Cambridge University Reporter


Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Part II, 2011: Notice

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages give notice that they have prescribed the following topics for the oral examinations in Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos which will be held in Michaelmas Term 2010, forming part of the examination for Part II in 2011:

Dutch

1. Migratie: integreren of isoleren?

2. De invloed van het Modernisme op ons dagelijks leven.

3. De waarde van het literaire vertalen.

4. Van boek naar film: toegevoegde waarde?

French

1. La pureté de la langue française: obsession nationale ou nécessité?

2. Le cinéma français et les nouvelles technologies.

3. La littérature française demeure focalisée sur le moi.

4. L'évolution actuelle des registres du français signale-t-elle une homogénéisation ou un éclatement du français?

German

1. Deutsch: eine Sprache im Wandel oder im Zerfall?

2. Die Bundesrepublik heute - auf dem Weg der Normalisierung?

3. Der Roman als literarische Gattung.

4. Kann man Kultur untersuchen, ohne den sozialen Aspekt einzubeziehen?

Italian

1. Istruzione, Cultura e Tecnologia.

2. Il valore di un'opera d'arte sta nella sua forma, non nel suo contenuto.

3. I giovani sono ormai globalmente standardizzati.

4. L'Arte è per definizione elitaria.

Modern Greek

Portuguese

1. Variaões na língua portuguesa.

2. Migração e identidade.

3. Censura e leituras proibidas.

4. Para que serve a literatura?

Russian

Spanish

1. La variación en el idioma español.

2. Migración e identidad.

3. Cine y mujer.

4. El sentido del humor en el mundo hispánico.

Candidates may also speak on an oral topic of their own choosing, if they do not wish to choose from one of the four topics published above. Candidates will not be required to submit the topic in advance of the examination. Further information and advice on this examination can be found at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/courses/part2/orals/.