Dean's Report
ENGLISH 25 Periodical
B. LITERATURE
6. Narrative structures in Old French and Middle High German Tristan romances - A.
Trindade.
7. Women's journalism in the 18th century-P. A.Clancy.
8. Mme Lcprincc de Beaumont and thc education of women in thc 18th century - P. A.
Clancy.
9. Children's literature in the 18th century-P. A. Clancy.
10. A physical bibliography of Manon l.cscaul-A. K. Holland.
11. An edition ofthe English text and Louis XVI's translation of Horace Walpolc's Life and Reign of Richard U I - C . R. Duckworth.
12. A biography of the comte d'Antraigues: The Handsome Intrigucr-C. R. Duckworth.
13. French drama in performance: 18th to 20th ccnturics-C. R.Duckworth.
14. Dialogue in drama-S. Farrall.
15. Translation, wilh preface and notes, of Hubert de Castella - Les Squatters australiens.
Paris. HacheUc, 1861 (300)-C. B.Thornton-Smith.
16. Bibliographical survey of first-hand accounts in French of colonial Australia, with details of published English translalions-C. B. Thornton-Smith.
17. The authenticity of the material on Van Dieman's Land in Les Baleiniers: voyages au.x lerres anlipodiques, journal du docteur Felix Maynard public par Alexandre Dumas (pcre), Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1861 -C. B. Thornton-Smith.
18. 19th century poetry - T. R. Casey.
19. Beckctt'sea'rlychildhood-C. R. Duckworth.
20. NewZealand reactions to Beckett's Wailing for Godot-C R. Duckworth.
21. Bachelard-D. K. Keuneman.
22. The theatre of Sartre-D. K. Keuneman.
23. Problems in literary criticism- D. K. Keuneman.
24. Various Mauriac studies, including Mauriac and Jansenism-C. B. Thornton-Smith.
PUBLISHED WORK Books
1. THORNTON-SMITH, C. B. - Translation, with preface and notes, of Hubert de Castella, Notes of an Australian Vine Grower, Mast Gullv Press (1979).
2. THORNTON-SMITH, C. B. - Graded French Vocabulary Topics (Revised Edition), O.U.P.(I979).
Articles
3. CLANCY, P. A. - Mme Leprince dc Beaumont: Founder of Children's Literature in France. Australian Journal of French Studies, A'('7.(Part II): 281-287 (1979).
4. DUCKWORTH. C. R. - Literature under Fire. Australian Journal of French Studies.
A'l-7(Partl): 133-135(1979).
5. DUCKWORTH, C. R. - D'Antraigue's Feminism: Where Fact and Fantasy meet. Woman andSocietvin 18th-century France. Athlone Press, 166-182(1979).
6. DUCKWORTH, C. R. - Louis XVI and English History: a French reaction to Walpole, Hume and Gibbon on Richard III. Studies on Voltaire and the 18th century, CLXXVI:
385-401 (1979).
FRENCH 29 7. DUCKWORTH. C. R. - Theatre defended. Melbourne University Magazine. 1978-79.
9-13(1979).
8. HOLLAND, A. K. - The Miracle of Prevost's Grecque moderne. Australian Journal of French Studies. X V I (Part II): 278-280 (1979).
9. KEUNEMAN. D. K. - Le monde conscrvateur des Liaison dangereuscs. Australian Journal of French Studies. A'I--/(Part II): 288-294(1979).
10. LAS GOURGUES. L. - Lc Mariage de Figaro: characters, intrigue and structure.
A astralian Journal of French Studies. X VI (Part 11): 29 5-299 (19 79).
11. THORNTON-SMITH. C. B. - Metamorphoses o f a diarv entry bv Francois Mauriac.
Australian Journal of French Studies. A'1-7 (Part 1): 100-104(1979):
THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES Master of A rls
FINDER. J. M. - Structure narrative des Vies dc saints cn ancien francais.
THESES IN PROGRESS I'hD Theses in Progress
EGAN-LEH, J. A. - Barthes and the Banishment of Man from Literature.
FLINTOFT, M. - Landscape of Desire and Threat: a Literary Study of French Garden Imagery.
GALLI. B. A. M. - 77it- Idea ofthe Transccndant in Early Romantic Poetry.
WAN IS. V. - The Family Constellation in the Fiction of Herve Bazin.
MA Theses in Progress
CARTWRIGHT. P.-The Theme of War in French Theatre. 1939-1945.
D'ARCY, S. F. - La rhetorique medievalc dans la poesic des troubadours.
HUGHSON. H. - Chronique dc Morcc-comparaison des le.xtes grec etfrancais.
LASCARIS, T. P. - Etude descriptive de la langue dc 'Fauvci.
MORGAN, M.-T. - La femme dans les oeuvres rumancsques de George Sand.
PASQUA, N. M.-Analysis of Social Roles in Two of Herve Bazin's Novels.
WILSON. G. J. - Morality and Personal Relationships in the Fiction of Jean-Paul Sartre.
WOODMAN, S. M. - Evolution stylist iquc ct thcmatiqiic dans l'oeuvre de Daudet.
WORTIIINGTON. M. J. - Mutation ct hranlc dans les oeuvres de Montaigne.
GEOGRAPHY
1. Historical geography of Australia in the late 18th and 19th centuries with special reference to the work of Matthew Flinders - T. Perry.
2. Growth of Melbourne's innersuburbs-T. Perry.
3. Maritime boundaries-V. Prescott.
4. International interaction in the early history ofgeographical thought-A. Wilcock.
5. Quantitative methods ofterrain classification-J. Massey.
6. Agricultural and pastoral land-use dynamics in Australia: 1900 to the present-J. Massey.
7. Presentation of computer-produced maps of census data on black/white and colour microfiche-J. Massey.
8. Agricultural Atlas of Victoria-]. Massey.
9. Patterns of rainfall preceding droughts in Victoria-J. Massey.
10. The role of flood inundation and flood plain maps in local perception and community response to flood risks - B. Finlayson and J. McKay.
11. Limestone hydrology and geomorphology in the Buchan area - B. Finlayson and L. Mill.
12. Antarctic geomorphology - B. Finlayson.
13. The Australian garden city and suburbs- R. Freestone.
14. Malay Settlements in Kuantan - G . Missen and M. Swift.
15. Peripheral capitalism in Malaysia - G . Missen.
16. Analysis ofsandy shoreline changes during the past ccntury-E. C. F. Bird.
17. Coastal management in the humid tropics-E. C. F. Bird.
PUBLISHED WORK Books
1. PRESCOTT. J. R. V. - Frontiers and boundaries, Croom and Helm, London. 210pp.
(1978) .
2. PRESCOTT, J. R.V. and LOVERING, J. F. - Last of Lands - Antarctica, M.U.P., Melbourne, xi+212pp. (1979).
3. PRESCOTT, J. R. V. (cd.) - Australia's continental shelf. Nelson, Melbourne, x+198pp.
(1979) .
Chapters of Books
4. BIRD, E. C. F. - Coastal erosion, in Wissenschafe and Meinscheit, ed. A. A. Logunow, Urania - Berlag, 72-83 (in German) (1978).
5. BIRD, E. C. F. - Geomorphology of the sea floor around Australia, in Australia's Continental Shelf cd.}. R. V. Prescott, Nelson, Melbourne, 1-21 (1978).
6. BIRD, E. C. F. - Coastal processes, in Man and Environmental Processes, ed. K. J. Gregory andD. F. Walling, Dawson, 82-101 (1979).
7. BROOKFIELD, H. C. - Urban bias, rural bias and the regional dimension: to the house of Twcedledcc, in Towards a New Strategy for Development, ed. K. Q. Hill, Pergamon, New York, 97-121 (1979).
8. BROOKFIELD, H. C. - Lakeba, the eastern islands and the work of the project in retro- spect, in Lakeba: Environmental Change, Population Dynamics and Resource Use, ed.
H. C. Brookfield, UNESCO/UNFPA Population and environment project in thc eastern islands of Fiji, Islands Report, 5:217-44 (1979).
9. PERRY, T. M . - Matthew Flinders-The Man, in Matthew Flinders: the Ifs of Historv. ed.
R. W. Russell, Flinders University of South Australia, 49-62 (1979).
Articles
10. BIRD, E. C. F. - Sites of special scientific interest. Victorian Naturalist. 96( 1): 21 -8 (1979).
11. BIRD, E. C. F. - I. G. U. Commission on the Coastal Environment, a presentation of current projects. Sea Level. 2:8-13 (1979).
12. B1RD,E. C. F.and PASKOFF, R.-Relationships between vertical changes of land and sea level and the advance and retreat of coastlines. Proceedings ofthe Symposium on Coastal Evolution in the Quaternary, cd. K. Suguio, San Paulo, Brazil: 29-40(1979).
13. BROOKFIELD, H. C. - Land reform, efficiency and rural income distribution: contribu- tions to an argument. Pacific Viewpoint, 20:33-52 (1979).
GEOGRAPHY 31 14. FINLAYSON, B. L. - Electrical conductivity: a useful technique in teaching geo-
morphoXoffi. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 3(2): 68-87 (1979).
15. FREESTONE. R. G. - Minneapolis Public Library from 1885. Part One: The First Library. Hennepin County History. 38(2): 13-22 (1979).
16. FREESTONE, R. G. - The Geography of Urban Public Librarv Development. Minnesota Libraries. 25(10), 299-310 (1978).
17. MASSEY, J. S. - Quantification in Landscape Studies. Proceedings of an International Symposium on Contemporary and Integrated Landscape Research. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Smolenice, CSSR, Vol. 1, pp. 59-90.
18. MASSES', J. S. - Computer Mapping Victoria's Agricultural and Pastoral Land Use: 1906 to 1975. Aust. Ceog. Stud. April, 1979: 18-32.
19. MASSEY. J. S. - Automated Production of Colour Animated Movies Showing Computer- Produced Maps. Conference on Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis. Adelaide, 13-15 August 1979. sponsored by The Institution of Engineers. Australia.
20. PRESCOTT, J. R. V. - Problems of international borders with particular reference to the current negotiation ofthe Indonesia-Papua New Guinea agreement concerning administra- tive border arrangements. The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border: Irianesc Nationalism and Small State Diplomacy, ed. R. J. May. Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies. Australian National University. 12-32 (1979).
T H E S E S PASSED FOR H I G H E R D E G R E E S Master of Arts
1. BALLOCK. M. J. - 77i<? impact of metropolitan growth on rural land use: The Shire of Pakenham - a case study.
2. CROOKS, M. C. - The role of interpretation in recreational planning.
3. ROSENGREN. N. J. - 'The physiography of coastal dunes. East Gippsland. Victoria.
4. TUAN-MU. A.C. K. - An investigation into thc methodology of projecting the future population of Melbourne.
T H E S E S IN PROGRESS PhD Theses in Progress BI RD. J. F. - Environmental history of Victorian river systems.
BOSTON, K. G. - The physiographic role of'Spartina.
DE VRIES. B. - The nature of the interior - an examination ofthe explorers'assessments of landscape in the State of South Australia 1802-1864.
CARNEVALE, F. N. - The political geography of international organisations.
FREESTONE. R. G. - Australian garden city and suburbs.
MILES. I. W.- 'The morphology and dynamics of tidal channels.
PARTON, A. - Agricultural land-use change in Melbourne's rural-urban fringe 1950-76.
TEH. T. S. - Beach ridge systems in Malaysia.
MA 'Theses in Progress
ANDERSON. B. L. - Trade and industry policies and how ihey affect the international location of industry between developed and developing countries.
CABENA, P. B.- Transhumance in thc Victorian Alps.
COHEN. S. E. - Urban development in Kuala Pilah District. Malaysia.
FRANCE, L. - Perception in the geographical environment.
GRUNFELD, H. - Agricultural and pastoral land use changes in the Wimmera region 1906-1975.
LANCASHIRE, C. I. - Historical geography of central Victoria.
SHARP, N. R. - Land-use and settlement in the Daylcsjbrd region.
MSc Theses in Progress GELL, R. A. - Beach systems on the Viclorian coast.
QU1N N, P. B. - Erosion surfaces in the geomorphology of southern central Victoria.
WHITE, S. - Past landforms and their relation lo quaternary calcareous dune ridges at Bat Ridge. Portland. Victoria.
SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS RECEIVED Grants have been received as follows:
ARGC: Movements of sand dunes on the Victorian coast-E. C. F. Bird.
Caulfield Institute of Technology. Funding for new initiatives: Agricultural Atlas of Victoria - Massey. J. S.
CSRG: Agricultural Atlas ofVictoria-Massey,}. S.
Department of Agriculture, Victoria, OAP: Agricultural Atlas oj'Victoria -Massey, J. S.
Ministry of Conservation: Sites of environmental significance - E. C. F. Bird. N. Rosengren, M.
Williams.
UNU: Coastal management in Indonesia-E. C. F. Bird.
UNESCO: Coastal management in thc humid tropics- E. C. F. Bird.
GERMANIC S T U D I E S
R E S E A R C H TOPICS IN PROGRESS 1. Expressionist literature - M. Adams.
2. A reference grammar of Dutch-B. Donaldson.
3. Introduction to Weimar Classicism - C . Grawe.
4. Critical commentary on Schiller's Die Vcrschwdrungti.es Fiesco zn Genua - C . Grawe.
5. The Dutch regional novel-Ci. van Hoeydonck.
6. Textbook on the analysis of comics-G. van Hoeydonck.
7. An examination ofthe manuscript and printed versions of Wedekind's " L u l u " plays - H.
Maclean.
8. AnalysisofSwedish textbooks-J. Martin.
9. Teaching migrants in Sweden-J. Martin.
10. Translation ofnovels bv Arne H. Lindgren - J. Martin.
11. History of German Literature 1789-1830-G. Schulz.
P U B L I S H E D WORK Books
SCHULZ, G. (ed.)-Isidorus Oriemalis. Guido(1808). Lang, Bern, xxiv + 360 (1979).
SCHULZ, G. (ed.)-Rostorf Dichter-Garten (1807). Lang, Bern, xxxviii + 362 (1979).
Chapter of Book
SCHULZ, G.-Johannes Bobrowski: Dorfmusik. In: Frankfurter Anthologic. 4. Inscl. Frankfurt.
183-187(1979).
T H E S E S IN PROGRESS PhD Thesis in Progress PERCZUK. Y. - The Journey Motif in thc Novels of Max Frisch.
MA Theses in Progress ACKER, U. - Hans Arp s Die Wolkenpumpe.
FRIEDEL. M. - Motive aus Hoffmanns Die Elixiere des Teufels im zeitgenossischen Kontext.
K A L I T O . J. - The Theme of Self-Realisation in the Novels of Max Frisch.
RYRIE, H. - Hans Arp s Mondsand.
GRANT R E C E I V E D The following grant is continuing:
ARGC: Grant for Professor Schulz's History ofGerman Literature.
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