Form and conduct of examinations, 2018

Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in the Easter Term 2018, approved exceptionally following recent industrial action, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.

Linguistics Tripos, Part IIb

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that, exceptionally, the form of certain papers for the examinations to be held in 2018 will be changed as follows:

Part IIb

Paper 9. – Syntax (also serves as Paper Li.9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

Answer three questions.

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Parts Ib and II

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that, exceptionally, the form of certain papers for the examinations to be held in 2018 will be changed as follows:

Part Ib

Paper Fr.6. – Innovation and upheaval: deformation and reformulation in the 20th and 21st centuries (also serves as Paper 10D of Part I of the English Tripos)
Answer three questions from any section. No more than one question may be taken from Section C.

Paper Pg.1. – Introduction to the language, literatures, and cultures of Portuguese speaking countries (also serves as Paper 10L of Part I of the English Tripos)
Answer three questions from any section. Answers can focus on texts from any country (Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola) and on any material (film, literature, visual art).

Paper Pg.3. – Introduction to the language, literatures, and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world
Paper Pg.3C (cultural element)
Candidates will be required to answer two questions. Answers can be drawn from any topic and deal with any country (Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola) and any media (literature, film, visual culture).

Paper Sl.6. – Russian culture after 1953
The questions in Section A of the exam paper will be adjusted. The existing format of the paper is such that students are asked to answer one out of three questions in Section A. Questions are on two set texts. These include an essay question on one set text, a commentary on another, and a comparative essay on both set texts. The comparative question will be loosened by making it possible to answer with respect to a single set text.

Part II

Paper Fr.11. – Gender, desire, and power in 19th century French culture (also serves as Paper 38 of Part II of the English Tripos)
The rubric for Section A only will be adjusted to allow candidates to answer without having to draw on the texts from the final unit of study. Candidates will be asked to respond to a proposition with references to at least three texts studied.

Paper Fr.14. – A special topic in French studies (A) to be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time (Theatre: theory and practice, 1600–2000)
Answer three questions, including at least one from Section A and one from Section B. One, and only one, of the three questions answered must be a commentary.

Paper Ge.11. – History of the German language (also serves as Paper 22 of the Linguistics Tripos)
Answer three questions. You may answer no more than two questions from one topic. Candidates may not answer more than two commentary questions.

Paper IL.1. Ibero-American cinema
Answer three questions. Scripts as a whole must show knowledge of cinema from two of the paper’s specified regions (Europe, Latin America, Africa) and two languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan).

Paper It.9. – Text and image
Answer two or three questions.