Chapter IV: Special Subjects

Candidates who aim at a place in the First or Second Class will be expected to offer a Special Subject, which may be chosen from the following list:--

1. Old English Language and Literature to 1150 A. D.

2. Middle English Language and Literature, 1150-1400 A. D.

3. Old French Philology, with special reference to Anglo-Norman
French, together with a special study of the following texts:--

Computus of Philippe de Thaun, Voyage of St. Brandan, The Song
of Dermot and the Earl, Les contes moralises de Nicole Bozon.

4. Scandinavian Philology, with special reference to Icelandic,
together with a special study of the following texts:--

Gylfaginning, Laxdaela Saga, Gunnlaugssaga Ormstungu.

5. Elizabethan literature, 1558-1637 A. D.

6. English literature, 1637-1700 A. D.

7. English literature, 1700-1745 A. D.

8. Wordsworth and his contemporaries, 1797-1850 A. D.

9. History of Scottish poetry to 1600 A. D.

Candidates who desire to offer any other subject or period as a Special Subject must obtain the leave of the Board of Studies a year before the Examination.

Candidates who offer a period of English Literature will be expected to show a competent knowledge of the History, especially the Social History, of England during such period.

The following scheme of papers is contemplated:--

1. Beowulf and other Old English texts.

2. King Horn, Havelok, Minot, Sir Gawain.

3. Chaucer and Piers Plowman.

4. Shakespeare.

5. Milton.

6. History of the language.

7. Gothic--O. E. and M. E. translations.

8. } History of the Literature, including questions
9. } on the history of criticism. Two papers, (1)
to 1700, (2) after 1700.

10. Special Subjects.

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