Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2006-07, by comparison with those examinations in 2006, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of English give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2007, the form of the examinations for certain papers in the English Tripos will be changed as follows:
Paper 2. English literature and its contexts, 1500-1700
There are no prescribed texts or topics for this paper. Questions will be set on the literature of the period and its contexts. Candidates will be required to answer three questions. They must show substantial knowledge of literature from both before and after 1603.
Paper 3. English literature and its contexts, 1688-1847
There are no prescribed texts or topics for this paper. Questions will be set on the literature of the period and its contexts. Candidates will be required to answer three questions. They must show substantial knowledge of literature from both before and after 1785.
Paper 4. English literature and its contexts, 1830 to the present
There are no prescribed texts or topics for this paper. Questions will be set on the literature of the period and its contexts. Candidates will be required to answer three questions. They must show substantial knowledge of literature from both before and after 1910.
Paper 2. Tragedy
Candidates should answer either one or three questions. Candidates must, in the paper as a whole, show substantial knowledge of both Greek and Shakespearean Tragedy. Candidates are expected to make specific and detailed comments on individual works throughout their answer(s). Candidates must not use the same material twice, either in this paper or in the examination as a whole.
Paper 9. History and theory of literary criticism
Candidates should answer three questions. Candidates must not make any one writer or topic the central theme of more than one answer. In questions where a quotation is attributed, candidates are not obliged to refer to that author in their answer unless specifically required to do so. Candidates must not use the same material twice, either in this paper or in the examination as a whole.