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English Language parts II and III English Language and Literature part IV
in accordance with the details set out below. Candidates must take these six subjects and at least three approved additional subjects, one of which must be a language other than English. Two of these additional subjects should be chosen so as to constitute a sub-major.*
2. In their First Year, candidates will take English Language and Literature
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In their Second Year, they will take English Language part II, and the remaining additional subject.
In their Third Year, they will take papers 4 and 5 of part I of the final examinations.
In their Fourth Year, they will submit an essay (paper 2) and take paper 3 (e) and two of papers 3(f), (g) and (h).
125. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PART
I
A course of four lectures a week, with tutorial work.
SYLLABUS
(1) The course in Literature prescribed for English part I (ord nary degree).
Honour students are expected to read widely.
(ii) Outline of the development of the English Language to the present day, together with the study of certain fourteenth century texts, to be selected from:
Sisam, К. (ed.)—Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose (with vocabulary).
(O.U.P.) BOOKS
(a) Preliminary reading:
Potter, S.—Our Language. (Pelican.) Barber, C.—The Story of Language. (Pan.)
(b) Recommended for reference:
Sheard, J A.—The Words We Use (Deutsch.)
Baugh, A. C. History of the English Language. (Routledge & Kegan Paul.) ESSAY WORK
Students are required to do special essay and other written work.
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers.
128. ENGLISH LITERATURE PART II
A course of four lectures a week, with tutorial work, and an additional weekly class in the practice of criticism.
SYLLABUS
(i) ` The course in Literature prescribed for English part II (ordinary degree).
(ii) Older Forms of Narrative The Homeric Epic.
The Song of Roland. (Penguin translation.) The Norse Saga, with special reference to:
The Story of Burnt Niai. (Trans. G. W. Dasent, Everyman.) Laxdaela Saga. (Trans. M. Press, Temple Classics.)
Medieval Romance, with special reference to:
Aucassin and Nicolette. (Everyman.)
Marie de France. ( Everyman, French Medieval Romances.) Chrétien de Troyes. ( Everyman, Arthurian Romances.) Malo Morte d'Arthur.
Dante—The Divine Comedy. ( Temple Classics translation.) Chaucer—The Canterbury Tales.
The following works are recommended for reference:
Kеr, W. P.—Epic and Romance. (Macmillan.) This is the most - important reference book.
Phillpotts, B.—Edda and Saga. (H.U.L. )
Lewis, C. S.—Тhе Allegory of Love. (Clarendon.) Coghill,
N.-The
Poet Chaucer. ( H.U.L. )ESSAY WORK. Students are required to do two essays on section (i) of the syllabus.
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers, and a test in the practice of criticism.
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129. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PART II
A course of two lectures a week with tutorial work.
SYLLABUS
(i) A study of Old English with prescribed texts and unprescribed translation.
(ii) A short course of lectures on Anglo-Saxon England.
Students taking English Language part II as part of a combined honours courge should attend lectures and sit for the examination in section (ii) of English Literature part II.
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(a) Prescribed texts:
Wyatt, A. J.—Anglo-Saxon Reader. ( C.U.P. )
Mitchel, R. B.—A Guide to Old EnglLrh. (Blаckwell. ) (b) Recommended for reference:
Brook, G. L.-English Sound. Changes. ( Manchester U.P.) Zesmer, D.--A Guide to Engi'sh Literature. ( Barnes & Noble.) Whitelock, D.-The Beginnings of English Society. (Pelican.) Blair, P. H.—An introduction to Anglo-Saxon England. ( C.U.P. ) ESSAY WORK will be required on section (ii) of the syllabus.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper, and a short test in grammar.
IЗO. ENGLISH LITERATURE PART III A course of lectures, seminar and tutorial work throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) Section (a) (omitting drama) and (b, i) of the course prescribed for English Part III (ordinary degree).
(ii) One of the following two subjects: .
(a) Australian and American Literature. Works from the two literatures will be studied concurrently throughout the year.
(1) Prescribed texts:
The Penguin Book of Australian Verse.
Brennan, Christopher—Selected Poems. (Angus and Robertson.) Slessor, Kenneth—Poems. ( Angus and Robertson.)
Wright, Judith-Five Senses. ( Angus and Robertson.)
Hope, A. D.-Collected Poems 1930-1965. ( Angus and Robertson.) McAuley, James—Selected Poems. (Angus and Robertson.)
Mackenzie, Kenneth—Selećted Poems. (Angus and Robertson.)
Dickinson, Emily—Selected Pоеms. (Anchor.) Reference will also be made to poems in Auden & Pearson (ed.) _ Victorian and Edwardian Poets. ( Viking. ) Crane, Hart-Complete Poems. (Anchor.)
Frost, Robert—Selected Poems. ( Holt, Rinehart & Winston.) Lowell, Robert—Selected Poems. (Faber.)
Lawson, Henry—Prose Works.
Furphy, Joseph—Such is Life.
Richardson, H. H.—The Fortunes of Richard Mahony.
Herbert, Xavier—Ca pricornia.
Boyd, Martin—The Cardboard Crown.
White, Patrick.—The Tree of Man.
Riders in the Chariot.
Hope, A. D.—The Cave and the Spring. (Rigby.) McAuley, James—The End of Modernity.
Mark Twain—Huckleberry Finn.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel—The Scarlet Letter.
Melville, Herman—Billy Budd.
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Scott Fitzgerald, F.—The Great Gatsby. ( Penguin. ) Faulkner, William—Intruder in the Dust. (Penguin.) Bellow, Saul—Dangling Man. ( Penguin. )
(2)` Recommended for reference:
Palmer, Vance—The Legend of the Nineties. ( M.U.P. )
Buckley, Vincent—Essays in Poetry: Mainly Australian. (M.U.P. ) Phillips, A. A. The Australian Tradition. (F. W. Cheshire.) Johnston, G. K. W. (ed.)—Austraiian Literary Criticism. (O.U.P.) Dutton, G.—The Literature of Australia. (Pelican. )
Wright, J. Preoccupations in Australian Poetry. ( O.U.P. )
Critical material for American literature will be specified in class.
(b) The 19th and 20th century Novel. Details of this course will be posted on the Departmental notice-board at the beginning of the year. Preliminary reading will be required.
(ill) The Practice of Criticism (dating).
WRITTEN WORK. Students are required to do two essays on section (1) of the syllabus, and to present at least one seminar paper each on section (ii, a or b).
EXAMINATION. (a) One 3-hour paper on section (i) of the syllabus.
(b) One 3-hour paper on section (1).
(c) A compulsory class test on section (iii).
131. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PART III A course of lectures amounting to about four hours a week.
SYLLABUS
(i) A study of Middle English.
Dickins and Wilson-Early Middle English Texts. ( Bowes & Bowes.) Langland—Piers Pkwsnan. (ed. E. S. Olszewska, U.T.P. ) Sisam, K. ( ed. )—Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose. (O.U.P.)
Chaucer, G.—The "Dream Poems' with special reference to The Parlement of Foulys. (ed., D.- S. Brewer, Nelsen.)
The "SØtish Chaucerians". (Roneoed sheets.)
Ford, B.—The Age of Chaucer. (Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol. I.) Together with one of the following two subjects:
( fi) A study of Early English lyric poetry.
Anglo-Saxon Reader. (ed., Wyatt or Sweet.) .
Dickins and Wilson-Early Middle English Texts. (Bowes & Bowes.) Gordon, I. L. ( ed. )—The Seafarer. ( Methuen
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O.E. Library.) Davies, R. T. ( ed. )—Mediaeval English Lyrics. ( Faber Paperback.) (0 )' Elementary Old Norse.Gordon, E. V. Introduction to Old Norse. ( rev. ed., O.U.P.,,1957.) Snorri Stunusvn—liákvWar Saga G63Sa. (English Dept.)
ESSAY WORK will be required on section (i) of the Syllabus.
EXAMINATION .
(a) One 3-hour paper on section (i) of the syllabus. (b) One 3-hour paper on section ({i) or (iii) .
131-1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PART IV SCHOOL E)
A course of lectures and seminar work throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) A further study of certain traditions in English literature with special emphasis on their roots in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Together with four of the following subjects:
(ii) Literary Criticism.
Texts useful for the course are:
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Plato—Republic.
Aristotle–Poetics.
Johnson—Review of A Free Inquiry.
Preface to Shakespeare.. Lives of the Poets.
Wordsworth—Preface to Lyrical Ba.
Essay Supplementary to the Preface-(1815).
Coleridge—Biographia Literaria.
Jeffrey, Francis—Essays on Poets and Poetry from the "Edinburgh Review".
Wain, John (ed. )-Contemporary Reviews of Romantic Poetry.
Hodgarth, P., and Redpath, T. (eds.)—Romantic Perspectives. (Hanap.) Arnold-Culture and Anarchy.
Essays in Criticism. (1st and 2nd Series. ) James, Henry—The Art of Fiction and Other Essays..
The House of Fiction.
Selected Literary Criticism. (ed., M. Shapa.) ů ( These James collections overlap a good deal.) Lawrence—Selected Literary Criticism. (ed., A. Вeal.) Eliot—Selected Essays.
Leavis—Revaluation.
The Common Pursuit.
(iii) Australian and American Literature (1967 only). For details see English Literature Part III.
(iv) Literature and Thought, е.1870-1920. Details of this course will be posted on the DepaØental notice-board at the beginning of the year.
(v) A study of Old English, chiefly poetry, with special reference to:
Beowulf—( ed., Klaeber, Heath.)
Aпglo-Saxon Reader—(ed., Wyatt or Sweet. ) (vi) The Middle English Romance.
Tolkien, J. R., and Gordon, E. V. (eds.)—Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
(O.U.P.)
Sands, D. В. ( еd. )—Міdd!е English Verse Romances. ( Holt, Rinehart and Winston.)
The Lay of Havelok the Dane—( еd., Skeat and Sisam, Clarendon.) Further reading will be prescribed in class.
(vii) Old Norse Texts and Civilization.
Zoëga, G.—A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic. (Clarendon.) Gordon, E. V.—Introduction to Old Norse. ( Rev. ed., 0.U.P., 1957.) Typescript texts. (English Department.)
(viii) History of the English Language. Details of this course will be posted on the Departmental notice-board at the beginning of the year.
EXAMINATION. (a) One 3-hour paper on section (i) of the syllabus.
(b) One 3-hour paper on each of the other four sections chosen.
132. ENGLISH LITERATURE PART IV ( COMBINED COURSES ) A course of lectures and seminar work throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(i) A further study of certain traditions in English literature with special emphasis on their roots in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Together with one of the following three subjects:
(ii) Literary Criticism. For details see English Language and Literature Part IV (School E).
( iii) Australian and American Literature (1967 only). For details see English Literature Part III.
(iv) Literature and Thought, c. 1870-1920. For details see English Language and Literature Part IV (School E ).
EXAMINATION. (a) One 3-hour paper on section (i) of the syllabus.
(b) One 3-hour paper on section (ii), (iii) or (iv).
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133. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PART IV (COMBINED COURSES) A course of four to five lectures a week.
SYLLABUS
(i)_A, study of Old English, chiешу poetry.. For details see English Language and Literature Part IV ( School E ).
Together with two of the following three subjects:
(ii) The Middle English Romance. For details see English Language and Literature Part IV (School E ).
(iii) Old Norse Texts and Civilization. For details see English Language and Literature Part IV . (School E).
(iv) History of the English Language. For details see English Language and Literature Part IV (School E ).
EXAMINATION. (a) One 3-hour paper on section (i) of the syllabus.
(b) One 3-hour paper on each of the other two sections chosen.
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SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Candidates are required to prepare a thesis on an approved subject. They will work under the supervision of a member of the English department to whom they should report regularly upon the progress of their work.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.
Candidates may also be examined on the subject of the thesis.