Cambridge University Reporter


Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, 2008

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2008, the form of the examinations for certain papers for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos will be changed as follows:

Part IB

Paper Fr. 12. A special subject in French culture: early modern thought

This is a new paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions: one from Section A and two from Section B. Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.

Candidates should refer to material from one or more centuries in their answer to Section A, providing that this restriction does not apply to commentaries.

Paper Ge. 5. Modern German culture, I

Two mutually exclusive questions will be set on each topic in Section B of this paper. The arrangements for topics in Section A will remain unchanged.

Paper Ge. 6. Modern German culture, II

Two mutually exclusive questions will be set on each topic in Section B of this paper. The arrangements for topics in Section A remain unchanged.

Paper It. 3. Italian modernism

Candidates will be required to answer question 1 and any two other questions. Candidates must show knowledge of three or more of the set texts or topics for the paper.

Paper It. 4. Autobiography and self-representation in Italian culture

The paper will be divided into two sections. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, at least one of which must be from Section A.

Candidates must show knowledge of three of more of the set texts or topics for the paper.

Paper Sp. 5. Topics in Spanish-American culture and history

Three questions will be set for each topic on this paper.

Part II

Paper C2. Translation from and into the foreign language

In all languages, pairs of questions relating to the scheduled papers available in Neo-Latin will be added to the list of questions available for candidates to answer.

Paper Fr. 12. A special subject in French culture: early modern thought

This is a new paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions: one from Section A and two from Section B. Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.

Candidates should refer to material from one or more centuries in their answer to Section A, providing that this restriction does not apply to commentaries.

Paper Li. 9. Foundations of speech communications

Section A of this paper will contribute 25% to the mark of this three-hour written paper, and Section B 75%.

Paper NL 2. A special subject in Neo-Latin literature: Marullus, Poliziano, Bèze, and Buchanan

This is a new paper. Candidates will be required to answer all of Section A and two questions from Section B, making three questions in total. Candidates should show knowledge of at least three authors in the three questions answered. The candidate must not make the same author, or the same work, the substantial topic of more than one answer in Section B.