Courses
Papers available in Part II of the MML Tripos
- Language papers and Schedule II Papers
- Schedule D (Borrowed) papers
- The Optional Dissertation: General Information | Download forms
Prescribed texts and topics for 2011-12
Language Papers and Schedule II Papers
Dutch | French | German
| Modern Greek | Italian |
Linguistics | Portuguese
| Russian | Spanish | Ukrainian | Comparative Studies
Dutch
Language Papers
- DU C1: Translation from and into Dutch
- DU C2: Essay in Dutch
- Dutch Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- Du 2: The medieval and sixteenth-century literature and history of the Low Countries, c. 1170 to c. 1585
- Du 3: The literature, history and culture of the Republic of the United Netherlands, 1585 to 1700
- Du 4: The literature, history and culture of Belgium and the Netherlands, from 1830 to the present day
French
Language Papers
- FR C1: Translation from and into French
- FR C2: Essay in French
- French Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- Fr 3: French literature, thought, and history, before 1300.
- Fr 4: Occitan literature, thought and history before 1356.
- Fr 5: French literature, thought, and history, from 1300 to 1510. (Available as Optional Dissertation only for 2011-12)
- Fr 6: French literature, thought, and history, from 1510 to 1622.
- Fr 7: French literature, thought, and history, from 1594 to 1700.
- Fr 8: French literature, thought, and history, from 1690 to 1799.
- Fr 9: French literature, thought, and history, from 1789 to 1898.
- Fr 10: French literature, visual culture, thought, and history, from 1890 to 1958.
- Fr 11: Literature, visual culture, thought, and history in the French-speaking world since 1945.
- Fr 12: A special subject in French culture: Early modern thought.
- Fr 13: The French Language: Variation and Change.
German
Language Papers
- GE C1: Translation from and into German
- GE C2: Essay in German
- German Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- Ge 8: German literature, thought and history from 1700 to 1815 (including Goethe's works to 1815)
- Ge 9: German literature, thought and history from 1815 to 1914
- Ge 10: German literature, thought and history since 1910
- Ge 11: Aspects of the history of the German language
- Ge 12: History and identity in Germany, 1750 to the present
- Ge 13: Aspects of German-speaking Europe since 1945
- Ge 14: The making of German culture, 2
- Ge 15: Modern German cultures of performance.
Modern Greek
Language Papers
- GR C1: Translation from and into Greek
- GR C2: Essay in Greek
- Greek Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- Gr 4: Crete and Cyprus in the Renaissance period.
- Gr 5: Greek literature, thought, and history, from 1700 to 1900.
- Gr 6: Greek literature, thought, and history, since 1900.
- Gr 7: The history and structure of 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 C1: Translation from and into Italian
- IT C2: Essay in Italian
- Italian Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- It 6: Topics in modern Italian culture.
- It 7: Dante and the culture of his age.
- It 8 : Italian Literature, Thought and Culture, 1500-1650.
- It 9: A special subject in Italian culture: Italian Cinema: The Realities of History. (Suspended until October 2012)
- It 10: The language of Italy.
Medieval Latin (suspended until further notice)
Scheduled papers
- 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
Scheduled papers
- NL 1: Introduction to Neo-Latin literature, from 1350 to 1700.
- NL 2: A special subject in Neo-Latin literature: Sannazaro, Poliziano, Bèze, Buchanan.
Linguistics
Scheduled papers
- Li 6: Phonetics
- Li 7: Foundations of Speech Communication (suspended until further notice)
- Li 8: Phonology and Morphology
- Li 9: Syntax
- Li 10: Semantics and pragmatics
- Li 11: Historical linguistics (The Faculty gives advance notice that this paper will be suspended during the academic year 2013-14).
- Li 12: History of ideas on Language
- Li 13: History of English Language (The Faculty gives advance notice that this paper will be suspended during the academic year 2012-13).
Portuguese
Language Papers
- PG C1: Translation from and into Portuguese
- PG C2: Essay in Portuguese
- Portuguese Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- Pg 4: Self, Family, Nation and Empire in Lusophone Culture.
- Pg 5: Literature and Culture of Portugal and Brazil From 1595. (Available as Optional Dissertation only for 2011-12)
- 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 or Part IB.
Russian
Language Papers
- RU C1: Translation from and into Russian
- RU C2: Essay in Russian
- Russian Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- 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.
- 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.
Spanish
Language Papers
- SP C1: Translation from and into Spanish
- SP C2: Essay in Spanish
- Spanish Oral C
Scheduled Papers
- Sp 7: Spanish literature, thought, and history, from 1492 to 1700.
- Sp 8: Suspended until further notice with effect from 1 October 2011. This paper is not available to be offered as an Optional Dissertation.
- Sp 9: Spanish literature, thought, and history, after 1820.
- Sp 10: ‡Introduction to Catalan language and culture.
- Sp 11: The Hispanic languages.
- Sp 12: Latin American Culture.
- Sp 13: Contemporary Latin American Culture.
- Sp 14: Spanish literature, life, and history, before 1492.
Ukrainian
General Paper
- Uk 1: ‡Introduction to the language, literature and culture of Ukraine.
- Uk 2: ‡Studies in Twentieth Century Ukrainian Literature and Film. Available to all MML students.
Comparative Studies
- CS 1: The Romance languages.
- CS 2: This paper is suspended until further notice.
- CS 3: The Slavonic languages.This paper is suspended until October 2012.
- †CS 4: A special subject in comparative literature(i). This paper is suspended until further notice.
- CS 5: †A special subject in comparative literature (ii): The Body.
- CS 6: †European Film.
Schedule D (Borrowed) Papers
The following are papers from other Triposes that may be taken in Part II. You may take no more than two of these papers in Part II.Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and CelticPart I
- Paper 2: Scandinavian history in the Viking Age.
- Paper 5: Old English language and literature.
- Paper 6: Old Norse language and literature.
- Paper 7: Medieval Welsh language and literature.
- Paper 8: Medieval Irish language and literature.
Part II
- Paper 5. A subject in Old English literature specified by the Faculty Board of English: Beowulf.
- Paper 6. Advanced medieval Scandinavian language and literature.
- Paper 7: Advanced medieval Welsh language and literature.
- Paper 8: Advanced medieval Irish language and literature.
- Paper 11: Germanic philology.
- Paper 12: Celtic philology.
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Part II
- Paper MES. 37 History of the pre-modern Middle East. (Please check availability)
- Paper MES. 39 Special Subject in the pre-Modern Middle East. (Suspended until Oct 2012)
- Paper MES. 40 Special Subject in the Contemporary Middle East: Political Anthropology of Islam and the Middle East.
- Paper MES. 41 Comparative Semitic Linguistics.
Classics, Part II
Faculty of Classics- Paper A1: Homer, Odyssey, and/or Virgil, Aeneid
- Paper A2: Prescribed Greek texts: Sophocles and myth.
- Paper A3: Prescribed Latin texts: Horace, Epodes and Odes I-III.
- Paper B1: Plato.
- Paper B2: Aristotle: Aristotle's moral and political thought.
- Paper C4: A subject in ancient or medieval European history: Transformation of the Roman world (Paper 12 of the History Tripos, Part II)
- Paper D3: A topic within classical archaeology and/or art: The poetics of classical art.
- Paper E2: The Greek Language: Greek from Mycenae to Homer.
- Paper E3: The Latin language: Latin and its neighbours.
English Part II
Faculty of English- Paper 2: Tragedy.
- Paper 3: Chaucer.
- Paper 10. Postcolonial and Related Literatures (Places on this course are limited to 5, if you would like to take this paper, please let the Chief Secretary know (email yej20@cam.ac.uk).)
- Paper 12: Special Subject II. Option (b) (in any year in which the subject 'Literature and visual culture' has been prescribed for this option by the Faculty Board of English).
Faculty of History Number of places for MML students for papers borrowed from History are capped at 5. If you would like to take any of these papers please let the Chief Secretary know (email yej20).
Historical Tripos, Part I
- Paper 18: European history, since 1890.
Historical Tripos, Part II
- Paper 4: History of political thought from c. 1700 - c. 1890. The following papers from Section D in any year that they are available:
- The French and British problem since 1688 [N.B. Number of places for MML students is capped at 3 for 2011-12, if you would like to take this paper please let the Chief Secretary know (email yej20@cam.ac.uk).].
- The long road to Modernisation: Spain 1800-2000 (This paper is suspended until October 2012).
- The History of Latin America in the Colonial Period, c.1500-1830.
Natural Sciences Tripos, Part IB
- Experimental Psychology Students who intend to borrow this paper should contact the course convenor in advance (see also www.teaching.psychol.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1B11-12.pdf).
Philosophy Tripos, Part II
Faculty of Philosophy- Paper 11: Aesthetics.
Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Part II (New Regulations)
Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies- Paper Int 7: Society, politics, and culture in Latin America.
