TERM III

(i) Asrrcrs or rH¡

Huulxlsr

TRADITIoN lN 20ts CENrunv Llrnn¡tunn: Glo¡ ¡.No Grnnuooux (2nd and 3rd years).

Text-books: Gide, L'Immoraliste (Hanap); ^Gide, La porte étroite (Harrap); Giraudoux, Intermezzo (Harrap); Giraudoux, La Guerre de Troie n'aura ^pas lieu (Livre de Poche)'

(ii)

Hrsronv or rnn Fn¡ncn CrN¡t"rn (2nd and 3rd ^years).

Text-book: Baticle, Y., Ouverture sur le cinëma et la tëlëvision (Magnard).

(iii)

Corrauur.ucArloN tN rHE CoNTEMPoRARY NovEL (2nd year).

Text-books: Beauvoir, S. de, Lafemme rompue (Folio); Modiano, P., Les boulevards de ceinture (Folio); Duras, M., Moderato Cantabile (Methuen); Etcherelli, ^{C., A} propos de Clémence (Folio).

(iv) INrnooucrloN A LA FnnNcopuoNt¡ (2nd year).

Text-books: ^Blais, M. C., tlne saison dans la vie d'Emmarnuel (Grasset); Carrier, R.,

Ia

Guerre, yes slr (Editions du jour); Mongo Béti, Le roi miraculë (Buchet-chastel/cortéa);

Camara l-aye, L'Enfant noir (Cambridge U.P.).

And one other novel from North Africa. The title will be available from the departmental secretary at the begining ofthe ^year.

(v) Le PErr.rruRE DE CLÀuDE Mor.¡rr sr

o¡

Peul CrzeN¡{e (2nd and 3¡d ^years).

Text-books: Francastel, P., L'impressionísme (Denoël-Gonthier); Hoog, M., Monet ^(F.

Hazan)', Muller, J.E., Cëzanne (F. Hazan); Brion-Guerry, L., Cézanne et I'expression de I'espace (Albin-Michel) (3rd year students).

(vi) Le Ture.rnE Tnecleur AU XVII" St¡crn (3rd ^year).

Text-books: Corneille, Le Cid(Bordas); Corn eille, Horace (Bordas); Racine, Andromaque (Bordas); Racine, Brítannicus (Bordas); Racine, Iphigénie (Bordas); Racine, ^Phèdre (Bordas); Racine, Athalie ^(Bordas).

Quatre ^{de ces tragédies} feront I'objet d'une étude détaillée; les trois autres, d'une lecture dirigée.

(vii)

Arrlrro

LrNculsrlcs (3rd ^year).

Text-book: Rivers, W. M., A practical guide to the teaching of French (O.U.P').

(viii)

Moornw Lrrnnnnv Cntuclsl,I ¡N Fn.lNcn (3rd year).

No set text. Material to be distributed.

CHOICE OF OPTIONS.

l.

^Before

in second century

li

2.

Intending Honours students, before completing third year,-a¡e recommended to take, either in secônd or third year, at least one option involving ^(a) lTth century literature, ^(b)

I 8th century literature, ^{(c) I} 9th century literature, ^(d) 20th century literature.

AF02 French II.

Pre-requisite subject: AFOl French I at Division I standa¡d or higher.

I.

L¡,r.rcu¡,c¡ CourpoN¡Nr (2 hours a week).

(a) Translation lrom English into French.

Prescribed book: Mansion,

J.8., A

gr(tmmar of present-day French, with exercises (Harrap).

(b) Tuition in the speaking and writing of French by means olthe Language Laboratory and in tutorials.

II.

LrNcu¡.c¡,

Lrrrnerun¡

nno ClvrlrsnrloN OprroNs (2 hours a week).

one opfion will be chosen each term l¡om the list ofoptions offered at second year level, and subject to the aforegoing restrìctions placed on the choice of options (see previous heading: Second and Third Year Courses).

Assignments

will

be set on each option. There

will

be no written examination, and assessment will be based on work presented during the year.

Assessment: one 3-hour Language Paper; one

Oral

Examìnatìon; and continuous assessment throughout the year.

AF12 French IIA.

Pre-requisite subject: AFI 1 French IA at Division I standard or higher.

students who pass

AFl2

French

IIA

will be qualifred to enter AF03 French

III

in the lollowing year. Students intending to do this are encouraged to take an additional French course at second year level, AF72 French IIB, which they may take concurrently with

AFl2

French IIA.

I.

LnNcu¡.c¡ ColrpoNrNr (3 hours a week).

(a) French grammar and t¡anslation lrom English into French.

Prescribed texts: Vy'hitmarsh, W. F. H., and Jukes, C. D., Ne*- advanced French course (Longman); Ollivier, J., Grammairef'ançaise (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich).

(b) Tuition in the speaking and writing olF¡ench by means olthe Language Laboratory and in tutorials.

II.

Lrrrnnruns (2 hours a week in Term I).

A selection oftexts lrom modern authors treated lo¡ detailed study.

Prescribed texts: Davies, J. C. (ed.), Contes Modernes (Cheshire); Bosco, L'enfont et la rivière (Folio-Junior); Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Bordas).

III.

L¡,wcu,tc¡,

Lrrlurune

,rNo Clvu-rstrloN OprloNs (2 hours a week in Terms

II

and III).

One option

wi

e

I

at second year level,

and subject

to ce

^{ptions (see previous}

heading:

Seco S to

take

oie of

^the

lollowing options: Style et usage contemporain (Term

I);

Methods and practice of Translation (Term II).

Assignments

will

be set on each option. There

will

be no w¡itten examination, and assessment will be based on wo¡k ^presented during the year.

Assessment: one 3-hour Language Paper; one

Oral

Examination; and continuous assessment throughout the ^year.

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Arts B.A.

^F72 ^{French IIB.}

^rench

^II,

^{the pre-}

In addition, AF72 rolled in,

or

have f normally qualìly

I

or

AFl2

French IIA is required.

French IIB

will

also be taken by intending French Honours candidates in their second year olstudy.

This course consists ofa choice ollanguage, literature or civilisation ^options, taken lrom the ^preceding list. Each option involves 2 hours olclasses a week lor one term.

Four options

will

be chosen from the list oloptions offered at second year level' One option will be taken in each term, and a fourth will be taken

in

any one ol the 3 terms.

This choice will be subject to the aforegoing restrictions placed on the choice ofoptions

(see previous heading: Second and Third Year Courses).

Students taking both IIA and IIB are advised to take the lollowing two options: style et usage contemporain (Term I) and Methods and Practice of Translation (Term II).

Assignments

will

be set on each option. There

will

be no written examination ^and assessment will be based on work ^presented during the year.

AF03 ^French III.

Pre-requisite subjects: AF02 French

II

or AF12 French IIA.

I.

L¡.Ncuece ConpoNsttt (2 ^hours a week).

(a) Translation lrom English into French.

Prescribed book: Mansion,

J.8., A

grammar of present-day French, with exercises (Harrap).

(b) Tuition in the speaking and writing ol French by means ofthe Language Laboratory and in tutorials.

Material will be provided by the Department.

II.

L.rncunct, Llrpnnrune ,c.r.Io CtvtI-lsÄ.rloN Opuo¡ls ^{(2 hours} a week)'

One option will be chosen each term lrom the list oloptions offered at third year level, and subject to the aloregoing restrictions ^placed on the choice of options ^{(see previous} heading: Second and Third Year Courses).

Assignments will be set on each option. Third ^year students taking options which are also offered at second year tevel will be required to do additional work set by the lecturer in charge of the option. There will be no written examinations, and assessment will be based on work ^presented during the year.

Assessment: One 3-hour Language Paper; one Oral Examination; and contlnuous assessment throughout the year.

AF88 French IIIB.

AF88 French IIIB may be taken as an additional course to AF03 French

III,

the pre- requisite being ^{a pass} in any one ofthe courses AF02 French II, AFl2 French IIA or AF72 French IIB.

AF88 French IIIB

will

also be taken by intending French Honours candidates in their third year of study.

This course consists ofa choice of language, literature or civilisation options, taken lrom the preceding list. Each option involves 2 hours ofclasses a week for one term'

.Fonr options will be chosen from the list oloptions offered at third ^year level. One option will be taken in each term, andaþurthwill be taken in any one of the 3 terms. This choice will be subject to the aforegoing restrictions placed on the choice ofoptions (see previous heading: Second and Third Year Courses).

Assignments will be set on each option. Third year students taking options which are also offered at second year level will be required to read additional texts and to write additional essays, set by the lecturer in charge of the option. There will be no written examination and assessment will be based on work presented during the year.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AF99 Honours French Language

and

Literature.

Students intending to take Honours should consult the Professor before the beginning of their second year's work. It is also possible to take a combined Honours degree, consisting of French and another subject. For this also, students should consult the Professor of French before the beginning ofthe second year.

Honours students

will

normally be required (i) to take the courses AF02 French

II

or

AFl2

French IIA in their second year, followed by AF03 French

III

in their third ^year;

(ii) in addition, to complete AF72 French IIB and AF88 French IIIB before entry to the

fourth ^year; (iii) _to devote their fourth ^year entirely to advanced courses and exercises (including a 15,000 word thesis) in literature and language. However, the Department may vary the pre-requisites in (iì) above in certain exceptional cases where the applicant

lor

Honours has demonstrated a high level of ability. Intending Honours students in French Language and Literature, before completing third year, are recommended to take, either

in

second year or

in third

^year, at least one option involving (a) 17th century literature,

(b) lSth

century literature,

(c) l9th

century literature, (d) 20th century literature.

Students who have not complied with this recommendation before beginning the fourth year may be asked to choose an appropriate option as one olthe two taken in the course ofthe fourth ^year. Befiore entering the hnal year ofHonours, students must have qualited for the Ordinary degree of 8.4., i.e. have passed in nine subjects, or for some other degree deemed by the Faculty to be sufnicient preparation. To avoid doing more than nine subjects

in

qualifying for entry to combined honours, students may arrange with the departments concerned to take appropriate combined subjects in second and third years.

The marks obtained

for

the essays

in

both the

third

and the fourth years may be considered with the hnal examination results in determining the student's classification.

Assessment: one 3-hour language Paper; one 3-hour and one 2-hour paper on Literary Survey Course; one Oral Examination; one 15,000-word thesis, written in French; and continuous assessment on l-anguage and Literature (including Options taken).

The fourth-year courses will consist ofthe fiollowing:

I.

LnNcu¡,c¡: Thèmes and, versions

(l

hour a week throughout the year).

II.

Sunvev Counsn oN Fneucr¡ LrrenArune FRoM rHE l7'ru¡ Csutuny'ro rne Pn¡s¡Nr Dev

(l

hour a week throughout the year).

Prescribed texts: Pascal, Pensëes (Bordas); I-a Fontaine, Fables (Bordas,2 vols); Diderot, Iacques lefataliste (Folio); Chateaubriand, Mëmoires d'Outre-tombe (Flammarion, Vol.

l); Znla,

Germinal (Garnier-Flammarion); Montaigne, Essars (Bordas); Gide, Les F aux- M o n nayeørs (Folio); Nerval, Le s F i I le s du fe u (Gamier-Flammarion).

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Arts B.A.

IIL

Cpuol¡s: A choice of lwo options from the following list:

L'Art

Médiéval (l l%15" siècles);

Techniques ofthe novel in the l9th and 20th centuries;

Stendhal and Proust;

French literary criticism 1850-1950;

Man and Nature in the 20th century novel;

Modern French literary criticism.