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Oxford
University Gazette, 27 May 2010: Examinations and
Boards
Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern LanguagesSpecial Subjects in the Honour School of Modern Languages and the related Joint Honour Schools 2011The Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages gives notice, under the provisions of the regulations in Examination Regulations, that the following Special Subjects will be available for examination in Trinity Term 2011 (this replaces any previously published lists). Certain subjects are marked with a language identifier. The bold numbers are those used by the Examination Schools to identify papers. The method of assessment for each special subject is also shown: a key to the letters is given at the end of this list. Depending on the availability of teaching resources, not all Special Subjects will be available to all candidates in every year. Note: Special Subjects for 2012 will be published one year before the examination. 2195 European cinema. An introduction
to some of the major movements and landmarks in the
evolution of European cinema. In the work submitted for
assessment, candidates will be expected to show evidence of
having worked on film study and analysis. 2011 [1] Modern literary theory.
Candidates will be expected to be familiar with major
theories in this field since 1918. 2030 (L) Syntax. 2009 (L) Semantics. 2031 (L) Phonetics and
Phonology. 2032 (L) Sociolinguistics. 2033 (L) Translation
Theory. 2001 (L)
Psycholinguistics. 2198 (L) Linguistic Project.
In the work submitted for assessment, candidates should
document a piece of original research into some aspect of a
particular dialect, language, or variety. 2199 (L) Language Change and
Historical Linguistics. 2012 (I, L, P, S) Romance philology and
linguistics. Candidates will be expected to show a detailed
knowledge of the methods of comparative Romance linguistics
and to illustrate their answers with examples from more
than one Romance language. Texts for linguistic commentary
in 'Vulgar Latin' (G. Rohlfs, Sermo vulgaris
latinus, Tübingen, 1969: II, VII, XIII, XX,
XXIX, XXXIV) and unseen passages from 'lesser known'
Romance varieties (Sardinian, Romanian, Romansch and
others) will also be set each year. 2036 (G) Old Norse. Candidates
will be expected to have made a special study of F. Ranke
and D. Hofmann, Altnordisches Elementarbuch
(Sammlung Göschen No. 1115), pp. 80–135.
Candidates will also be expected to have read the
Völsungasaga and related material from
the Poetic Edda. Written work must show
knowledge of the texts in the original language.
[PM] 2037 (G, L) Old High German, with
either Gothic or Old Saxon
or Old English or Old Frisian. Prescribed
texts: Gothic, Gospel according to St Mark, chapters
1–9; Old Saxon, Heliand, ll.
4025–5038; Old English, Beowulf, ll;
1–1049. Old Frisian, texts I–IX, XII–XIV,
XVI, XVII from Rolf Bremmer's Introduction to Old
Frisian and The Seventeen Statutes and
The Twenty Four Landlaws (Buma 1961,
pp.93–107). [PM] 2041 (G) Walther von der
Vogelweide and the Origins of the German Love Lyric.
[PM] 2042 (G) Gottfried's
Tristan and Medieval German Court Society.
[PM] 2071 (G) Mechthild von
Magdeburg and women's writing in German 1150–1300.
[PM] 2045 (G) Eighteenth-century
German aesthetics from Baumgarten to Schiller. 2072 (G) Weimar Classicism
1794–1805. 2047 (G) The
Bildungsroman. 2049 (G) Nietzsche and his
impact. 2050 (G) The poetry of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Stefan George, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Candidates will be examined on the poetry of two of these authors and will be expected to have read the works listed in any two of the sections below. (a) Hofmannsthal: all the lyric poems in Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Gedichte. Dramen I (1891–1898), ed. Bernd Schoeller with Rudof Hirsch (volume 1 of the Gesammelte Werke in 10 Einzelbänden) (Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 1979 or later reprints). (b) George: Hymnen, Pilgerfahrten, Algabal; Das Jahr der Seele; Der Teppich des Lebens und die Lieder von Traum und Tod mit einem Vorspiel; the sections 'Zeitgedichte', 'Gestalten', 'Gezeiten', and 'Maximin' from Der siebente Ring; Das neue Reich omitting the section 'Sprüche'. (c) Rilke: Das Stunden-Buch;
Neue Gedichte (both parts); Requiem
für eine Freundin; Requiem für Wolf
Graf von Kalckreuth; Die Sonette an
Orpheus; Duineser Elegien. 2073 (G) Modernist prose
fiction 1898–1933. 2079 (G) Expressionism in
German literature and the visual arts. 2056 (G) German poetry from
1945. Candidates will be expected to have a general
knowledge of the field, and a detailed knowledge of works
written by some of the key figures. 2070 (G) Narrative Identities
in the German Novel since 1945. Participants will be
expected to demonstrate a general knowledge of the field
and to have read a range of German-language novels from the
post-1945 era. Each portfolio shall consist of two essays,
only one of which may be on a single text. 2080 (G) Literature in the
GDR. 2081 (G) Advanced Translation:
Theory and Practice. The course will be taught in Hilary
Term of the final year. The maximum number of participants
in the seminar will be eight, on a first-come-first-served
basis. Students should apply by e-mail to katrin.kohl@jesus.ox.ac.uk
and charlie.louth@queens.ox.ac.uk.
Applications will be accepted from Monday, first week in
the Trinity Term of the student's second year until the
course is full, and at the latest on Monday, first week in
the Michaelmas Term of the student's final year. 2196 (G) Contemporary German
Literature. Candidates will be expected to have a general
knowledge of writing in German from the last decade and to
have read a range of texts from the same period. Each
portfolio will consist of two essays, only one of which may
be on a single text. 2006 (G) Drama and theatre
since 1960. Candidates will study some of the principal
dramatic texts and writings on the theatre by a selection
of the following: Peter Weiss, Peter Handke, Thomas
Bernhard, Heiner Müller, Elfriede Jelinek, and others.
There will also be opportunities to write about the
practice and politics of the theatre. 2005 (G) Cinema in Cultural
Context: German Film 1930–70. 2083 (I) Italian Lyric Poetry of the
Thirteenth Century. This paper explores the birth and the
evolution of Italian poetry from the Scuola
Siciliana to the Tuscan poets, Dante and the
Stilnovisti as well as the poeti giocosi.
Particular attention is given to the specificity and the
complexity of the poetic language through which this
literary tradition constantly renews itself. Topics include
the relationship between courtly and religious versions of
love and desire, poetry and philosophy, politics and
exile. 2084 (I) Dante's minor works. This
paper explores Dante's intellectual and literary journey in
his works other than the Divine Comedy. Topics
include Dante's meditation on desire and courtly love, his
linguistic, poetic and political theories, as well as the
relationship between poetry and philosophy, literature and
exile. Students can choose among Fiore,
Rime, Vita nova,
Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia,
Epistles, and Monarchia. 2091 (I) Italian Culture during the
Fascist period. To what extent was Italian culture shaped
by Mussolini's dictatorship during the inter-war years? In
order to address this issue, you can choose to deepen your
knowledge of one particular field or attempt an analysis of
a range of cultural media (literary, cinematic,
journalistic, etc). You can study specific
movements—such as Futurism, the
novecentisti, the strapesani,
etc.—or specific themes such as censorship,
propaganda, state-sponsored initiatives and, last but
certainly not the least, anti-Fascist culture. 2085 (I, L) 'Questione della lingua'.
Candidates will be expected to have read: Dante, De
vulgari eloquentia; Bembo, Prose della volgar
lingua; Manzoni, Scritti sulla
lingua. 2086 (I) Women writers of the Italian
Renaissance. A change in the cultural climate at the end of
the fifteenth century combined with the rise of the
printing industry, which required an ever increasing number
of readers, meant that women's education was no longer
viewed with scorn but, for the first time in Europe,
actively encouraged. This is the reason why the Italian
Renaissance saw an unprecedented flourishing of women
writers. Veronica Gambara, Vittoria Colonna, Tullia
d'Aragona, Chiara Matraini, Gaspara Stampa, Isabella di
Morra, Veronica Franco and Moderata Fonte are just a few of
the better known writers and poets active during the period
1500–1600, but there are many others still waiting to
be rediscovered. All can be studied individually,
comparatively, or thematically, including the
questione della donna which, in trying to
define women's role in society, gave rise to a much debated
and often fiercely controversial topic in Renaissance
Italy. 2088 (I) The works of Carlo Emilio
Gadda. Gadda is one of the most fascinating and complex
Italian writers of the twentieth century, whose oeuvre
spans a wide variety of styles (from the macaronic to the
lyrical) and genres (from the novel to the
elzeviro, including poems, private diaries,
technical articles, philosophical reflections, radiophonic
pieces, fables, critical essays and psycho-political
pamphlets). This course will aim at providing the
conceptual basis for the critical interpretation of Gadda's
literary production, and in particular of his two major
novels (La cognizione del dolore and
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana);
some of his other works will also be studied. 2092 (I) Narratives of national
identity in postwar Italy. This option allows you to study
the interaction between fictional production (mainly
literary and/or cinematic) and the construction of models
of national identity. This was a particularly sensitive
issue in the early postwar years when Italians had to
rebuild a sense of nationhood after the collapse of Fascism
and the humiliation of the Second World War. Moreover,
themes such as the regional fragmentation of the
peninsula—cultural as well as economic—have
accompanied the work of Italian artists throughout the
postwar years and are much alive today. 2096 (I) Sicilian literature 1945 to
the present day. This paper allows you to study the
extraordinary contribution to Italian fiction made by
Sicilian writers from the Second World War to the present
day. The novels range widely in content and style: from two
comic works written in the 1940s and 1950s (V. Brancati,
Il bell'Antonio (1949) and Paolo il
caldo (1955)), to the important best-seller Tomasi
di Lampedusa's Il gattopardo (1958), key works
about society by Sciascia (Il giorno della
civetta (1961), A ciascuno il suo
(1966) and L'affaire Moro (1978)), and more
recent fictions by Bufalino (Diceria
dell'untore (1981), and Le menzogne della
notte (1988)). 2097 (I) Italian women writers 1945 to
the present day. Writing by women is studied against the
historical context of the changing role of women in the
political sphere, in society and within literary genres.
Students are asked to consider issues connected with gender
and creativity, developments in perceptions and
expectations of writing by women, as well as the merits of
the texts themselves as literature. Any writers of suitable
merit can be studied and independent contemporary choices
are encouraged, but a core selection would include Anna
Banti, Natalia Ginzburg, Elsa Morante, Francesca Sanvitale,
Paola Capriolo and Francesca Duranti. 2098 (I) Italian poetry from 1956 to
the present day. Montale's collection La bufera e
altro (1956) is universally considered as a crucial
watershed for Italian poetry of the Novecento. In this
book, the sense of an ending—of the poetry that the
generation of Montale and Ungaretti wrote, its language,
its formal innovations, as well as its concerns, and its
sense of its role within Italian cultural and political
history—combines with a strong impetus towards the
future, addressing the historical present, and the role of
the poet within it, in a profoundly renewed and problematic
fashion. La Bufera paves the way for the work
of all the major protagonists of the second half of the
century, from Andrea Zanzotto to Vittorio Sereni, Giorgio
Caproni and Amelia Rosselli. The option will give students
the opportunity to read (as well as La bufera itself) some
of the major collections that have shaped the poetic
imaginary of the secondo novecento: Zanzotto's
La beltà, Sereni's Strumenti
umani, Caproni's Il seme del piangere,
and Rosselli's Variazioni belliche. 2103 (S) Spanish drama before Lope de
Vega. Candidates will be expected to be familiar with the
works of: Juan del Encina, Lucas Fernández, Lope de
Rueda, Juan de la Cueva, Bartolomé de Torres
Naharro, Diego Sánchez de Badajoz, Juan de Timoneda,
Miguel Venegas, Miguel de Cervantes, and the Spanish works
of Gil Vicente. Candidates will be expected to have read
the Portuguese and bilingual texts of Gil Vicente, but
passages for comment, which will not be compulsory, will
not be set from these. [PM] 2105 (S) The discovery and conquest of
Mexico and the Antilles. Candidates will be expected to
have read: Cristóbal Colón, Textos y
documentos completos (ed. Consuelo Varela),
Nuevas cartas (ed. Juan Gil, Madrid: Alianza
Universidad, 1984); Hernán Cortés,
Cartas de relación de la conquista de
Méjico (ed. A. Delgado Gómez,
Castalia, Madrid), Letters two and three, pp.
159–453; Bernal Díaz del Castillo,
Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva
España (Porrúa, Mexico, 1960), vol. i,
pp. 174–501 and vol. ii, pp. 1–60;
Bartolomé de las Casas, Brevísima
relación de la destrucción de las
Indias (Madrid: Cátedra, 1991); Toribio de
Motolinia, Historia de los Indios de la Nueva
España (Porrúa, Mexico, 1969), pp.
77–109; Bernardino de Sahagún, Historia
general de la Nueva España (Porrúa,
Mexico, 1956), Libros 3, 7, and 8. 2106 (S) Spanish devotional and
mystical writing 1577–88. Candidates will be expected
to have read: Santa Teresa de Jesús, Moradas
del castillo interior; Fray Luis de Granada,
Introducción del símbolo de la
fe (ed. José María Balcells, Madrid,
Cátedra, 1989), pp. 125–231; Fray Luis de
León, Rey de Dios, Esposo,
and Jesús, from De los nombres de
Cristo; San Juan de la Cruz, Llama de amor
viva (candidates will also be expected to have read
the poem), Malón de Chaide, La
conversión de la Magdalena (three vols., ed.
Félix García, Clásicos Castellanos,
Madrid, 1958), III, 83–178, 190–219.
[PM] 2108 (S) Modern Catalan literature.
Candidates will be expected to have a general knowledge of
the field and a detailed knowledge of at least
three authors. Details of the authors and
works prescribed for detailed knowledge will be available
in the Modern Languages Faculty Office, 41 Wellington
Square, at the beginning of the Michaelmas Full Term of the
academic year of the examination. 2111 (S) Modern Galician literature.
Candidates will be expected to have a general knowledge of
the field and a detailed knowledge of at least three
authors. Details of the authors and works prescribed for
detailed knowledge will be available in the Modern
Languages Faculty Office, 41 Wellington Square, at the
beginning of the Michaelmas Full Term of the academic year
of the examination. 2007 (S) Women Writers in Modern Spain. The course focuses on women's writing from the 1940s to the present. Candidates should have a knowledge of the historical and social contexts and show a detailed knowledge of the work of at least three individual authors which can also be studied comparatively or thematically. Belonging to a literary tradition which was once granted an inferior cultural and political status, these writers interrogate the values and perspectives of the dominant canon shedding new light on the cultural and social history of modern Spain. While the course is intended to underscore issues related to gender, other approaches can also be considered. 2008 (S) The Literature and Culture of
al-Andalus. 2003 (S) Literature, historiography and
society in Late Medieval Spain. This Special Subject will
allow students with an interest in the literature, culture
and history of the Spanish Middle Ages to explore a large
number of issues related to how literary and
historiographical texts represent, discuss or challenge the
social order in Late Medieval Spain. Candidates will
examine with special attention the social aspects of
Cancionero poetry, prose, treatises and
different varieties of historiographical discourse. 2112 (S, L) Modern Catalan. Candidates
will be required to show knowledge of the descriptive
analysis of the contemporary language, and will have the
opportunity of discussing the historical development of the
language where this illuminates present-day usage.
Candidates will study the structure of Catalan as spoken
and written at the present day (phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics); an overview of the external
history of the language and the regional varieties, the
current sociolinguistic situation, standardisation and
language policy. 2113 (S, L) Modern Galician. Candidates
will be required to show knowledge of the descriptive
analysis of the contemporary language, and will have the
opportunity of discussing the historical development of the
language where this illuminates present-day usage.
Candidates will study the structure of Galician as spoken
and written at the present day (phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics); an overview of the external
history of the language and the regional varieties, the
current sociolinguistic situation, standardisation and
language policy. 2102 (S) Proto-Feminism and Feminism in
Modern Spain. This paper maps out the process of women's
social, cultural and political emancipation in Spain
through the study of writers such as E. Pardo Bazán,
Concepción Arenal, Carmen de Burgos, Rosa Chacel,
María Zambrano, C Martín Gaite and Esher
Tusquets, among others. Their works have contributed to the
development of feminism either by addressing questions of
women's social and political rights or by vindicating
female sexuality, modes of thinking and ways of writing.
Belonging to a literary tradition which was once granted an
inferior cultural and political status, these writers
interrogate the values and perspectives of the dominant
canon shedding new light on the cultural and social history
of modern Spain. Candidates will be expected to have a
general knowledge of the main feminist theoretical debates
and a detailed knowledge of at least three authors. 2100 (S, L) Bilingualism: Spanish and
English. Candidates will study Spanish and English in
contrast; Spanish and English in a bilingual context. Being
able to express an idea in two different verbal systems may
produce outputs that are not yielded by monolinguals. This
provides a window for the understanding of the nature of
language. This paper addresses questions like: how is
bilingual behaviour emerging from the brain? How does a
child express it as opposed to an adult? What social or
individual factors induce code-switching? We will focus on
current studies investigating the complexity of a bilingual
experience. 2114 (S, P) Latin American fiction from
1940. Candidates may limit themselves to either Spanish
American or Brazilian fiction. Candidates will be expected
to be familiar with the broad evolution of this fiction
over the period since 1940. They wil also be expected to
undertake a specialised study of at least three of the
following authors: Jorge Amado, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo
Carpentier, Julio Cortázar, Fernando del Paso,
Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Joao
Guimaraes Rosa, Clarice Lispector, Mario Vargas Llosa. 2130 (S, P) The
Galician–Portuguese Cancioneiros.
[PM] 2131 (P) The Literature of Portuguese
Expansion in Asia. [PM] 2129 (P) Portuguese Drama in the
Sixteenth Century. [PM] 2134 (P) Twentieth-century Lusophone
Women Writers. 2135 (P) The literature of
Portuguese-speaking Africa. 2136 (P) Contemporary Brazilian
Fiction. 2139 (P) Brazilian Cinema 2137 (R, L) [2] Old Church Slavonic in
relation to Common Slavonic and Russian.
[PM] 2138 (R, L) Comparative Slavonic
Philology. [PM] 2150, 2151,
2153, 2154,
2155, 2156,
2157, 2158 (R, L) The
structure and history of Bulgarian/Macedonian. The
structure and history of Czech. The structure and history
of Polish. The structure and history of Serbian/Croatian.
The structure and history of Slovak. The structure and
history of Slovene. The structure and history of Sorbian
The structure and history of Ukrainian. 2160 (R) Russian Literature (1953 to
the present day). 2163 (R) Russian Drama of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 2170 (R) Russian women's writing. 2176 (Gr) The School of the Ionian
Islands 1797–1912, with special reference to the
works of Solomos, Kalvos, Laskaratos, Matesis, Valaoritis,
and Mavilis. 2177 (Gr) The New Athenian School of
Poetry 1880–1912, with special reference to the works
of Palamas, Drosinis, Gryparis, Krystallis, Malakasis, and
Hadzopoulos. 2178 (Gr) The Greek novel
1918–40, with special reference to the works of K.
Theotokis, G. Theotokas, Karagatsis, Myrivilis, Venezis, K.
Politis, and G. N. Abbot. 2179 (Gr) Greek Women Writers. 2180 (Gr) Modern Greek Film. 2181 (Gr) Readings of Popular Culture
in twentieth-century Greece. 2184 [3] Medieval Welsh tales and
romances. 2185 [3] The poets of the Welsh
princes. 2187 The Ulster Cycle of tales. 2188 The classical Irish bardic
tradition. 2189 (L) The structure and
history of the Welsh language. 2190 (L) The structure and
history of the Irish language. 2074 Medieval Hebrew prose and poetry. Candidates will be expected to show knowledge of the historical background and literary production of Jews in medieval Spain, Provence and Italy. They will be expected to undertake a specialised study of at least two of the following topics: Isaac ibn Sahula, Meshal Haqadmoni, ed. and English translation Raphael Loewe, Osford 2004. Megillat Ahimaaz, ed. and English translation M. Saltzman, New York, 1924. Judah ibn Tibbon, Ethical Will, ed. I. Abrahams, Philadelphia 1948, vol. 1, pp. 54–99. The Gazelle, medieval Hebrew poems on God, Israel and the soul, ed. R. Scheindlin, Philadelphia, 1991. Wine, women, & death: medieval Hebrew poems on
the good life, Raymond P. Scheindlin, Philadelphia,
1986. 2075 Early twentieth-century Hebrew
literature. Candidates will be expected to show knowledge
of the work of Central and East European Hebrew writers
(some of whom settled in Palestine in the early decades of
this century) and in particular of their literary
development in the environment of Austrian, Russian, and
Polish literature, and their influence in shaping
contemporary Hebrew literature. Candidates will be expected
to have read stories by Y.H. Brenner, M. Berdyczewski and
S.J. Agnon; David Vogel's novel, Hayei
nisu'im; a selection of poetry by H. N. Bialik, Saul
Tschernichovsky and Leah Goldberg. Texts will be selected
from the following works: Y.H. Brenner, Kovetz
sippurim (Sifrei) Mofet); Y. Lichtenbaum (ed),
Sofreinu (Ahiasaf); T. Carmi (ed), The
Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse; S.J. Agnon,
Sefer hama'asim. 2078 Modern Yiddish Literature. Sholem Aleichem: Gants Tevye der milkhiker (Vilna: B. Kletskin, 1925 or any other full Yiddish edition); Sh. A-ski (Shloyme-Zanvl Rappoport): Der dibek (in Di yidishe drame fun tsvantsikstn yorhundert (New York, 1977) vol. ii); Dovid Bergelson: Opgang, ed. Joseph Sherman (New York: Modern Language Association, 1999); Selections from the poetry of Dovid Hofshteyn, Peretz Markish, Leyb Kviko and Moyshe Kulbak in A shpigl oyf a shteyn (TelAviv: Petez-farlag, 1964); Isaac Bashevis Singer, selected stories from Der
shpigl un andere dertseylungen (Jerusalem: Magnes
Press, 1979). 2077 (L) Yiddish
Linguistics 2191 (R) Postwar Polish Literature. Any other subject approved by the Modern Languages Board. Application must be made in writing, and with the support of the candidate's tutor, to the Chairman of the Modern Languages Board, Modern Languages Faculty Office, 41 Wellington Square, not later than the Wednesday of the second week of the Michaelmas Full Term preceding the examination. Key to abbreviation lettersLanguage identifiersL Linguistics F: French G: German I: Italian S: Spanish P: Portuguese R: Russian and Slavonic Gr: Greek Method of assessmentA: Three-hour unseen written paper. (* The examination for the Subject 'Phonetics and Phonology' will additionally involve a half-hour practical phonetic transcription exercise) B: An essay or portfolio of essays (the number in parentheses shows the number of essays required), aggregating to about 6,000 words and not exceeding 8,000 words, except that for 2198 Linguistics Project, the essay shall be about 8,000 words and not exceed 10,000 words. Completed essays should be delivered by noon on the Friday of the ninth week of Hilary Term next before the examination. C: An essay or portfolio of essays (the number in parentheses shows the number of essays required), aggregating to about 6,000 words and not exceeding 8,000 words, written as answers to an examination paper to be collected from the Examination Schools, and signed for by candidates, on the Friday of the fifth week of Hilary Term next before the examination. Completed essay(s) should be submitted by hand to the Examination Schools by noon on the Friday of the ninth week of Hilary Term in the year of the examination, together with a statement certifying that the essays are the candidate's own work and that they have not already been submitted, either wholly or substantially, for a degree in this university or elsewhere. Note: Paper XII subjects which have been designated as Pre-modern are marked [PM] after the paper description. Notes on mutual exclusions and other restrictions[1] No candidate in the Honour School of English and Modern Languages may offer both the Special Subject 'Modern literary theory' and the Special Topic 'The History and Theory of Criticism' from the Honour School of English Language and Literature. [2] No candidate in the Honour School of Modern Languages or in a joint Honour School involving Modern Languages may offer both the Special Subject 'Old Church Slavonic in relation to Common Slavonic and Russian' and option (1) ('The Old Church Slavonic language') in the Linguistic Studies paper II in Russian (Russian paper V from the Honour School of Modern Languages). [3] No candidate in the Honour School of English and Modern Languages may offer the papers 'Medieval Welsh Language and Literature I or II' from the Honour School of English Language and Literature with any of the Special Subjects 'Medieval Welsh tales and romances', 'The poets of the Welsh princes' and 'The poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym'.
AppointmentsMedical Sciences DivisionAppointmentsClinical ReaderObstetrics and GynaecologyAHMED ASHOUR AHMED, MB B.CH M.SC MD Ain Shams, Cairo, PH.D Camb, MRCOG, Fellow of St Hugh's College From 1 July 2010. University LecturerBiochemistry, Structural Cell BiologyMATTHEW KENNETH HIGGINS, MA PH.D Camb, Fellow of Somerville College. From 1 October 2010.
Changes in RegulationsWith the approval, where appropriate, of the Education Committee of Council, the following changes in regulations made by the Social Sciences Board and the Continuing Education Board will come into effect on 11 June. 1 Social Sciences Board(a) M.Phil in Development StudiesWith effect from 1 October 2010 (for first examination in 2011)1 In Examination Regulations, 2009, p. 502, l. 18 after 'childhood' insert 'and youth'. 2 Ibid., l. 19, after 'child-' insert 'and youth-'. 3 Ibid., ll. 21–22, delete 'a political-economy perspective' and substitute 'political-economy and socio-cultural perspectives'. 4 Ibid., ll. 22–23, delete 'and the reproduction of childhood poverty'. 5 Ibid. l. 24, after 'class' delete ',caste, ethnicity and rural:urban residence' and substitute 'etc. and to their engagement with armed political violence and processes of globalisation'. 6 Ibid., l. 27, delete 'work/labour' and substitute 'work'. 7 Ibid., l. 28, after 'transition,' insert 'migration'. (b) M.Phil in Medical AnthropologyWith effect from 1 October 2010 (for first examination in 2011)In Examination Regulations, 2009, p. 540, l. 46 delete 'fourth' and substitute 'fifth'. 2 Continuing Education BoardM.St in Literature and ArtsTo take effect 1 October 20111 In Examination Regulations, 2009, p. 598, after l. 23 insert:
`Literature and Arts Continuing Education'.
2 Ibid., p. 639, after l. 20 insert: 'Literature and Arts1. Every candidate must follow for at least six terms (and a maximum of eight terms) a part-time course of instruction in interdisciplinary study in the Humanities (Literature, History and History of Art). 2. The course will consist of lectures, seminars, on-line courses and individual tutorials. 3. The examination will consist of the following parts: (a) Four essays, each of between 4,000 and 5,000 words in length (b) A report on the candidate's engagement with the on-line courses. Candidates must engage with the course to the satisfaction of the Course Director. (c) A dissertation on a topic selected by the candidate in consultation with the Course Director and his or her supervisor and approved by the examiners. The dissertation should be between 10,000 and 11,000 words in length, and will need to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of more than one subject discipline. Candidates may be required to attend a viva voce examination if the Examiners require further information in order to make a judgement on an individual candidate. The dissertation (under 3 (c)) must be submitted not later than noon on the third Friday in September of the final year of the course to the Chairman of Examiners for the Degree of MLA, c/o Registry, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford. All other elements of assessed work shall be forwarded to the examiners, c/o Registry, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and shall notify the candidates and tutors at the start of each academic year. All assessed work (3 (a)–(c)) must be accompanied by a statement that it is the candidate's own work. 4. To pass the MLA examination, candidates must achieve a mark of at least 60 for each assignment and the dissertation. Candidates must also have completed the two distance-learning core courses to the satisfaction of the Course Director. Candidates may be awarded a Distinction. 5. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in 3 may be permitted to resubmit work in respect of part or parts of the examination which they have failed for examination on one further occasion. In the case of 3 (a), candidates should resubmit work within one year, but normally not later than three months after the initial attempt. In the case of 3 (c), candidates should resubmit work not later than twelve months after the initial attempt. The schedule of assessment for any one year will be circulated to candidates and supervisors by the second week of Michaelmas Term.'
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