106-201 ENGLISH PART 2
N. B.—(i) any thesis submitted after the due date without the formal permission of the chairman of department will be substantially penalized;
(ii) no thesis will be examined if it is submitted after 30 November with- out formal permission of the chairman of department.
PURE ENGLISH SCHOOL
The course for the degree with honours comprises the following subjects:
English 1A or 1B or 1C English Literature 2 and 3 English Language 2 and 3 English Language and Literature 4 158
English in accordance with the details set out below. Students must take these six subjects and at least four approved additional subjects chosen so as to comply with the requirements for the ordinary degree.
For the degree with honours in the school of Pure English these additional subjects must include at least part 1 of a language (other than English) approved by the chairman of the department. (Normally this will be one of the following: Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian or Swedish.)
1. First year:
(a) The normal requirements for first year are:
(i) The achievement of a suitablea standard in English 1, usually first or second class honours; and
(ii) Passes in three other part 1 subjects chosen in accordance with the requirements for the ordinary degree.
(b) However, In view of the requirements above for part 1 of a language other than English, and the nature of English Language 2, students who may wish to pursue the honours course in the school of Pure English are strongly recommended to Include the required part 1 of a language other than English in their first-year studies, as well, of course, as the op- tional Additional Work in English 1, which is of special value to students Interested in the possibility of an honours course in Pure English. (A student whose first year does not include a language other than English may, in special circumstances, be given permission to enter on the second year of the Pure English course and take part 1 of a language other than English in his second year Instead of an additional part 2 subject. Such permission must be sought through the Sub-Dean.)
2. Second year:
The normal requirements for second year are:
(i) The achievement of a suitable standard, usually first or second class honours, in English Literature 2;
(ii) The achievement of a suitable standard, usually first or second class honours, in English Language 2;
(iii) A pass in a grade 2 subject chosen in accordance with the require- ments for the ordinary degree.
3. Third year: Final Honours, Part I:
Students will take English Literature 3 and English Language 3 (in which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours), the examination for these consisting of papers in:
(1) Literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.
(2) Studies in the Novel or Australian and American literature or Studies in drama or Modern Poetry, as available. (Numbers in any of these classes may have to be limited.)
(3) Practice of criticism (dating).
(4) Middle English.
(5) Elementary Old Norse or Early English lyric poetry.
4. Fourth Year: Final Honours, Part ll:
Students will take English Language and Literature 4, the examination for which consists of five papers, which shall include:
(1) A thesis of 8,000-10,000 words on an approved subject;
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• (2) Medieval literature;
and three of:
(3) American literature;
(4) Aspects of poetry from 1500;
(5) Literature and thought, c. 1830-1880, or Literature and thought, C.
1850-1925, or Literature and thought, 1920 to the present;
(6) Shakespeare;
•(7) Old English poetry;
• (8) Old Norse poetry and prose;
• (9) Middle English Poetry.
N.B.
Some of the above papers may not be available and others may be added in any particular year. Those that are to be available, together with suggested reading for each seminar course, will be listed on the departmental notice-board before the end of the preceding year. Numbers may have to be limited in any of these seminars. The papers marked with an asterisk are available only to students who have taken English Lan- guage 3, unless special permission for entry is granted by the chairman of department.ENGLISH IN COMBINED HONOURS COURSES English in combined honours courses will consist of EITHER
(A) English 1 t, and English Literature 2, 3, and 4; OR (В) English 1t, and English Language 2, 3, and 4;
in accordance with the details set out below, and such additional sub- jects as comply with (a) the requirements of the ordinary degree and (b) the particular combined honours course concerned. Normally, these additional subjects will comprise the relevant honours work in the com- bining school together with two grade 1 and one grade 2 pass subjects.
(A) In their first year, students will take English 1, in which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours. They are also strongly recommended to include part 1 of a language other than English among their first year subjects, as well, of course, as the optional Additional Work in English 1.
In their second year, students will take English Literature 2, in which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours (together with the required work for the combining honours school and a grade 2 subject in accordance with the requirements for the ordinary degree).
In their third year, they will take papers (1), (2), and (3) of part 1 of the final examination in the school of Pure English (together with the re- quired work for the combining honours school) in which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours.
In their fourth year, they will present a thesis in accordance with the requirements of the particular combined honours course concerned, and two of papers (3), (4), (5) and (6) offered in part I1 of the final exam- ination in the school of Pure English (together with the required work for the combining honours school).
(B) Students may take English Language as part of a combined honours course, provided they give evidence of their ability to do so and pass in t English 1: English 1A or 1B or 1C.
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English part 1 of a language other than English in accordance with the require- ments of the school of Pure English as set out above. Thus:
In their first year, students will take English 1, in which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours. (N.B. Stu- dents who may wish to study English Language 2, 3, and 4, are reminded that the optional additional work in English 1 is partly designed to give them some introduction to this study.) In addition they should take the required part 1 of a language other than English (which should normally be one of those listed above under the course for Pure English), and two other subjects.
In their second year, they will take English Language 2, to which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours (together with the required work for the combining honours school and a grade 2 subject in accordance with the requirements for the ordinary degree).
In their third year, they will take papers (4) and (5) of part I of the final examination in the school of Pure English (together with the required work for the combining honours school), in which they must achieve a suitable standard—usually first or second class honours.
In their fourth year, they will present a thesis in accordance with the re- quirements of the particular combined honours course concerned, and two
of papers (2), (7), (8) and (9) offered in part 11 of the final examination in the school of Pure English (together with the required work for the combining honours school).