Undergraduate

Modern & Medieval Languages

Undergraduate

MML Tripos Part IB

Papers available in Part IB of the MML Tripos

Dutch | French | German | Modern Greek | Italian | Latin
Linguistics | Portuguese | Russian | Spanish | Ukrainian | Comparative Studies | Classical Greek| Classical Latin

* Asterisked papers in Schedule IB may be taken only by candidates who offered Option A in the language concerned in Part IA. Such a candidate must offer at least one asterisked paper in that language in Part IB.

† Papers marked with a dagger may be replaced by a portfolio of essays under Regulation 23.

‡ No candidate may offer more than one of Papers Du. 5, Gr. 3, Pg. 3, Sp. 10, or Uk. 1 in any one year.

Dutch

General Paper

  • Du 5: ‡Introduction to the Language and Literature of the Low Countries
  • Available to MML students, except those who have previously offered Dutch as one of their languages in Part IA or B or have a Certificate or Diploma from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages in that language.

French

Language Papers

  • FR B3: Translation into French and French through audio-visual media.

Scheduled Papers

  • Fr 2: Structure and varieties of French (suspended until 1 October 2013).
  • Fr 3: †Love, violence, and power in France, 1100-1500.
  • Fr 4: †Rethinking the human: French literature, thought, and culture, 1500-1700.
  • Fr 5: Revolutions in writing, 1700-1900.
  • Fr 6: †Innovation and upheaval: deformation and reformulation in the 20th and 21st centuries.

German

Language Papers

  • GE B1: Use of German
  • GE B2: Translation from German into English and Oral B
  • GE B3: Translation into German and German through audio-visual media.

Scheduled Papers

  • Ge 1: Introduction to German Studies
  • Ge 2: †German history and thought since 1750
  • Ge 3: *Introduction to German literary texts (Suspended until further notice)
  • Ge 4: †The making of German culture, 1
  • Ge 5: †Modern German Culture (1): 1750 - 1914 (Revised title from October 2013)
  • Ge 6: †Modern German Culture (2): 1890 to the present day
  • Ge 7:German a linguistic introduction.

Modern Greek

General Paper

  • Gr 3: ‡Introduction to Modern Greek language and culture.
  • Available to MML students, except those who have previously offered Modern Greek as one of their languages in Part IA or B or have a Certificate or Diploma from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages in that language.

Italian

Language Papers

  • IT B1: Use of Italian
  • IT B2: Translation from Italian and Oral B
  • IT B3: Translation into Italian and Italian through audio-visual media

Scheduled Papers

  • It 2: Structures and varieties of Italian.
  • It 3: †Italian Modernism. (Suspended until October 2014)
  • It 4: †Autobiography and Self-Representation in Italian Culture.
  • It 5: †Italian Identities: Place, Language, and Culture.

Medieval Latin (suspended until further notice)

  • ML 1: Continuity and change in Latin literature, from 200 to 650. This paper is suspended until further notice.
  • ML 2: An introduction to Medieval Latin literature. This paper is suspended until further notice.

Neo-Latin

  • NL 1: †Introduction to Neo-Latin literature, from 1350 to 1700.

Linguistics

  • Li 1: Sounds and words.
  • Li 2: Structures and meanings.
  • Li 3: Language, brain and society.
  • Li 4: History and varieties of English.

Portuguese

Language Papers

  • PG B1: Use of Portuguese
  • PG B2: Translation from Portuguese and Oral B
  • PG B3: Translation into Portuguese and Portuguese through audio-visual media.

Scheduled Papers

  • Pg 1:Introduction to the languages, literatures and cultures of Portuguese speaking countries.
  • Pg 2: Introduction to Lusophone literature. (Paper suspended until further notice with effect from 1 October 2012)
  • Pg 4: †Self, Family, Nation and Empire in Lusophone Culture.
  • Sp 11: The Hispanic languages.

General Paper

  • Pg 3: ‡Introduction to the Language and Literature of Portugal, Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Available to MML students, except those who have previously offered Portuguese as one of their languages in Part IA.

Russian

Language Papers

  • RU B1: Use of Russian
  • RU B2: Translation from Russian and Oral B
  • RU B3: Translation into Russian and Russian through audio-visual media.

Scheduled Papers

  • Ru 2: †Soviet and Russian Cinema. (New for 2013-14)
  • Ru 3: The history and culture of Early Rus, before 1300.
  • Ru 4: Early Modern Russia: literature, history, and visual culture, from 1300 to 1725.
  • Ru 5: † Russian Culture from the Golden Age to the Silver Age.
  • Ru 6: Russian culture after 1880. Paper suspended in 2013-14
  • Ru 7: Russia in Revolution, from 1861 to 1917.
  • Ru 8: Socialist Russia, from 1917 to 1991.
  • Ru 9: The history of the Russian language.
  • Ru 10: †Russian Culture after 1953. (New for 2013-14)

Spanish

Language Papers

  • SP B1: Use of Spanish
  • SP B2: Translation from Spanish and Oral B
  • SP B3: Translation into Spanish and Spanish through audio-visual media.

Scheduled Papers

  • Sp 1:Introduction to the languages, literatures and cultures of the Spanish speaking world.
  • Sp 2: Introduction to Hispanic texts. (Paper suspended until further notice with effect from 1 October 2012)
  • Sp 3.: †Medieval Iberian and Spanish Golden Age Culture.
  • Sp 4.: †Modern Spanish culture and history.
  • Sp 5.: †Spanish-American culture and history.
  • Sp 10: ‡Introduction to Catalan language and culture.
  • Sp 11: The Hispanic languages.

Ukrainian

General Paper

  • Uk 1: ‡Introduction to the language, literature and culture of Ukraine.
  • Available to all MML students.

Comparative Studies

  • CS 1: The Romance languages.

 

 

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