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The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 288)
The purpose of the amendments is (i) to rename and reorder certain of the papers available in Part I, (ii) to introduce a new paper to be assessed by alternative means as set out below, and (iii) to introduce sub-periods and core texts for certain papers.
Regulation 15.
By amending this regulation so as to read:
15. The papers in Part I shall be as follows:
Paper 1. English literature and its contexts, 1300-1550.
Paper 2. English literature and its contexts, 1500-1700.
Paper 3. English literature and its contexts, 1688-1847.
Paper 4. English literature and its contexts, 1830 to the present.
Paper 5. Shakespeare.
Paper 6. Literary criticism.
Paper 7. European languages and literatures.
Paper 8. English language for literature, 1300 to the present.
Paper 9. English literature and its contexts, 1300 to the present (open dissertation)
Paper 10. Early medieval literature and its contexts (also serves as Paper 14 of Part II of the English Tripos, as Paper O9 of Part II of the Classical Tripos, and as Paper 11 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).
Paper 11. Insular Latin language and literature (Paper 4 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).
Paper 12. Old Norse language and literature (Paper 6 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).
Paper 13. Medieval Welsh language and literature (Paper 7 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).
Every paper shall be set for three hours except Papers 6, 7, and 8 which shall be set for three and a half hours, and Paper 9 which shall comprise a dissertation, to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20, the topic of which must fall within the scope of Papers 1-5 but may range across the chronological boundaries of individual papers within this group.
Regulation 16.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
16. Every candidate for Part I shall offer Papers 1 and 5 and
either (a) Papers 2-4; and two papers from among Papers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10;
or (b) Papers 2-4; one paper from among Papers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; and one paper from among Papers 11-13;
or (c) two papers from among Papers 2-4; two papers from among Papers 6, 7, 8, and 9; and one paper from among Papers 11-13;
or (d) two papers from among Papers 2-4; Paper 10; one paper from among Papers 6, 7, 8, and 9; and one paper from among Papers 11-13;
provided that
| (i) in substitution for one of Papers 2-4, a candidate who has not offered Paper 9 may offer a dissertation, to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20, on a topic falling within the scope of that paper, except that (1) no candidate shall submit a dissertation of which the main emphasis is on literature written in a foreign language1 and (2) if a candidate submits a dissertation in substitution for Paper 2 it shall not be wholly or largely on Shakespeare; |
| (ii) in substitution for one of Papers 2-4, a candidate may offer a portfolio of essays, to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 17, on topics falling within the scope of that paper, except that (1) if a candidate submits a portfolio in substitution for Paper 2 it shall not be wholly or largely on Shakespeare, (2) a candidate who submits a portfolio may not also submit work under Paper 9 which falls within the scope of the paper substituted. |
Regulation 17(b).
By amending the third sentence so as to read:
At least one essay must make substantial reference to one of the core texts specified for that paper, and the portfolio as a whole should show substantial knowledge of two of the sub-periods specified for that paper.
Regulation 20.
In sub-paragraph (a), by amending the first part so as to read:
A candidate who intends to offer either a compulsory dissertation in Part II under Regulation 19(a), or Paper 9, or an optional dissertation in either Part under Regulation 16(i) or Regulation 19(c), shall submit the proposed topic of the dissertation through his or her Director of Studies to the Assistant Chairman of the Faculty Board,
The Faculty Board of English have amended the supplementary regulations for Part I of the Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 292), with effect from the same date, as follows:
By amending the penultimate sentence so as to read:
These rules shall also govern the acceptability of topics for period dissertations substituted for Papers 2, 3, and 4, and the open dissertation under Paper 9. No more than one dissertation may be submitted. Candidates submitting a dissertation under Paper 9 are permitted to offer an examination paper which covers the same period as the topic for the dissertation. Candidates substituting a portfolio for Papers 2-4 may not offer a dissertation under Paper 9 on a topic which falls within the scope of the paper for which the portfolio is substituted.
The supplementary regulations for these papers have been replaced by the following:
Medieval texts shall be prescribed for special study; and passages shall be set from them for translation or comment, or both. The Faculty Board may give notice from time to time of a list of topics on which optional questions will be set. Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.
Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.2
Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.2
Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.2
The languages within the scope of this paper are: classical Greek; classical Latin; French; German; Italian; Old English. Candidates will not be required to show knowledge of more than one of these languages, though they may do so if they wish. In each language, except in the case of Old English, two texts (or collections of texts) will be prescribed for study. Candidates will be required to show knowledge of two such texts (except in the case of Old English, where only one text is set).
This paper has been renumbered as Paper 10. A new Paper 8 has been introduced as follows:
This paper requires candidates to recognize and describe in English writing from 1300 to the present day; linguistic features (such as syntax, lexis, register, elementary phonetics, rhetoric); the relations between spoken and written Englishes; the historical development and study of the language, in its literary and other varieties; contact between English and other languages. The Faculty Board shall, from time to time, prescribe specified topics, with lists of relevant reading. Candidates will be required to answer on at least one of the specified topics.
The topic of a dissertation to be submitted under this paper must fall within the scope of Papers 1-5. It may be comparative across the period boundaries of the individual papers. The dissertation shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with Regulation 20.
This paper has been replaced by Paper 7 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos.
1 See further the supplementary regulations, p. 294.
2 The Faculty Board may from time to time give notice of a prescribed text or texts, or of a specified topic for special study in this paper.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 20 March 2002
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