ENGLISH LANGUAGE PART III
F. SCHOOL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
1. The course for the Degree with Honours in the School of French Language and Literature comprises the following subjects:
French Parts I, II, III, IV, and
French Language and Literature Parts I, II, III
in accordance with the details set out below and as set out for the Ordinary Degree.
Candidates for the Degree with Honours must also take three additional subjects at Pass or Honour standard (preferably Philosophy I or a first year History subject, and the two parts of a sub-major from Group I). It will be assumed, especially in the philological sections of the course, that students have a fair working knowledge of Latin, which is really an indispensable background to the study of French.
2. In their First Year, candidates in the Honour School will take the Honour Course in French Part I, and two additional subjects (one of which will normally form part of a sub-major) approved by the Professor of French. The first year
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is regarded as a preliminary year of general study, during which students will be expected to build a solid linguistic foundation for the Honour work of the later years and to acquire reasonable correctness and fluency in spoken and written French.
Admission to the higher years of the course is conditional upon satisfactory performance in this First Year, and students must be approved by the Faculty of Arts as candidates for the Degree with Honours before entering the Second Year of the Honour School. The Professor of French will normally recommend such approval for candidates wiio have gained at least Second Class Honours in French Part I. Other candidates who wish to continue in the Honour School must interview the Professor of French, who will be guided in his recommendation by the merits of the case.
A student who has completed the First Year of the course for the Ordinary Degree, and has passed in French Part I may, with the permission of the Faculty, enter the Honour School. Such a student must make special application to the Faculty, through the Sub-Dean, and, if permission is granted, the Faculty will prescribe what further work must be completed before the student is allowed to proceed to the Final Examination.
3. In their Second Year, candidates will take the Honour course in French Part II, French Language and Literature Part I, and the second part of their sub-major or the remaining additional subject. In order to proceed to the Third Year, they will require to be "recommended to proceed" at the end of the Second Year.
4. In their. Third Year, candidates will take the Honour courses in French Part III, and French Language and Literature Part II or Part III, according to the year in which the lectures in this subject are delivered. In their Fourth Year, candidates will take the Honour courses in French Part IV, and the remaining part of French Language and Literature. The Third and Fourth Years have been planned as a continuous course of study, but candidates will sit for a preliminary Final 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 XVIIIth century.
(2) The Special Literary Study.
(3) Renaissance French Literature or Medieval French Literature.
(4) Renaissance French Language and Texts or Studies in Linguistics.
B. Class Tests and Essays :
(1) Class tests in Advanced Unseen Translation into French.
(2) Class tests in Advanced Unseen Translation from French into English.
(3) Essays on the Special French Literary Study.
(4) Essay on the French Literature of the XVIIIth century.
(5) Oral test in French.
(6) A class test at the conclusion of the contemporary authors seminar.
(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.
B. Class Tests.
(1) Advanced Oral Test in French.
(2) Advanced Unseen Translation into French.
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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.
FRENCH PARTI
A course of five lectures and one tutorial class per week, throughout the year.
Svm.Ai ús. As for the Ordinary Degree, with special stress on spoken French and unseen translation from and into French, and with the addition of a special literary subject.
EssAY WORK. Candidates will be required to submit essays on the Special Literary Subject.
Booкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
See above under "French Subjects ", Ordinary Degree. All students embarking upon an Honours course in French should read carefully:
Knight, R. C., and George, F. W. A.-Advice to the Student of French.
(Blackwell, 1955.)
(b) Prescribed text-books:
*Burger, H., and James, R. L.—La France d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. (M.U.P.
1955) ; passages to be indicated on departmental notice-board.
*Anouilh, J. Antigone. (Ed. Landers, Harrap, 1956.)
*Boase, A. M.—The Poetry of France. (Methuen, 1952.)
*Hugo, V. Poésies choisies. (Coll. "Classiques illustrés Vaubourdolle", Hachette.)
*Armstrong, L.-Phonetics of French. (Bell, 1955.)
*Kirby, F. G.—The Student's French Grammar. (Macmillan, 1957.)
*Mansion, J—Shorter French-English Dictionary. (Harrap.)
*Mansion, J.—Shorter English-French Dictionary. (Harrap.) (c) Recommended for reference:
As for French Part I (Ordinary Degree), and in addition the following:
Castex, P., and Surer, P. Manuel des études littéraires françaises--XIX« sikie.
(Hachette, 1950.)
Lagarde, A., et Michard, L.—XIXB siècle. (Bordas, 1956.) Moreau, P.—Le Romantisme. (Paris, del Duca, 1957.)
Robert, G.—Emile Zola, principles et caracte res généraux de son oeuvre. (Paris, Belles Lettres, 1952.)
Special literary subject for 1961 :
(a) Two novels of Honoré de Balzac (to be indicated on the departmental notice-board) from the following list—
Eugénie Grandet La cousine Bette Une ténébreuse affaire
Un grand homme de province d Paris Le lys dans la vallée
César Birotteau La peau de chagrin Le médecin de campagne
(b) A study of the poetry of Victor Hugo based on selected poems (to be indicated in class) from the prescribed Poésies choisies.
Ехwмгхлтcох. Three papers (a 3-hour paper on unseen translation into English, composition and prescribed texts; a 2-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.
FRENCH PART II
A course of five lectures and a special tutorial class per week throughout the year.
Svit/taus. (i) French Literature of the XVIIth Century (advanced treat- ment of the work set out for, French Part II, Ordinary Degree).
(ii) Special Literary Study: Studies in XIXth Century poetry or the XIXth Century novel (in alternate years).
(iii) Translation of prescribed 19th or 20th century texts (with some literary study).
(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 XVIIth Century Literature.
ORAL WoRK. Students will present themselves for a general oral examination on Section (i) of the Syllabus.
Booкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
As for French Part II (Ordinary Degree).
(b) Prescribed text-books:
For reading—*Lagarde, A. et Michard, M—XVIIe siècle. (Bordas, 1951.) For reading and explication-
As for French Part II (Ordinary Degree).
For special literary study-
1961: Works of Stendhal and Flaubert to be announced.
For translation and literary study—As for French Part II (Ordinary Degree).
(c) Recommended for reference:
For Part (i) of the Syllabus:
As for French Part II (Ordinary Degree), and in addition the following:
Arnavon, J.—Le Misanthrope de Molière. (Plon, 1930.)
Brémond, H. Histoire littéraire du sentiment religieux. Vol. IV. (Bloud et Gay, 1925.)
Brunot, F.— Histoire de la langue française, Vols. III and IV. (Armand Colin, 1909.)
Calvet,
J.—La
littérature religieuse de François de Sales à Fénelon. (del Duca,1956.) .
Champris, G. de—Les Écrivains classiques. (de Gigord, 1935.) Goldmann, L.—Le Dieu caché. (Gallimard, 1955.)
Lefebvre, H. Pascal. 2 vols. (Nagel, 1948-54.)
Lancaster, H. C.—A History of French Dramatic Literature in the XVIIth Century. 9 vols. (Johns Hopkins Press, 1929-42.)
Magne, E.—La vie quotidienne au temps de Louis XIII. (Hachette, 1942.) lichant, G. M. A.—Les débuts de Molière. (Hachette, 1922.)
Michaut,. G. M. A.—La jeunesse de Molière. (Hachette, 1923.)
Michaut, G. M. A.-Les luttes de Molière au théåtre. (Hachette, 1925.) Mornet, D.—Histoire de la littérature française classique. (Armand Colin,1940.)
Mongrédien, G.—La vie quotidienne sous Louis XIV. (Hachette, 1948.) Morcay, R.—La Renaissance. Vol. II. (de Gigord, 1935.)
Mousnier, R. Histoire générale des civilisations. Vol. IV. (P.U.F., 1953.) Picard, Raymond—La Carrière de lean Racine. (Gallimard, 1956.) Picard, Roger—Les Salопs littéraires. (Brentanos, 1943.)
Tapié, V. L.—Baroque et Classicisme. (Plon, 1957.) For Part (ii) of the Syllabus :
Warren, A., and Wellek, R.—Theory of Literature. (Jonathan Cape.) Lubbock, P.—The Craft of Fiction.
Muir, E.—The Structure of the Novel.
Martineau, H.—L'Oeuvre de Stendhal. (Albin Michel.) Prévost, J.—La Création chez Stendhal. (Mercure de France.) Thibaudet, A.—Gustave Flaubert. (Plon, 1922.)
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ЕхАmINАТЮoN. Students will sit for two 3-hour papers (the first on Part (ii) and the second on Parts (iii) and (iv) of the syllabus) at the end of the second year.
The literature of the 17th century will be tested by essays during the year. There will be class tests on unseen translation into French.
BACKGROUND CoúasE. As for French Part II (Ordinary Degree).