1. The English Tripos shall consist of two Parts.
2. The scheme of the examination shall be as defined in Regulations 15–18.
3. Public notice of all the variable subjects and of the texts or portions of subjects specified for special study shall be given by the Faculty Board of English before the end of the Easter Term in the year next but one preceding the examination to which they apply; provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and if they are satisfied that no student's preparation for the examination is adversely affected. The Board shall have power when they give notice of the variable subjects selected for a particular examination to announce any consequential restriction on the combination of papers that a candidate may choose to offer.
The Board shall have power to define or limit by supplementary regulations all or any of the subjects of examination, and to modify or alter such supplementary regulations as occasion may require.
4. The following may present themselves for examination in Part I:
5. A student who has obtained honours in Part I of the English Tripos or in another Honours Examination may be a candidate for Part II in the year after or next but one after so obtaining honours, provided that twelve complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence.46
6. No student shall be a candidate for both Parts, or for either Part and also for another Honours Examination, in the same term.
7. No student who has been a candidate for either Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.
8. No student who has failed to attain the standard for honours in Part I shall be a candidate for Part II.
9. (a) To conduct the examination in each Part of the Tripos the Faculty Board shall nominate such number of Examiners as they deem appropriate.
(b) The Faculty Board shall have power to nominate Assessors to assist the Examiners for each Part of the Tripos. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.
10. Before the examination there shall be general meetings of the Examiners for Part I and of the Examiners for Part II, when the papers set by each Examiner or Assessor shall be submitted to the whole body of Examiners for their approval, and shall be settled by the Examiners for each Part in common.
11. In each Part the answers to the questions in each paper shall be read by two of the whole body of Examiners and Assessors for that Part.
12. The style and method of the candidates’ answers shall be taken into account.
13. The Examiners for Part I and the Examiners for Part II shall hold separate meetings, at which the class-list for each Part shall be drawn up. In each of these lists the names of the candidates who deserve honours shall be placed in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.
14. For special excellence in either Part a mark of distinction may be awarded.
15. The papers in Part I shall be as follows:
Paper 1. |
English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550 (also serves as Paper 21 in Part II of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 2. |
English literature and its contexts, 1500–1700 (also serves as Paper 22 in Part II of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 3. |
English literature and its contexts, 1688–1847 (also serves as Paper 24 in Part II of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 4. |
English literature and its contexts, 1830 to the present (also serves as Paper 25 in Part II of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 5. |
Shakespeare (also serves as Paper 23 in Part II of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 6. |
Practical criticism and critical practice |
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 20 of Part II of the English Tripos (New Regulations), 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 9 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) |
Paper 14. |
Medieval Irish language and literature (Paper 8 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Every paper shall be set for three hours except Papers 1, 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.
16. Every candidate for Part I shall offer Papers 1 and 5 and
provided that
17. (a) A candidate who intends to offer a portfolio under Regulation 16(ii) shall notify the Director of Undergraduate Studies through his or her Director of Studies, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board. Such notification shall be not later than a date in the Full Lent Term to be promulgated by the Board in the Michaelmas Term.
(b) A portfolio submitted under Regulation 16(ii) shall consist of three essays, each of not fewer than 1,500 words and not more than 2,000 words in length. Portfolio essays must be on subjects of literary interest which fall within the scope of the paper for which they are substituted. The portfolio of essays as a whole should exhibit a range and substance comparable with that required by the examination paper for which it is substituted. It should show knowledge of work before and after the date specified in the rubric for the paper for which it was substituted. Candidates will be required to declare that the essays are their own work and that they do not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose. Where appropriate full and proper acknowledgement must be given to the work of others.
(c) The essays shall be typewritten, in English, with proper attention to style and presentation; they shall be submitted through the candidate's Director of Studies to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board, so as to arrive not later than the last Thursday of the Full Lent Term next preceding the examination. Candidates may be called for viva voce examination in connection with their portfolios.
18. The papers in Part II shall be as follows:
Paper 1. |
Practical criticism |
Paper 2. |
Tragedy (also serves as Paper O3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 3. |
Chaucer |
Paper 4. |
Medieval English literature, 1066–1500 (also serves as Paper 13 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 5. |
Special period of English literature (taken from the period after 1500 and before 1700) |
Paper 6. |
Special period of English literature (taken from the period after 1700) |
Paper 7. |
Special subject I |
Paper 8. |
English moralists |
Paper 9. |
History and theory of literary criticism (also serves as Paper O4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 10. |
Postcolonial and related literatures |
Paper 11. |
American literature |
Paper 12. |
Special subject II |
Paper 13. |
History of the English language48 |
Paper 14. |
Early medieval literature and its contexts (Paper 10 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 15. |
Old English language and literature (Paper 5 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 16. |
Insular Latin language and literature (Paper 9 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 17a. |
Old Norse language and literature (Paper 6 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 17b. |
Advanced medieval Scandinavian language and literature (Paper 6 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 18a. |
Medieval Welsh language and literature (Paper 7 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 18b. |
Advanced medieval Welsh language and literature (Paper 7 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 19a. |
Medieval Irish language and literature (Paper 8 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 19b. |
Advanced medieval Irish language and literature (Paper 8 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 20. |
Topics in medieval studies: to be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time (Paper Fr. 7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 21. |
Living, loving, and dying in Renaissance France (Paper Fr. 8 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 22. |
Reason, experience, and authority: French literature, thought, and history, 1594–1700 (Paper Fr. 9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 23. |
French literature, thought, and history, from 1690 to 1799 (Paper Fr. 10 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 24. |
Gender, desire, and power in 19th century French culture (Paper Fr. 11 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 25. |
Ethics and experience: literature, thought, and visual culture of the French-speaking world (1900 to the present) (Paper Fr. 12 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 26. |
Dante and the culture of his age (Paper It. 7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 27a. |
Introduction to Neo-Latin literature, from 1350 to 1700 (Paper NL 1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 27b. |
A special subject in Neo-Latin literature: selected authors (Paper NL 2 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 28. |
A special subject in comparative literature (i) and (ii) (Papers CS 448 and 5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 29. |
A paper in linguistics (Paper 11 or Paper 13 of Parts IIa and Parts IIb of the Linguistics Tripos)49 |
Paper 30. |
A prescribed Greek author or authors, and a prescribed Latin author or authors (Paper A1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 31. |
Prescribed Greek texts (Paper A2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)48 |
Paper 32. |
Prescribed Latin texts (Paper A3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 33. |
English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550 (Paper 1 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 34. |
English literature and its contexts, 1500–1700 (Paper 2 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 35. |
English literature and its contexts, 1688–1847 (Paper 3 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 36. |
English literature and its contexts, 1830 to the present (Paper 4 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 37. |
Shakespeare (Paper 5 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Each paper shall be set for three hours except Papers 1 and 33 which shall be set for three and a half hours. The Faculty Board shall announce in every year, subject to the provisions of Regulation 3, not more than four special subjects for Paper 7, and may in addition announce not more than three special subjects for Paper 12; in each case a candidate may offer not more than one of these subjects. A question paper shall be set for each subject so announced and for which there is a candidate. Every candidate who offers a paper in which there is a choice of subjects shall take only one of these question papers; the candidate's examination entry shall state which subject he or she intends to offer.
19. Every candidate for Part II shall offer:
provided that:
20. (a) 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 Director of Undergraduate Studies, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board, so as to arrive not later than the penultimate Friday of the Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination.
(b) The Director of Undergraduate Studies shall communicate the Board's approval or rejection of the proposed topic to the candidate's Director of Studies. When the Board have approved a topic, no change shall be made in it or in a scheme of work approved by the Board without the further approval of the Board. A candidate may submit a revised topic so as to reach the Director of Undergraduate Studies not later than a date in the Full Lent Term to be promulgated by the Board in the Michaelmas Term; topics submitted after that date will be considered by the Board only in the most exceptional circumstances.
(c) The length of a dissertation shall be as follows:
for Part I, not more than 5,000 words in length;
for Part II, not fewer than 6,000 words and not more than 7,500 words in length.
In each case the prescribed length shall include notes and appendices, although appendices beyond the prescribed limit may be allowed in special circumstances, subject to the approval of the Faculty Board given not later than the division of the Lent Term next preceding the examination. Candidates will be required to declare that the dissertation is their own work and that it does not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
(d) Every dissertation shall be typewritten, in English, with proper attention to style and presentation in accordance with detailed guidelines issued by the Faculty Board; it shall be sent through the candidate's Director of Studies to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, accompanied by a brief synopsis of its contents and a list of the books and articles used in its preparation, and in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board, so as to arrive not later than the first Tuesday of the Full Easter Term in which the examination is to be held.
(e) A candidate may be called for viva voce examination in connection with his or her dissertation.
21. At the same time as dissertation topics are submitted through candidates’ Directors of Studies to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, each candidate shall submit the whole scheme of work to be offered in the examination. The Director of Undergraduate Studies shall communicate the Board's approval or rejection of the proposed scheme of work to the candidate's Director of Studies.
For the purpose of the regulations and supplementary regulations for Part I of the English Tripos, ‘English literature’ shall be understood to mean the literature in English of the British Isles including Ireland. In Papers 1–5 candidates must answer primarily in relation to English literature thus defined, and questions will not be asked, nor may answers be primarily written, on authors other than those who were born, or have spent a substantial part of their lives working, in the British Isles. This will not however preclude the possibility of comparison, where appropriate, with other literature in English (such as American or Commonwealth), provided that greater weight falls on English literature than on other literature. These rules shall also govern the acceptability of topics for period dissertations substituted for Papers 2, 3, and 4 but not the open dissertation under Paper 9, in which candidates may write on any literature(s) in English irrespective of country of origin. 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 principally within the scope of the paper for which the portfolio is substituted. More detailed guidance about the acceptability of specific authors as the subjects of examination answers or as the topics of dissertations may be given in a document issued by the Faculty Board of English and revised as necessary from time to time.
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.50
Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.50
Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.50
Questions shall be set requiring explanation and discussion of a specified work or specified works. Questions shall also be set on other works of Shakespeare and matters of historical and critical interest relevant to his works.
The paper, which will be set for three and a half hours (including half an hour’s reading time), will consist of questions offering passages of English verse or prose from various periods for critical comment. The passages set may also include extracts from works of literary criticism and theory, some of which may be in translation. The questions will require close critical analysis of the given passages. They will also allow for the raising of general critical and theoretical issues appropriate to the reading of those extracts. Candidates will be required to answer three questions.
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 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.
The period covered by this paper is 1066–c. 1350. English, French, and Latin texts shall be prescribed for special study, and passages set from them for translation or explanation or both. Questions shall also be set on English, French, and Latin texts of the period. Candidates will be required to show knowledge of one of these three languages, and of work in at least one other of them, which they may, if they wish, have studied in translation. Candidates are expected to show such knowledge of the life and thought of the period as is necessary for the understanding of its literature.
Passages of English prose and verse for critical comment.
Tragedy ancient and modern in connection and comparison with English Tragedy.
Candidates will be expected to show a full and detailed knowledge of the works of Chaucer. Questions shall be set on those works and on Chaucer's relationship to his contemporaries and to the life and thought of his age.
A specific literary subject shall be prescribed for special study. It shall be of a kind to require reading in early as well as in late medieval English literature and may involve the study of related texts from other languages.
Candidates will be required to show a substantial knowledge of the literature of whatever period is prescribed together with its life and thought.
Candidates will be required to show a substantial knowledge of the literature of whatever period is prescribed together with its life and thought.
The work of an author or of a group of authors, or a literary topic or genre, or a period not already prescribed for Paper 5 or Paper 6, within the field of English literature, shall be prescribed for special study. Relevant texts may be recommended for study from time to time. In accordance with Regulation 18 the Faculty Board may from time to time prescribe a number of such special subjects of which one may be offered by candidates for this paper.
Questions will be set on the history and nature of moral thought, broadly interpreted. Candidates will be invited to show knowledge of a range of literary, philosophical, social, and political writings by authors from Plato to the present, but the paper will normally permit concentration on a particular chronological period or selection of authors. Candidates will also be given opportunities to relate the themes of this paper to their existing interests in poetry, drama, and the novel. From time to time a special topic may be specified for study.
The paper shall comprise historical, critical, and comparative questions on works and problems in the history of literary criticism and also of literary theory from the fourth century bc to the present day. A sufficient number of questions will be set to enable candidates to choose questions on a limited chronological period (including the modern period).
The scope of the paper is, subject to the following qualifications, literature in English outside the British Isles and the United States of America. It includes expatriate nationals publishing in those countries (e.g. Rushdie, d’Aguiar, Lessing). Comparative and incidental reference to British, Irish, American, and foreign language texts is welcome but should not form the greater part of any single answer. Answering on texts in translation is permitted but should not constitute the greater part of answers to the paper as a whole.
The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment; Section B will consist of essay questions, enabling comparison between texts from different regions.
The subject covered by this paper is American literature, life, and thought, with special reference to the period from 1820 to the present day. A list of books may be recommended from time to time for special study. All candidates will be expected to show such knowledge of the life and thought of the period as is necessary for understanding its literature.
For a year for which a subject is announced for this paper under Regulation 18, the work of an author or of a group of authors, or a literary topic or genre, or a period not already prescribed for Paper 5, or 6, or 7, shall be prescribed for special study. Relevant foreign texts as well as English texts may be recommended for study from time to time. In accordance with Regulation 18 the Faculty Board may from time to time prescribe a number of such special subjects of which one may be offered by candidates for this paper.
This paper will be concerned with the historical development and structure of the English language and of its internal and extra-territorial varieties. A specified topic will be prescribed for special study.
The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will contain questions pertaining to the specified topic; Section B will contain essay questions of a more general nature. Candidates will be required to answer one question from Section A and two questions from Section B.
For the purpose of Regulations 19(a) and 19(c) governing the submission of dissertations in Part II of the Tripos, ‘English literature’ shall be understood to mean literature written in the English language (including Old English), works written by authors of the British Isles in other languages, such as Latin or French, and works written in Old Norse and the Medieval Celtic languages. It shall be understood to embrace the English language and such philosophical, historical, and other writing as normally comes within the scope of the English Tripos.
Where a topic is chosen involving comparison with a foreign literature, the dissertation should be primarily on an English literary topic, though there is no objection to comparison with other literature where this is relevant. Where a topic involves comparison between literature and another medium such as music or the visual arts, the weight of the dissertation should likewise fall on literature (which may, for example, include libretti). Discussion of work produced in a medium other than literature is not admissible as the exclusive topic of a dissertation.
More detailed guidance about the acceptability of specific writings as the topic of a dissertation may be given in a document issued by the Faculty Board of English and revised as necessary from time to time.
1. The English Tripos shall consist of two Parts.
2. (a) For the purposes of the Regulations and any Supplementary Regulations, the study of ‘English literature’ shall be understood to mean, in both Parts of the Tripos, the study of literary works written in the English language (including Old English); of literary works of the British Isles including Ireland (whether written in English, or in other languages such as Latin or French); and of literary works written in Old Norse and the Medieval Celtic languages. It shall be understood to embrace the study of the English language.
(b) The study of ‘English literature’ shall normally also embrace, in both Parts of the Tripos, English literary translations of works originally written in other languages, so long as due consideration is given to the fact of translation.
(c) For Part I of the English Tripos, the study of ‘English literature’ shall also embrace such philosophical, historical and other writing as normally comes within the scope of Papers 1 to 8E of that Part as illustrated by reading lists announced by the Faculty Board.
(d) For Part II of the English Tripos, the study of ‘English literature’ shall also embrace such philosophical, historical and other writing, and such products of non-literary media and expressive forms, as normally come within the scope of Papers 1 to 30 of that Part as illustrated by reading lists announced by the Faculty Board.
(e) In both Parts of the Tripos, relevant comparisons with other materials that fall outside the scope of ‘English literature’ thus defined shall be accepted, both in written papers that focus on the study of ‘English literature’ and in dissertations and portfolios of essays that focus on the same; but only so long as greater weight falls, in each answer, dissertation or essay offered in this context, on materials that come within the aforementioned scope.
(f) In addition, in both Parts of the Tripos, the English Tripos shall include certain papers which concentrate on the study of literatures other than ‘English literature’ thus defined. However, it shall not be permissible to make this material the principal basis of any dissertation, any essay within a portfolio of essays, or any answer to a written paper primarily concerned with ‘English literature’.
3. The scheme of the examination shall be as defined in Regulations 14 to 21.
4. Notice of all the variable papers available for examination, and of the variable subjects, texts, or portions of subjects specified for special study, shall be given by the Faculty Board of English before the end of the Easter Term (i) two years prior to the examination in the case of Part I of the Tripos, (ii) one year prior to the examination in the case of Part II of the Tripos; provided that, in both cases, the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and if they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for her or his examination will be adversely affected. The Board shall have power when they give notice of the variable subjects selected for a particular examination to announce any consequential restriction on the combination of papers that a candidate may offer. The Board shall have power to define or limit by supplementary regulations all or any of the subjects of examination, and to modify or alter such supplementary regulations as occasion may require.
5. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part I:
6. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part II:
7. No student shall be a candidate for both Parts, or for either Part and also for another Honours Examination, in the same term.
8. No student who has been a candidate for either Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.
9. (a) To conduct the examination in each Part of the Tripos the Faculty Board shall nominate such number of Examiners as they deem appropriate.
(b) The Faculty Board shall have power to nominate Assessors to assist the Examiners for each Part of the Tripos. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.
10. Before the examination there shall be general meetings of the Examiners for Part I and of the Examiners for Part II, when the papers set by each Examiner or Assessor shall be submitted to the whole body of each Part’s Examiners for their approval and shall be settled by the Examiners for each Part.
11. The Examiners for Part I and the Examiners for Part II shall hold separate meetings, at which the class-list for each Part shall be drawn up. In each of these lists the names of the candidates who deserve honours shall be placed in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.
12. For special excellence in either Part a mark of distinction may be awarded.
13. In each examination, candidates must not use the same material twice, either within any given paper or across the examination as a whole. Nor should material be repeated from one examination to the next.
14. The papers in Part I shall be as follows:
Paper 1. |
Practical criticism and critical practice |
Paper 2. |
Early medieval literature and its contexts, 1066–1350 (also serves as Paper 20 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 3. |
English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550 (also serves as Paper 21 of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 4. |
English literature and its contexts, 1500–1700 (also serves as Paper 22 of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 5. |
Shakespeare (also serves as Paper 23 of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 6. |
English literature and its contexts, 1660–1870 (also serves as Paper 24 of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 7A. |
English literature and its contexts, 1830–1945 (also serves as Paper 25A of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 7B. |
English literature and its contexts, 1870–present (also serves as Paper 25B of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 8A. |
Old English language and literature (Paper 5 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 26 of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 8B. |
Old Norse language and literature (Paper 6 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 27A of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 8C. |
Medieval Welsh language and literature (Paper 7 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 28A of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 8D. |
Medieval Irish language and literature (Paper 8 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 29A of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 8E. |
Insular Latin language and literature (Paper 9 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 30 of Part II of the English Tripos) |
Paper 9A. |
Greek literature (Paper 5 of Part Ib of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 9B. |
Latin literature (Paper 6 of Part Ib of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 10A. |
Introduction to French literature, linguistics, film, and thought (Paper Fr.1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10B. |
Love, violence, and power in France 1100–1500 (Paper Fr.3 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10C. |
Rethinking the human: French literature, thought, and culture 1500–1700 (Paper Fr.4 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10D. |
Revolutions in writing, 1700–1900 (Paper Fr.5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10E. |
Innovation and upheaval: deformation and reformulation in the 20th and 21st centuries (Paper Fr.6 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10F. |
Texts and contexts (Paper A3 in Italian of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10G. |
Introduction to German studies (Paper Ge.1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10H. |
The making of German culture, I (Paper Ge.4 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10I. |
Modern German culture, I (Paper Ge.5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10J. |
Modern German culture, II (Paper Ge.6 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10K. |
Introduction to the language, literatures, and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world (Paper Sp.1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10L. |
Introduction to the language, literatures, and cultures of Portuguese-speaking countries (Paper Pg.1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10M. |
Introduction to Russian culture (Paper Sl.1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10N. |
Russian culture from the Golden Age to the Silver Age (Paper Sl.4 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10O. |
Russian culture after 1880 (Paper Sl.5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 10P. |
Introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Ukraine (Paper Sl.9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Every paper shall be set for three hours except Papers 1 and 3 which shall be set for three and a half hours.
15. Every candidate for Part I shall offer Papers 3 and 5 and any four papers from among Papers 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, provided that
16. (a) A candidate who intends to offer a dissertation under Regulation 15(iii) shall submit the proposed topic of the dissertation for formal approval to the Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Faculty Board through her or his Director of Studies in accordance with the arrangements for such notification approved by the Board. Such proposals must be made by the penultimate Friday of the Full Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Once a topic has been approved on behalf of the Faculty Board, no change shall be made to it without further formal approval. A candidate may, however, submit a revised topic for approval so as to reach the Director of Undergraduate Studies at any time up until the sixth Wednesday of the Full Lent Term preceding the examination.
(b) The dissertation must be on a topic of ‘English literature’ (as defined by Regulation 2) falling within the scope of the paper for which the dissertation is substituted. Relevant comparisons may be made with other materials, whether those be drawn from elsewhere in Part I or (in accordance with Regulation 2(e)) from beyond Part I, so long as greater weight falls on materials that come within the scope of the relevant paper.
(c) The length of a dissertation shall be not fewer than 4,000 words and not more than 5,000 words. The prescribed length shall include notes and appendices, although appendices beyond the prescribed limit may be allowed in special circumstances, subject to formal approval given on behalf of the Faculty Board not later than the sixth Wednesday of the Full Lent Term preceding the examination. Every dissertation shall be typewritten, in English, paying proper attention to style and presentation.
(d) Candidates shall be required to declare that the dissertation is their own work and that it does not contain material used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose prior to the date of its submission. Where appropriate, full and proper acknowledgement must be given to the work of others via footnotes. The dissertation must be accompanied by a synopsis of its contents of not fewer than 100 words and not more than 150 words, and by a bibliography of the books, articles, and electronic and online resources used in its preparation. The prescribed length detailed under sub-paragraph (c) above shall include neither the synopsis nor the bibliography.
(e) The dissertation shall be submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies through the candidate’s Director of Studies, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to arrive at the Faculty not later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the Full Easter Term in which the examination is to be held.
(f) Candidates may be called for viva voce examination in connection with their dissertations.
17. (a) A candidate who intends to offer a portfolio of essays under Regulation 15(iv) shall notify the Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Faculty Board through her or his Director of Studies in accordance with the arrangements for such notification approved by the Board. Initial such notification must be made by the penultimate Friday of the Full Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Notification of any change of intention thereafter must be made no later than the sixth Wednesday of the Full Lent Term preceding the examination.
(b) A portfolio shall consist of three essays. All of the essays must be on topics of ‘English literature’ (as defined by Regulation 2) falling within the scope of the paper for which the portfolio is substituted. Relevant comparisons may be made with other materials, whether those be drawn from elsewhere in Part I or (in accordance with Regulation 2(e)) from beyond Part I, so long as greater weight falls, in each essay, on materials that come within the scope of the relevant paper. It must also demonstrate substantial knowledge of English literature before and after the medial date specified for the paper for which it stands in substitution.
(c) Each essay shall be not fewer than 1,500 words and not more than 2,000 words in length. The prescribed length shall include any notes. The essays shall be typewritten, in English, paying proper attention to style and presentation.
(d) Candidates shall be required to declare that the essays are their own work and that they do not contain material used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose prior to the date of their submission. Where appropriate, full and proper acknowledgment must be given to the work of others, although formal footnoting shall not be a requirement. Each essay must be accompanied by a bibliography of the books, articles, and electronic and online resources used in its preparation. The prescribed length shall exclude these bibliographies.
(e) The portfolio shall be submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies through the candidate’s Director of Studies, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to arrive at the Faculty not later than 5 p.m. on the last Thursday of the Full Lent Term preceding the examination.
(f) Candidates may be called for viva voce examination in connection with their portfolios.
18. The papers in Part II shall be as follows:
Paper 1. |
Practical criticism |
Paper 2. |
Tragedy (also serves as Paper O3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)52 |
Paper 3. |
Compulsory dissertation |
Paper 4. |
Optional dissertation |
Paper 5. |
Chaucer52 |
Paper 6. |
Medieval English literature, 1066–1500 (also serves as Paper 13 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 7. |
Early modern drama, 1588–1642 |
Paper 8. |
Material Renaissance |
Paper 9. |
Lyric |
Paper 10. |
English literature, 1847–1872 |
Paper 11. |
Modernism and the short story |
Paper 12. |
Contemporary writing in English |
Paper 13. |
Postcolonial and related literatures52 |
Paper 14. |
American literature |
Paper 15. |
English moralists |
Paper 16. |
History and theory of literary criticism (also serves as Paper O4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 17. |
Shakespeare in performance |
Paper 18. |
Literature and visual culture52 |
Paper 19. |
A paper or papers in English literature announced by the Faculty Board from time to time. |
Paper 20. |
Early medieval literature and its contexts, 1066–1350 (Paper 2 of Part I of the English Tripos; also serves 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 21. |
English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550 (Paper 3 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 22. |
English literature and its contexts, 1500–1700 (Paper 4 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 23. |
Shakespeare (Paper 5 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 24. |
English literature and its contexts, 1660–1870 (Paper 6 of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 25A. |
English literature and its contexts, 1830–1945 (Paper 7A of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 25B. |
English literature and its contexts, 1870–present (Paper 7B of Part I of the English Tripos) |
Paper 26. |
Old English language and literature (Paper 5 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 8A of Part I of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 27A. |
Old Norse language and literature (Paper 6 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 8B of Part I of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 27B. |
Advanced medieval Scandinavian language and literature (Paper 6 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 28A. |
Medieval Welsh language and literature (Paper 7 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 8C of Part I of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 28B. |
Advanced medieval Welsh language and literature (Paper 7 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 29A. |
Medieval Irish language and literature (Paper 8 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 8D of Part I of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 29B. |
Advanced medieval Irish language and literature (Paper 8 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
Paper 30. |
Insular Latin language and literature (Paper 9 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos. Also serves as Paper 8E of Part I of the English Tripos (New Regulations)) |
Paper 31. |
A prescribed Greek author or authors, and a prescribed Latin author or authors (Paper A1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 32. |
Prescribed Greek texts (Paper A2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 33. |
Prescribed Latin texts (Paper A3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
Paper 34. |
Topics in medieval studies to be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time (Paper Fr.7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 35. |
Living, loving, and dying in Renaissance France (Paper Fr.8 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 36. |
Reason, experience, and authority: French literature, thought, and history, 1594–1700 (Paper Fr.9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 37. |
French literature, thought, and history, from 1690–1799 (Paper Fr.10 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 38. |
Gender, desire, and power in 19th century French culture (Paper Fr.11 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 39. |
Ethics and experience: literature, thought, and visual culture of the French-speaking world (1900–present) (Paper Fr.12 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 40. |
Dante and the culture of his age (Paper It.7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 41A. |
Introduction to Neo-Latin literature, from 1350 to 1700 (Paper NL.1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 41B. |
A special subject in Neo-Latin literature (Paper NL.2 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 42A. |
A special subject in comparative literature (i) (Paper CS.4 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 42B. |
A special subject in comparative literature (ii) (Paper CS.5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
Paper 43A. |
Historical linguistics (Paper 11 of the Linguistics Tripos)53 |
Paper 43B. |
History of the English language (Paper 13 of the Linguistics Tripos)54 |
Every paper shall be set for three hours except Papers 1 and 21 which shall be set for three and a half hours. Under the provisions of Regulation 4, the Faculty Board shall announce, each year, the variable papers in Group B (Papers 5 to 19) and Group C (Papers 26 to 43) that shall be available for examination in the following year. A question paper shall be set for every paper in the given year’s schedule (other than Papers 3 and 4) for which there is a candidate.
19. Every candidate for Part II shall offer:
20. (a) Every candidate shall submit her or his scheme of work (a list of papers to be offered for examination), together with the proposed topic(s) of her or his dissertation(s), for formal approval to the Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Faculty Board through her or his Director of Studies in accordance with the arrangements for such notification approved by the Board. Submissions must be made by the penultimate Friday of the Full Michaelmas Term preceding the examination.
(b) The Director of Undergraduate Studies and the Undergraduate Submissions Committee, acting on behalf of the Faculty Board, shall consider each such submission with respect to two considerations:
(c) Once a scheme of work and topic(s) have been approved on behalf of the Faculty Board, no change shall be made to them without further formal approval. A candidate may, however, submit a revised scheme and/or topic(s) for approval so as to reach the Director of Undergraduate Studies at any time up until the sixth Wednesday of the Full Lent Term preceding the examination.
21. (a) Every candidate, in offering one or more dissertations under Regulation 19, shall submit the proposed topic(s) thereof for formal approval in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.
(b) Dissertations must be on topics of ‘English literature’ as defined under Regulation 2, save that (Regulation 2(b) notwithstanding) where Part II ‘English literature’ papers such as Papers 2, 9, 15, and 16 encompass the study of specified musical or foreign-language materials, permission to make these latter materials the primary focus of a dissertation shall be at the discretion of the Undergraduate Submissions Committee, acting on behalf of the Faculty Board. Relevant comparisons may always be made with any foreign-language materials or materials that fall outside the scope of ‘English literature’ without obtaining prior permission, so long as those comparisons are made subject to the terms of Regulation 2(e).
22. (i) The examinations for Part I of the English Tripos shall be held under the Old Regulations for the last time in 2014. They shall be held under the New Regulations for the first time in 2015.
(ii) The examinations for Part II of the English Tripos shall be held under the Old Regulations for the last time in 2013. They shall be held under the New Regulations for the first time in 2014.