For
explicatibn—
*Marivaux—T hédtre. ( Coll. du Flambeau, Paris, Hachette, 1951.)
*Prévost, Abbé-Manon
Lescaut.
(C.U.P., 1957.)* Voltaire—Romans
et
Contés. ( Paris, Gamier.*Diderot—Le Neveu
de
Rameau. (ed. Jean Fabre, Geneva, Droz, 1950.)• For translation and literary study—
*Gide,
A.-Les Caves du Vatican.
( Coll. "Le Livre de Poche", Gallimard.)*Camus,
A.—L'Exll et le
Royaume. ( Gallimard.)*Sartre, J.
P.—Les Mains sales.
(Coll. "Le Livre de Poche", Gallim,ard. ) EXAMINATIONThree 3-hour papers (the first on unseen translation into English and the pгe- scribed 20th century texts, the second and third on the literature of the 18th century);
terminal tests in translation into French and dictation; oral tests (reading and con- versation on general and literary topics) in third term. Class work will be taken into account in the determining of examination results.
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and Literature. The Third and Fourth Years have been planned as a continuous course of study, but candidates will sit for a preliminary Bnal examination, both written and oral, at the end of the Third Year. Students should utilize the long vacation at the end of the Third Year to cover a major part of their Fourth Year reading.
5. The final examination in the school of French Language and Literature will be based on recorded class work of the Third and Fourth Years and on the following series of tests:
(a) At the end of the Third Year:
A. Formal Examination Papers:
( 1 ) French Literature of the 18th century.
(2) The Special Literary Study.
( 3 ) Renaissance French Literature or Medieval French Literature.
(4)Renaissance French Language and Texts or Studies in Linguistics.
В. Class Tests and Essays:
( 1 ) Class tests in advanced unseen translation from English into French.
(2) Class tests in advanced unseen translation from French into English.
( 3 ) Essay on the special French literary study.
(4) Essays on the French Literature of the 18th century. .
• (5) Oral test in 'French. .
(b) At the end of the Fourth Year:
A. Formal Examination Papers:
(1) Modern French Literature, first paper.
(2) Modern French Literature, second paper.
(3) Renaissance French Literature or Medieval French Literature.
(4) Renaissance French Language and Texts or Studies in Linguistics.
В. Class Tests:
(1) Advanced oral test in French.
(2) Advanced unseen translation into French.
(3) The social and intellectual history of France since 1870.
C. An essay on an approved topic (not necessarily 20th century), to be prepared under the guidance of a supervisor and submitted early in third term.
8. FRENCH PART I (Ions)
A course of five lectures and one tutorial class per week, throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree, with special stress on spoken French and unseen translation from and into French, and in addition a special literary study.
ESSAY WORK
Candidates will be required to submit short essays in English on the 19th century literature.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
As for French part I ( ordinary degree).
(b ) Prescribed textbooks:
*Binger,
H.,
and James, R. L.—La Franced'hier
etd'aujourd'hui.
( M.U.P., 1955 );passages for translation to be indicated on departmental notice-board.
*Balzac, H.—Le рèге Goriot. (Nelson.) ; passages for translation to be indicated on departmental notice-board.
*Lagarde, A., et Michard, L.—XIXe siècle (V). (Paris, Bordas, 1955); poems for translation to be indicated on notice-board.
*Hugo, У.—Poésies
choisies.
(Coll. "Classiques illustrés Vaubourdolle", Hachette.)*Armstrong, L. Phonetics of French. (Bell, 1955.)
*Heath's New Practical French Grammar. (Hanap.) Special literary subject for 1963:
FBENCI
(i) Two novels of Нonoré de
Balzac
(to be indicated on the departmental notice- board) from the following listEugénie Grandet La cousine Bette Ursule Minuet
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes Le lys dans la vallée
César Birotteau La peau de chagrin Le médeсin de` campagne
(ii) A study of the poetry of Victor Hugo based on selected poems (to be indicated in class) from the prescribed Pоésłes choisies and from Lagarde et
lichai!:
XIXe siècle.
EXAMINATION
Three papers (a 3-hour, paper on unseen translation into English, composi- tion, prescribed texts and versification; a 3-hour paper on nineteenth century French Literature; a 3-hour paper on the special literary study ); tests and class work as for the ordinary degree, with special stress on dictation and spoken French.
9. FRENCH PART II (Ions )
A course of five lectures, a seminar and a special tutorial class per week through- out the year.
SYLLABUS
(i)
French Literature of the 17th century (advanced treatment of the work set out for . French part II, ordinary degree).(ii) For honours students taking French Language and Literature Part I:
(a) Translation and stylistic study of prescribed 19th or 20th century French texts.
Instead of (a), students in combined courses who have not chosen to take French Language and Literature Part I as one of their additional subjects will take
(b) An introduction to Old French with some study of Old French Texts..
(iii) Special literary study: studies in 19th century poetry or the 19th cen- tury novel (in alternate years).
(iv Advanced unseen translation into English.
(v Advanced unseen translation into French.
(vi Spoken French.
ESSAY WORK
Candidates will be required to submit essays during the year on the special literary study and on the 17th century literature.
ORAL WORK
Students will present themselves for a general oral examination on section (i) of the syllabus.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
As for French part II (ordinary degree).
Roneod material relating to the Old French course will be handed to honours students for study during the preceding long vacation; knowledge of this material will be tested at the beginning of First Term.
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
.
Seventeenth: century:For background reading:,
As for French part II (odinary degree).
For reading and literary study:
79
As for French part II (ordinary degree) . For
explication:
As for French part II (ordinary degree).
For translation and stylistic analysis (part is of the syllabus)
:
*Maupassant, Guy
de—Choix de contes.
(ed. F. C. Green, Cambridge U.P., 1952.)*Giono,
Jean—Colline.
("La Collection Pourpre", Gallimard.)*Giraudoux,
Jean—La. Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu.
(Univ. of London Press, 1958.)For the Old French course (part lib of the syllabus)
:
*Clédat, L. (ed.
)—Chrestomathie du moyen tige.
( Garnier.)*Paton, D.—.ianoel
d'ancien f тапсаis.
(Nelson.)For special literary study: .
1963: Works of Stendhal and Flaubert to be announced.
EXAMINATION
Students will sit for two 3-hour papers at the end of the Second Year. The first will be either on part ( ila) of the syllabus ( for students taking French Language and Literature part I) or on part (iib) of the syllabus ( for combined course students not taking French Language and Literature part I ). The second paper will be on part ( iii) of the syllabus.
The literature of the 17th century will be examined by essays and class tests during the year. There will be terminal class tests on unseen translation into French.
BACKGROUND COURSE ,
As for French part II (ordinary degree).
134. FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PART I A course of three lectures per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) Studies in Old French Literature with special reference to the epic cycles and the lyrical poetry. Studies in selected aspects of medieval French culture.
(ii) Outline history of the French language , with a study of Old French texts.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Dauzat,
A.—Le
Géniede la laпgиe française.
(Payot.)Voretzsch,
K. Introduction to the Study of Old French Literature.
(Stichert. ) (b) Prescribed textbooks:*Bourdillon (
ed. )—Aucassin et Nicolette. ( Manchester
Univ. Press.)*Paris, G., and Langlois,
E.—Chrestomathie du moyen tige.
(Hachette.) BACKGROUND COURSEA course in aspects of French medieval and Renaissance culture, open to all students of French, is an integral part of the preparation for the examinations in French Language and Literature parts
I, II
andIII.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers (one on part (i) of the syllabus, the other on part (ii) ),
a
class test in unseen translation from Old French.10. FRENCH PART
III (Ions)
A course of five lectures, two seminars, and a special tutorial class per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) French Literature of the 18th century (advanced treatment of the syllabus, in literature and civilization set for French part III, ordinary degree).
(ii) Special literary study: studies in 19th century poetry
or
the 19th century novel (in alternate years).FRENCH
( iii) Contemporary French authors ( study in seminars of selected texts ).
(iv) Advanced unseen translation into English.
(v) Advanced unseen translation into French.
( vi) Spoken French.
ESSAY WORK
Candidates will be reQuired to submit essays during the year on the special literary study and on the 18th century literature.
ORAL WORK
Students will present themselves for a general oral examination on part (i) of the syllabus.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
As for French part III (ordinary degree).
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
Eighteenth century:
For reading—*Lagande, A., et Michard, M'.—XVIIIe słéсle. ( Bordas, 1951.)
For expiication— . . . . .
Аs for French part III (ordinary degree).
For the special literary study—as for French part II ( honours ).
For the seminar on contemporary authors: texts to be announced • during the preceding long vacation.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers. (the first on part (i) and the second on part (ii) of the syllabus ); class tests in advanced unseen translation from and into French.
135. FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PART II A course of two or more lectures per week throughout the year. Lectures will be given in 1964 and thereafter in alternate years.
SYLLABUS
(i) Studies in 16th century French literature with special reference to Rabelais,
.
Scève, du Bellay, Ronsard and Montaigne. Studies in selected aspects of.
Renaissance French culture.(ii) Studies in 16th century Language. A general study of the development of the French language in the 16th century.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Crawford, R. 1.—The Renaissance and other Essays. (M.U.P. ) Tilley,
A.—Studies
in the French Renaissance. (C.U.P.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:*Rabelais,
F.-Pages
choisies. (Colin.)*Montaigne,
М : Selected
Essays. (eds. Tilley and Boase, Manchester Univ. Press.)*Ronsard, P. de—Poèmes. (Blackwell's French Texts.) BACKGROUND COURSE
As for French Language and Literature part I.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, one on part (i) of the syllabus and the other on part (ii) ; a class test in unseen translation from Renaissance French.
137. FRENCH PART IV A course of five lectures or seminars and a special throughout the year.
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