce, J. D.—Evolution of the Arthurian Romances. (Vandenhoek and Rufrecht.)
(b) Prescribed text-books:
*Typed extracts from Chrétien de Troyes, to be provided by the Department of French.
(c) Recommended for reference:
Faral, E.—La légende arthurienne. (Champion.) Chrétien de TroyesEämtliche Werke. (Niemeyer.)
(ii) From Philology to Linguistics. Alphabetic and ideographic systems of writing, and their consequences, with special reference to Chinese. Homonymic conflicts, ailments of language and remedies. Linguistic geography. Dialects, patois, and regional varieties of French. Onomasiology. Detailed study of dialectical texts.
Boокs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Sturtevant, E. An Introduction to Linguistic Science. (New Haven.) Dauzat, A.—Les patois. (Delagrave.)
Dauzat, A.—La géographie linguistique. (Flammarion.) Orr, J.—Words and Sounds in English and French.
(b) Prescribed text-books:
Dialectical texts, to be provided by the Department.
(c) Recommended for reference :
Wartburg, W. von—ProЫèmes et méthodes de la linguistique. (Presses Universitaires de France.)
Pop, s.—La dialectologie, 2 vols. (Univ. de Louvain.)
Gilliéron, J. and Edmont, E. Atlas Linguistique de la France. (Champion.) Haust, J. and Remade, L. Atlas Linguistique de la Wallonie. (Vaillant-
Carmanne, Liège.)
Remade, L.—Le problème de l'ancien wallon. (Université de Liège.) Buck, C. D.-A Dictiondry of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-
.
European Languages. (Univ. of Chicago Press.) Karlgren, В. Sound and Symbol in Chinese. (O.U.P.) Grammont, М.— Traité de phoпćtique. (Delagrave.)
Damourette, J. and Pichon, E. Essai de grammaire de la langue f rançaise, 7 vols. (D'Artrey.)
FRENCH SPECIAL COURSE
This course is intended for honours students in other Arts Departments who require a reading knowledge of French for their respective courses.
SУa.AВUs. First year: As for French IA. Students should attend all the French IA lectures, but will be examined only on unseen translation and pre- scribed texts.
ЕхАМІNАТ ox. One 3-hour paper (unseen translation and prescribed texts).
Second year: Students will attend tutorials weekly in first term, and will translate texts relating to their subject. Copies of these texts will be supplied at the tutorials. In second and third terms, students will be required to read French texts, and consult their tutor about their reading.
ЕхAMTNÁTiox. A class exercise will be set at the end of the first term.
There will be no formal examination at the end of the year.
Third year: Students will be required to read French texts relating to their subject, and should consult the tutor to receive guidance in their reading.
EXAMINATION. One 1#-hour paper (comprehension test).
G. SCHOOL 0F GERMANIC LANGUAGES
1. The course for the Degree with Honours in the School of Germanic Languages comprises the following subjects:
Course A German Parts I, II, III, IV Dutch Parts I, II
Advanced Middle High German Germanic Philology
or
Course BDutch Parts I, II, III, IV German Parts I, II Middle Dutch Germanic Philology
in accordance with the details set out below. A candidate in the School of Germanic Languages must take either of these courses, and two approved addi
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tional subjects taken from the Course for the Ordinary Degree or the Degree with Honours.
2. In the First Year, candidates in the Honour School should take the Honour Courses in German Part I and Dutch Part I, together with one additional subject.
Admission to the higher years of the course is conditional upon satisfactory per
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formance in this First Year, and students must be approved by the Faculty of Arts as candidates fot the Degree with Honours before entering the Second Year of the Honour School. The Head of the Department of Germanic Languages will normally recommend such approval for candidates who have gained at least Second Class Honours in German Part I and Dutch Part I. Other candidates who wish to continue in the Honour School should interview the Head of the Depart- ment of Germanic Languages, who will be guided in his recommendations 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 German Part I and Dutch 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.
з. In their Second Year, candidates will take the Honour course in German Part II and Dutch Part II, together with the remaining additional subjec'.
Students taking Course A will be examined at the Annual Examination at the end of the Second Year in Dutch Part II only, and those taking Course В in German Part II only. Other subjects will he tested in class.
4. In their Third Year, candidates will take the Honour courses in German or Dutch Part III and in addition Advanced Middle High German or Middle Dutch. In their Fourth Year candidates will take German or Dutch Part IV and Germanic Philology.
The Final Examination for the Degree with Honours in the School of Germanic Languages will be held in two parts and will comprise the following papers:
Final Honours Part I at the end of Third Year—
Course A
Unseen German Translation.
German Essay.
History of Modern German Literature.
?Advanced Middle High Ger- man Language and Literature.
A special literal study. Exam- ination by essay and
viva voce.
Final Honours Part II at the
Course B
(4) (2)
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fliddle Dutch.
Unseen Dutch Translation.
Dutch Essay.
Modern Dutch Literature.
end of Fourth Year—
(1) Special Dutch subject, to be defined each year; examina- tion by essay and
viva voce.
(2) Dutch Texts for Critical Study.
(3) fGermanic Philology.
(1) Special German subject, to be defined each year ; examina- tun by essay and
viva voce.
(2) German Texts for Critical Study. "
(3) f Germanic Philology.
t These courses wiц be available in altктnаte yeas'.
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A thesis in German or Dutch of not less than 5,000 words will be submitted before the end of the third term on an approved subject.
Viva voce examinations will be held at the end of each year.