Classical and Modern European Languages

Head of Department (to be appointed)

Introduction

The Department offers units in Classics, French, German, Ancient Greek, Italian, Latin and Russian from beginners to postgraduate level. They include a full range of practical language units, and others which study the literature, linguistics, history and culture of ancient and modern Europe. The Department also offers units in European Studies and a program major in Contemporary Europe. Details of these may be found under Programs. In addition, the Department offers Applied Linguistics units listed under Language Studies. These units also form part of the program major in Applied Linguistics. By special arrangement, it is possible for Spanish taken at the University of Canberra (see under SPANISH at the end of the Departmental entry), and Slavonic languages at Macquarie University, to count towards ANU degrees.

The study of a foreign language provides the key to understanding the culture and society of the country in which the language is spoken. It is also interesting and challenging in itself and a source of insight into students' own language and culture. Australia's place in the world calls for a continuing commitment to the study of European cultures through their languages. European traditions are pivotal to the development of Australia. The role of Europe in the contemporary world as a political, economic and cultural force makes it a vital component of university studies.

A European language combines well in an Arts degree with Programs in Applied Linguistics, Contemporary Europe and Film Studies as well as in English and Theatre Studies, History, Art History, Philosophy, Political Science or Music. Students taking combined degrees should consider the practical as well as the educational benefits of a European language major as the Arts component of their degree.

Honours is currently available in Classics, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian and Contemporary Europe. The attention of language students is drawn to the unit Traditional Grammar (see below under Classics). This unit is the normal starting point for Greek and Latin, and is also recommended to other students as a single first-year unit which will assist their language study. Similarly the attention of students is drawn to the unit Speaking and Persuading (see below under Classics). This unit studies the classical tradition of rhetoric, but can contribute to the oral language skills of all students.

All the Department's units may be taken singly, as long as prerequisites are met. Students taking majors or honours in another Department are welcome to begin or continue study of a language for one or two years. Many program majors offered in the Faculty suit the student of languages, and all students are urged to read the special entries for these in the Undergraduate Handbook.

Members of staff will be available during Enrolment Registration Week to advise students on their subject choices.

Arrangements, including several exchange agreements, are in place for advanced students of German, French and Italian to take part of their course at a German-speaking, French-speaking or Italian-speaking university. A proposal for a specialist BA degree involving a year-in-Europe program is currently being considered by the Faculty of Arts.

Postgraduate study for MA or PhD degrees is available in many of the fields taught in the Department. Graduates interested in pursuing a higher degree should discuss their requirements with the Department's graduate adviser. Research degrees may be begun at any time of the year, and may be pursued by part-time as well as full-time students. Candidates for these degrees are enrolled in the Graduate Programs Literature and Art, Sociology, Political Science or Linguistics. See the Graduate School Handbook.

Students doing honours in another department who wish to keep up a language: see Faculty of Arts general section 'The degree with honours'.

CLASSICS

Convener (to be appointed)

Introduction

The Department offers units in Greek and Latin, the languages of Ancient Greece and Rome, which have had an incalculable influence on the whole of later European culture (including the other languages studied in the Department). It also offers, in conjunction with other departments, units in the history and culture of Greece, Rome, pre-classical and early medieval Europe and aspects of Near Eastern civilisations. Archaeological evidence is used in many of these units. (Fieldwork in archaeology is available in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology; students should note that combined honours are available with that Department, as with others).

Departmental majors are offered in each of Ancient Greek, Latin and Classics for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. One or more units in these areas may be included as part of most Bachelor's courses in the University. Four-year Honours courses in Greek Studies, Latin Studies, Greek and Latin Studies and Classics are available. Supervision is offered for candidates for Master and PhD degrees.

Students enter the language units at a level appropriate to their experience. The unit Traditional Grammar is designed as an introduction to the study of Greek and Latin for those who have no previous knowledge of these languages, and it is possible to begin a major in either language with that unit or with a unit at Continuing, Intermediate or Advanced level. Traditional Grammar is also recommended as a single first-year unit for those who would like some grounding in Greek and Latin, or who are studying other languages.

Pass units in the Classics major do not require a knowledge of Greek or Latin, but it is possible to include up to two language units in this major. An Honours degree in Classics must include at least two units from the Greek or Latin major.

Completion of prescribed written work and participation in classes are conditions of eligibility for assessment.

A Classical Society Prize was established in 1996 for excellence in later-year units. See under Prizes.

Units offered in 1999

GREEK (Ancient Greek) and LATIN

First year

Semester 1

CLAS1001    Traditional Grammar

Semester 2

GREK1102    Continuing Greek
LATN1102    Continuing Latin

Later year

Semester 1

GREK2101    Intermediate Greek
LATN2101    Intermediate Latin
GREK2107    Advanced Greek F
LATN2107    Advanced Latin F

Semester 2

GREK2102    Advanced Greek A
LATN2102    Advanced Latin A

CLASSICS

First year

Semester 1

HIST1019    Rome: Republic to Empire
CLAS1001    Traditional Grammar

Semester 2

HIST1018    Illuminating the Dark Ages
GREK1102    Continuing Greek
LATN1102    Continuing Latin

Later year

Semester 1

ANCH2011    Economy and Society in Ancient Greece

Semester 2

ANCH2012    Myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
HIST2138    The Historical Jesus and Christian Origins

The pass degree

The Department offers three departmental majors in the classical area for the pass degree: Greek, Latin, Classics. One, two or three departmental majors may be counted towards the degree.

GREEK (Ancient Greek)

The departmental major in Greek consists of six units:

With the permission of the Head of Department, a student with appropriate language competence may enter the major at Continuing Greek or Intermediate Greek level.

Students taking both a Greek and a Latin major may not count Traditional Grammar towards both majors. Such students should consult the Head of Department as to which further unit they should take to complete both majors.

The Advanced Greek units are offered either as seminar courses or in conjunction with the later-year Classics units, with separate tutorials for studying texts relevant to the unit in the original languages. In the case of students taking these units towards a Classics major, who also wish to complete a Greek major, only a seminar course will be offered. Students enrolling in Advanced Greek units should check with the Department as to what form each unit will take.

Traditional Grammar    CLAS1001

(6cp)

First semester
Three hours a week

Coordinator:  Dr E Minchin

Prerequisite: none

Syllabus and proposed assessment: This unit provides a valuable introduction to the study of traditional grammar for all those who are studying a foreign language. It is the foundation unit for those wishing to take further study in ancient Greek or Latin. The course examines, week by week, a series of topics in traditional grammar. Students first consider a number of examples from English; then they study the same phenomenon in Greek and Latin. Students therefore gain an understanding of traditional grammar as it applies to English, ancient Greek and Latin. This knowledge may be readily transferred to other languages.

For each topic studied there will be a number of short exercises to be completed in class; and, to ensure that the student has a thorough understanding of the topic, a weekly assignment is to be submitted for assessment. A small vocabulary in Greek and Latin will be gradually built up over the semester. Students will be expected to memorise the small list prescribed each week. The final examination will include tests of English, Greek and Latin morphology; translation of simple sentences from and into Greek and Latin; and commentary in terms of traditional grammar on sentences and continuous passages of English.

Preliminary reading

• Hurford, JR, Grammar: A Student's Guide, Cambridge UP

Proposed assessment: A final examination and tests and exercises done throughout the semester.

Continuing Greek    GREK1102

(6cp)

Second semester
Four hours a week

Prerequisite: CLAS1001 or permission of Head of Department

Syllabus: This unit introduces students to the study of ancient Greek. The course consists of a series of carefully graded readings drawn (for the most part in modified form) from the great writers of the Greek world, including Aristophanes and Plato. As students work through these readings they are introduced to the fundamental grammatical principles which underpin Greek and to a basic working vocabulary in Greek. To ensure that they understand these grammatical principles and can apply them students complete a number of short exercises in class and a weekly assignment for assessment. A brief weekly test will monitor their acquisition of vocabulary.

Prescribed text

• Joint Association of Classical Teachers, Reading Greek, 2 vols, Cambridge UP

Proposed assessment: A final examination and tests and exercises done throughout the semester.

Intermediate Greek    GREK2101

(8cp)

First semester
Three hours a week

Prerequisite: GREK1102 or permission of Head of Department.

Syllabus: This unit continues the study of Greek grammar and vocabulary. It also introduces students to the work of Herodotus, the so-called 'Father of History'. As students work through selections from Herodotus they reinforce their working vocabulary and rehearse the more advanced grammatical principles which they are studying. To ensure that they thoroughly understand these grammatical principles students complete a number of short exercises in class and a weekly assignment for assessment. A brief weekly test will monitor their acquisition of vocabulary.

Prescribed texts

• Mastronarde, DJ, Introduction to Attic Greek, University of California Press pb
• McKay, KL, Croesus of Lydia: An Adaptation of Parts of Herodotus in Easy Attic Greek (supplied by the Department)

Proposed assessment: A final examination and tests and exercises done throughout the semester.

The class hours per week will vary, depending on the mode in which the unit is offered. They will normally include a one-hour cooperative practical class.

Prerequisite: GREK2101, or HSC level Greek, or permission of Head of Department.

Syllabus: As noted above, Advanced Greek units are offered either as seminar courses or in conjunction with the later-year Classics units, with separate tutorials for studying texts relevant to the unit in the original language. When they are offered as seminar courses they will focus on an author, a particular text or a topic based on the reading of a number of texts. Topics may include: Homeric epic, drama, historiography, oratory, art, architecture, Athenian society, Plato and Aristotle, Hellenistic Alexandria, New Testament; authors may include those mentioned above as well as Euripides, Xenophon, Lysias Greek writers of the Roman period, etc. Topics and texts will be decided in consultation with prospective students at the end of the preceding year. As they study the chosen text (or collection of texts) and its political, social and literary context students continue their study of the Greek language.

Proposed assessment: A final examination and tests and exercises during the semester.

LATIN

The departmental major in Latin consists of six units:

With the permission of the Head of Department, a student with appropriate language competence may enter the major at Continuing Latin or Intermediate Latin level.

Students taking both a Greek and a Latin major may not count Traditional Grammar towards both majors. Such students should consult the Head of Department as to which further unit they should take to complete both majors.

The Advanced Latin units are offered either as seminar courses or in conjunction with the later-year Classics units, with separate tutorials for studying texts relevant to the unit in the original languages. In the case of students taking these units towards a Classics major, who also wish to complete a Latin major, only a seminar course will be offered. Students enrolling in Advanced Latin units should check with the Department as to what form each unit will take.

Traditional Grammar    CLAS1001

    (6cp)

Continuing Latin    LATN1102

(6cp)

Second semester
Four hours a week

Prerequisite: CLAS1001 or permission of Head of Department

Syllabus: This unit introduces students to the study of classical Latin and to the work of the Roman comic writer Plautus, whose plays had a profound influence on the comic writing of Shakespeare and Molière. The course consists of a series of carefully graded readings from three of Plautus' plays. As students work through these readings they become acquainted with the Roman comic tradition and, at the same time, they are introduced to the fundamental grammatical principles which underpin Latin and to a basic working vocabulary. To ensure that they thoroughly understand these grammatical principles students complete a number of short exercises in class and a weekly assignment for assessment. A brief weekly test will monitor their acquisition of vocabulary.

Prescribed text

• Jones, PV & Sidwell, KC, Reading Latin, (2 vols) Cambridge UP

Proposed assessment: A final examination and tests and exercises done throughout the semester.

Intermediate Latin    LATN2101

(8cp)

First semester
Three hours a week

Prerequisite: LATN1102 or permission of Head of Department.

Syllabus: This unit continues the study of Latin grammar through readings from the Latin prose writers Cicero and Sallust. A series of adapted readings, from Cicero's speeches against Verres, the corrupt governor of Sicily, and from Sallust's account of Catiline's unsuccessful conspiracy to overthrow the state, introduce students to the history of the late Roman Republic and a number of its interesting personalities. As students work through these readings they are introduced to the more advanced grammatical principles which underpin complex Latin sentences and they expand their working vocabulary. To ensure that they thoroughly understand these grammatical principles students complete a number of short exercises in class and as weekly assignments for assessment. A brief weekly test will monitor their acquisition of vocabulary.

Prescribed text

• Jones, PV & Sidwell, KC, Reading Latin (2 vols) Cambridge UP

Proposed asessment: A final examination and tests and exercises done throughout the semester.

The class hours per week will vary, depending on the mode in which the unit is offered. They will normally include a one-hour cooperative practical class.

Prerequisite: LATN2101, or HSC level Latin, or permission of Head of Department.

Syllabus: As noted above, Advanced Latin units are offered either as seminar courses or in conjunction with the later-year Classics units, with separate tutorials for studying texts relevant to the unit in the original language. When they are offered as seminar courses they will focus on an author, a particular text or a topic based on the reading of a number of classical or medieval Latin texts. Topics may include epic, historiography, satire, oratory, personal poetry, art, architecture, Roman philosophy and religion, early imperial society, late antiquity, medieval Latin; authors may include Vergil, Ovid, Cicero, Catullus, Martial, Caesar, Cornelius Nepos, etc. Topics and texts will be decided in consultation with prospective students at the end of the preceding year. As they study the chosen text (or collection of texts) and its political, social and literary context students continue their study of the Latin language.

Proposed assessment: A final examination and tests and exercises during the semester.

CLASSICS

The departmental major in Classics normally consists of two first-year units followed by four later-year units. The two first-year units are to be selected from the following:

HIST1019    Rome: Republic to Empire
HIST1018    Illuminating the Dark Ages
CLAS1001    Traditional Grammar
GREK1102    Continuing Greek
LATN1102    Continuing Latin

NB: Students taking a Greek and/or Latin major in addition to a Classics major may not count Traditional Grammar or Continuing Greek or Continuing Latin towards both majors.

The four later-year units may all be selected from the units in List A below, but up to two of them may be selected from the units in List B. The prerequisites for these units are listed in the Handbook under the entry for each unit.

List A

CLAS2010    Speaking and Persuading
ANCH2007    Rome and the Greek World
ANCH2010    The World of Athens
ANCH2011    Economy and Society in Ancient Greece
ANCH2009    Artefacts and Society in the Greco-Roman World
ANCH2012    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
HIST2137    Ancient Israel: History, Religion and Archaeology
HIST2138    The Historical Jesus and Christian Origins
ARTH2053    Greek Art and Architecture
ARTH2054    Roman Art and Architecture

List B

Other appropriate later-year History units (consult the Head of Department about these)

ARTH2014    The Classical Tradition in Art
PREH2001    The Archaeology of Egypt and the Middle East
PREH2002    Emerging Complexity in Pre-Roman Europe
PREH2037    Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: Arthur and the Anglo-Saxons
PREH2038    Foragers and Hunters of Pre-Agricultural Europe

(for details of List B units see entries for the History, Art History or Archaeology and Anthropology Depart- ments)

The former Ancient History departmental major and the Classical Tradition program major will no longer be offered as separate majors; from 1999 both will simply be called the Classics departmental major.

Rome: Republic to Empire    HIST1019

(6cp)

Offered in first semester, 1999, and each year thereafter
Two lectures and one tutorial per week

Coordinator: Mr Barnes (History Department)

Preliminary reading

• Scullard, HH, From the Gracchi to Nero, Methuen, 5th ed.
• For a list of the prescribed texts, consult the History Department.

Proposed assessment: a bibliographical assignment, an historiographical assignment, one essay, tutorial participation and a final examination.

This unit is incompatible with the former ANCH1001 and ANCH1003.

This unit is also part of the History major.

Illuminating the Dark Ages    HIST1018

(6cp)

Traditional Grammar    CLAS1001

(6cp)

Continuing Greek    GREK1102

(6cp)

Continuing Latin    LATN1102

(6cp)

Speaking and Persuading    CLAS2010

(8cp)

Two lectures and one tutorial a week
Not offered in 1999, may be offered in 2000

Prerequisite: Arts units to the value of at least 12 CPs, or with permission of the Head of Department.

Syllabus: An introduction to the art of rhetoric, or speech-making and speech-writing, as it has been practised from ancient Greece to contemporary Australia. It begins with the emergence of formal speech training in Greece and Rome, and illustrates the continuing influence of these techniques in the 20th century. It examines Aristotle's Rhetoric as the foundation work in this tradition, and studies speeches and other writings of Pericles, Demosthenes, Cicero, Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and R.G. Menzies, among others. As well as examining such speeches, students will be required to prepare a speech of their own for delivery, according to the classical techniques. Reference is also made to: the central position of rhetoric in the traditional Western school curriculum; the influence of rhetoric in Western literature, and its place in the contemporary human sciences; and the relevance of rhetoric to modern image-making and advertising.

This unit is incompatible with the former CLAS2006 and CLAS2004.

Rome and the Greek World    ANCH2007

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999; may be offered in 2000
Two lectures and one tutorial a week

Prerequisite: At least 12CPs in Classics, Ancient History (no longer offered), History, Greek or Latin.

Syllabus: The social, cultural and political climate of Rome, and interaction with the Greek states and the Near East, between approximately AD 70 and 180. Can the culture of Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean at the height of the Roman Empire be described as Greco-Roman? The concepts Romanisation and Hellenisation will be examined, and topics will include the city as the focus of Greek and Roman civilisation; social structure; domestic life; the law; intellectual climate; and the interpretation of archaeological, inscriptional and literary evidence.

This unit is incompatible with the former ANCH2001 and ANCH2007.

The World of Athens    ANCH2010

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999; may be offered in 2000

Prerequisite: At least 12CPs in Classics, Ancient History (no longer offered), History, Greek or Latin.

Syllabus: Much of what in later times has been regarded as key elements in Greek civilisation turns out in fact to be Athenian. This unit is concerned with the special place that Athens occupies in the history of ancient Greece down to the late fifth century BC. The topics will include: the development in Athens of participatory democracy, the emergence of Athens as an imperial power, the intellectual environment of Athenian civic culture and some of its products in thought, drama and architecture. Emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of literary, inscriptional and archaeological evidence.

This unit is incompatible with the former ANCH2010.

Economy and Society in Ancient Greece    ANCH2011

(8cp)

First semester
Two lectures and one tutorial per week

Coordinator: Dr Kelly

Prerequisite: At least 12CPs in Classics, Ancient History (no longer offered), History, Greek or Latin.

Syllabus: This unit is concerned with the Greek city-states in the late fifth and the fourth centuries BC, in particular with the social and economic structures that underlay both their internal working and their interactions. Topics to be considered include: the practice of democratic politics and alternatives to democracy; the dynamics of warfare; the forms of interstate relations. There will be a particular focus on Athenian society in such areas as property, family, slavery and sexuality. Emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of literary, inscriptional and archaeological evidence.

Preliminary reading

• Finley, MI, The Ancient Economy, 2nd ed, Hogarth Press

Proposed assessment: Based on written work, tutorial participation and a final examination.

This unit is incompatible with the former ANCH2011.

Artefacts and Society in the Greco-Roman World    ANCH2009

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999; may be offered in 2000
Two lectures and one tutorial a week

Prerequisite: At least 12CPs in Classics, Ancient History (no longer offered), History, Greek or Latin, or Greek Art and Architecture or Roman Art and Architecture, or first-year units approved for the Art and Material Culture program.

Syllabus: Traditionally, studies of the Roman world have emphasised the City at the expense of the provinces, the public sphere rather than the private, the lifestyle of the rich and the influential rather than that of craftsmen, tradesmen, peasants and slaves, and of men rather than women. This course aims to go some way towards correcting these biases. By drawing together the archaeological record and literary sources, it is possible to explore some of the physical aspects of life in the Greco-Roman world of the first and second centuries AD. Topics to be examined will include diet, agriculture and the food supply; the practice of trades and crafts; the domestic environment; sickness and health; death. A selection of artefacts from the Classics Museum will provide stimulus to discussion.

This unit is also part of the Art and Material Culture program.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome    ANCH2012

(8cp)

Second semester
Two lectures and one tutorial per week

Coordinator: Dr Moffat

Prerequisite: Arts units to the value of at least 12cp, or with permission of the Head of Department.

Syllabus: This unit examines the sources for classical myths and legends. It includes an account of the development in antiquity of literary narrative, drama, history, philosophy and art, insofar as they make use of myth and legend. It studies the social practices, including warfare and cult, with which the myths and legends were associated. It traces the survival of myths and legends from prehistoric into historic times, and from Hellenic and Roman origins to Hellenizing and Romanizing cultures in the ancient and the modern world.

Preliminary reading

• Ovid, Metamorphoses, tr A D Melville, Oxford pb

Proposed assessment: Based on written work, tutorial participation and a final examination.

This unit is also part of the Religious Studies program.

Ancient Israel: History, Religion and Archaeology    HIST2137

(8cp)

The Historical Jesus and Christian Origins    HIST2138

(8cp)

Greek Art and Architecture    ARTH2053

(8cp)

Roman Art and Architecture    ARTH2054

(8cp)

The degree with Honours

Intending Honours students should first read the general statement The Degree with Honours in the introductory section of the Faculty of Arts entry.

The Department offers four Honours courses in the classical area: Greek Studies, Latin Studies, Greek and Latin Studies, Classics, as set out in the syllabus below. Combined Honours programs with other departments can be arranged. Students undertaking the Honours year in any classical area who have a level of competence in a modern European language that would qualify them to study that language at fourth-year level may include a component of that language in their Honours course.

To qualify for admission students must have ten units in the classical area, including a major in the chosen area of study (Greek, Latin or Classics) and at least two units of a classical language. For those undertaking the Honours year combining both Greek and Latin, ie Honours in Greek and Latin Studies, majors in both languages are required. A Credit average must be attained in the required units, including Distinction levels in at least two of the units in the relevant major or majors.

Candidates for Honours in Greek are strongly recommended to take at least one unit of Latin and vice versa. For students proceeding to the Honours year in any classical area a reading knowledge of one or more of German, French and Italian would be of some advantage (though it is not essential).

Students must be formally admitted to the Honours year before enrolling in it. Mid-year admission is possible.

The Thesis

A thesis of 15,000 words on an approved topic, to be submitted by the first Monday of the second semester of Honours (or, for students taking combined and/or part-time Honours on a date to be fixed). Students are required to select the topic for the thesis in consultation with the Convener before the end of the preceding semester, and to begin study for it during the following vacation.

Seminar A: Language and Documents

A seminar course on aspects of either the Greek or the Latin language, with regular exercises in language-learning and translation, and prescribed readings in Greek or Latin texts selected to illustrate materials and techniques or particular issues in classical scholarship.

Students who have completed any Greek or Latin units at later-year level may not take this seminar.

Seminar B: Classical Literature

A seminar on genres and/or topics in Greek and/or Latin literature to be studied in the original language(s).

Seminar C: Classical Civilisation

A seminar on periods or topics in Greek and/or Roman history, thought, literature or art, designed for students from any of the Honours areas.

Seminar D: Special Subject

A seminar on a special subject, designed for students from any of the Honours areas.

Proposed assessment: Honours candidates will be assessed on the thesis and the seminars. The seminars will be assessed on a combination of coursework and a final three-hour examination. In the Honours Schools of Greek Studies, Latin Studies and Greek and Latin Studies there will be one additional three-hour examination in unseen translation from the relevant language(s). The thesis will carry one-third of the assessment; the coursework in both seminars and the final examinations (including where applicable the unseen translation paper) two-thirds.

Honours School in Greek Studies

The course for the degree with Honours in Greek Studies will comprise the following units:

(a) a major in Greek

(b) other units to make up the credit points for a pass degree, including (i) another major, and (ii) four units from the classical units offered by the Department (or included in List A or List B of later-year units in the Classics major)

(c) Greek IV.

Greek lV (Honours)

Classes to be arranged.

Honours School in Latin Studies

The course for the degree with Honours in Latin Studies will comprise the following units:

(a) a major in Latin

(b) other units to make up the credit points for a pass degree, including (i) another major, and (ii) four units from the classical units offered by the Department (or included in List A or List B of later-year units in the Classics major)

(c) Latin IV.

Latin IV (Honours)

Classes to be arranged.

Honours School in Greek and Latin Studies

The course for the degree with Honours in Greek and Latin Studies will comprise the following units:

(a) a Greek major and a Latin major

(b) other units to make up the credit points for a pass degree, including at least 2 units from the classical units offered by the Department (or included in List A or List B of later-year units in the Classics major)

(c) a combined course based on Greek IV and Latin IV as arranged by the Head of Department.

Greek and Latin IV (Honours)

Classes to be arranged.

Honours School in Classics

The course for the degree with Honours in Classics will comprise the following units:

(a) a major in Classics

(b) four other units from among the classical units offered by the Department (or included in List A or List B of later-year units in the Classics major), including at least two units from either the Greek or the Latin major

(c) other units to make up the credit points for a pass degree, including a major from outside the Honours school

(d) Classics lV.

Classics lV (Honours)

Classes to be arranged.

CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

Please note:

COMMON UNIT (OPTIONAL) OFFERED IN ALL MODERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT

The following new unit has a distinctly European focus and approaches topics cross culturally, from the perspective of the individual modern European languages and cultures taught in the Department. The unit is therefore distinct from units on similar topics offered in other departments. It is team designed and taught. In the tutorials the readings and the language of instruction will be, as much as possible, in the target language.

Contemporary European Narrative: literary and visual    CMEL3001

(8cp)

Coordinator: Ms Carroli

First semester
Lectures and Tutorials: Two and a half hours a week (one 1-hour lecture in English, one 1-hour tutorial in the target language, one fortnightly 1-hour seminar in English)

Prerequisites: Normally one of: FREN2008, GERM2106, ITAL2004, unless permission is granted by the Head of Department.

Syllabus: Contemporary Europe has evolved from a number of European nations and national identities. This unit looks at the place of narrative in its literary and visual forms in the European tradition. The unit examines literary narratives by major writers of the Twentieth Century, including Michel Tournier, Thomas Mann and Italo Calvino. Aspects of social engagement, in particular the central event for European consciousness, World War 2, and of narrative technique will be emphasised. Studied in conjunction with one another, the texts will enable the student to see elements of European literature in the process of evolving from a focus on social realism to symbolism and a post-modernist emphasis on the narrative process. The issues of the course are brought together in the film by Wim Wenders Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) which concludes the unit. A reading brick of additional prescribed primary and selected secondary sources will be provided.

Proposed assessment: Two essays (2000 words each, one in English, the other in a language offered by the Department) and one seminar presentation.

Reading list

• Calvino, Italo, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore (If on a winter's night a traveller)
• Mann, Thomas, Mario und der Zauberer (Mario and the Magician)
• Tournier, Michel, Le roi des Aulnes (The Erl-King)
• One reading brick

The unit will be part of the Contemporary Europe program major.
The unit is not a core unit in a departmental major.

FRENCH

Convener: Dr Muller

Introduction

French is spoken by people of many nationalities besides the French, and is one of the languages of the Pacific Region. French is the language of a dynamic country which is dominant in the European Union and in world affairs, and of a great culture since medieval times. France has also given us eminent philosophers, writers, painters and film directors. In language teaching the department aims at developing students' ability to understand, pronounce and speak the French of educated people, and to read and write standard French as it appears in newspapers and works of literature. Where possible French film and television are used. In literature study, we aim to develop students' capacity to enjoy and judge works of literature written at different periods, to discover their structures, meanings and intentions, and to recognise features of style. We also aim to develop students' ability to express themselves in French on literary topics. Finally, our emphasis on French culture, politics and society aims to combine fluency in French with an understanding of France, both metropolitan and overseas.

There are several points of entry, from FREN1003, suitable for students who come to university with no knowledge of the language, to those with different levels of previous acquaintance with the language. Anyone intending to enrol in French should see the appropriate member of the French staff by Orientation Week at the latest. Placement tests will be held before the beginning of first term, and these will determine the level of entry.

Assessment methods include a combination of the year's work and usually an end-of-semester examination. Assessment is decided by the staff in consultation with the students.

The university encourages students to consider including a period in France in their fourth year. This is normally spent at a university that has signed an exchange agreement with ANU. The study program for each student must be approved by the Department and the Faculty.

The pass degree. The commonest sequences are:

1. Major for beginners:

FREN 1003 + FREN 1004
FREN 2024 + FREN 2025
FREN 3006 + FREN 3007

2. Major for post Year 12 equivalent:

FREN 3006 + FREN 3007
FREN 3008 + FREN 3009
2 French language specific units

Reading lists

Lists of prescribed texts and recommended reference books for all French units are available from the Department.

Introductory French I    FREN1003

(6cp)

First semester
Five classes a week, including laboratory sessions
All intending students are asked to contact the Coordinator before enrolling.

Coordinator: Dr Maurer

Prerequisite: None

Syllabus: An intensive unit giving grounding in basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar sufficient to become functional at an elementary level, both in written and spoken French (eg learning tenses necessary to operate in the past, present and future). The textbook will be complemented by additional video-viewing, language and computer laboratory sessions and there will be constant exposure to the diverse facets of French culture and civilisation.

Proposed assessment: Weekly exercises, periodic oral, aural and written testing and final written examinations.

Introductory French II    FREN1004

(6cp)

Second semester
Five classes a week, including laboratory sessions
All intending students new to the department are asked to contact the Coordinator before enrolling.

Coordinator: Dr Maurer

Prerequisite: FREN1003 or equivalent demonstrated, previous study of French or active contact with the language.

Syllabus: Further intensive study of the language, to improve vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a view to developing self-expression both in writing and speaking. Introduction to authentic short texts (literary and other) and further listening practice to enable students to deal with more everyday situations as well as to develop and share critical attitudes towards French culture and society.

Proposed assessment: A series of periodic assignments (both in-class and take-home exercises) and further aural and oral testing, and a final examination.

Continuing French I    FREN2024

(8cp)

First semester
Four hours per week plus one hour self-access computer lab
All new students must see the Coordinator before enrolling, with a view to taking a placement test.

Coordinator: Dr Muller

Prerequisite: FREN 1004 or equivalent

Syllabus: A communicative and culture-based course offering grammar and vocabulary extension; a variety of written exercises, including composition; training in reading literature and other texts; listening comprehension with French audio and video material; practice in French conversation and group work.

Proposed assessment: Take-home assignments, periodic class tests and oral presentations.

Continuing French II    FREN 2025

(8cp)

Second semester
Four hours per week

Coordinator: Dr Muller

Prerequisite: FREN2024 or equivalent, as demonstrated by test results.

Syllabus: Further intensive study of French language, culture and society, with a greater emphasis on literature. There will be exposure to contemporary French society by means of video and audio material, work in grammar extending students' skills, creative writing and role play.

Proposed assessment: Take-home assignments, periodic class tests, an oral presentation and an examination.

Intermediate French I    FREN3006

(8cp)

First semester
Four hours a week

Coordinator: Dr Brown

Prerequisite: Continuing French II (FREN2025) or equivalent

Syllabus: An integrated course on aspects of French language, culture and society, designed to improve the students' competence in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in the language, and to give them a good acquaintance with contemporary French society. It thus completes the major begun in FREN1003 and FREN1004 The course comprises lectures on aspects of French life, oral classes, a grammar class with regular exercises, a reading class (and a reading and writing class) using both journalistic and literary texts and writing classes. All classes are held in French.

Proposed assessment: Regular homework exercises, periodic tests, and final written and oral examinations.

Intermediate French II    FREN3007

(8cp)

Second semester
Fours hours a week

Coordinator: Dr Brown

Prerequisite: Normally Intermediate French I (FREN3006)

Syllabus: An integrated unit on aspects of French language, culture and society; oral and written language classes related to a series of lectures on various aspects of contemporary aspects of French life; language skills emphasised are listening comprehension, and the reading and writing of extended pieces of authentic French. Systematic grammar revision and extension, study of selected literary texts, mainly of the 20th century. All classes are given in French.

Proposed assessment: Periodic written exercises, essays in French on literary texts, and final written examinations.

Advanced French I    FREN3008

(8cp)

First semester
Three hours a week

Coordinator: Dr Brown

Prerequisite: Normally Intermediate French II (FREN3007) or equivalent

Syllabus: The unit aims to equip students to use French at an advanced level for professional and social purposes. A stylistic variety of texts is used for comprehension, oral and written work.

Proposed assessment: Periodic exercises and an end of semester examination.

Advanced French II    FREN3009

(8cp)

Second semester
Three hours a week

Coordinator: Dr Brown

Prerequisite: Normally Advanced French I (FREN3008) or equivalent

Syllabus: Composition at an advanced level, a variety of stylistics exercises, listening comprehension and oral production.

Proposed assessment: Periodic exercises and an end of semester examination.

Contemporary France    FREN2012

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Classes: Three hours a week, in French

Lecturer: Dr Muller

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus:
(a) An analysis of French politics and institutions
(b) France's place in the world
(c) current social issues.

This unit aims to provide an introduction to France (both metropolitan and overseas) since 1958. Treatment will be thematic rather than chronological.

Proposed assessment: One essay, two class papers and a two hour end-of-semester examination (all in French).

French literature and the Pacific    FREN2022

(8cp)

Lecturer: Dr Brown

Not offered in 1999
Lectures: Three hours per week

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus:The South Pacific has been a privileged locus of European and particularly French imaginative projection since the 18th century. Recent events have shown that the Pacific remains an important ocean for France, whose interests and presence in the region are also of considerable importance to Australia. The course will examine French attitudes, as expressed in imaginative literature relating to the Pacific, to such categories as the exotic, knowledge, innocence, the savage, both noble and ignoble, civilisation, nature, in an attempt to understand one of Europe's major encounters with itself through the Other.

Texts: Texts chosen range from the early 1770s to the late 1980s, from discovery and philosophical speculation, through colonial rationalisation and anticolonial nostalgia, to contemporary myth-making.

Proposed assessment: Two essays (one of 1500 words, one of 2500 words) and a written-up class, paper all in French.

Ideological Issues under the Fifth Republic    FREN2014

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Lectures: Three hours a week, in French

Lecturer: Dr Muller

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3006

Syllabus: A study of developments in French intellectual life since about 1958 in a social and political context. The course will cover general cultural issues as well as political ideologies; relevant historical background will be included, using audio-visual and written sources and the Internet.

Proposed assessment: To include one class paper, one essay and an end-of-semester examination (all in French).

Selected Topics in French Studies    FREN2021

(8cp)

First semester
Lectures: Three hours a week, in French

Coordinator: to be advised

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus: This will vary from year to year depending on the lecturer. In any given year, the unit will provide intensive and advanced study of a topic or topics in an area of French Studies.

Proposed assessment: To include two essays and a class paper in French.

Bonnes nouvelles: brief ironies    FREN2020

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus: The course proposes a genre-and-theme-based study of brief ironic prose fictions (novellas, short novels, long short stories, nouvelles) by writers from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, including Voltaire, Constant, Maupassant, Dujardin and Gide. The works chosen vary, in length, between about fifty and 150 pages; in form, between the conte philosophique and the roman d'analyse; in scope, between the designed experiment in narrative technique and the more casual improvisation; and, in ironic tone, from black comedy to mild character satire via intense psychological analysis. A fuller statement about the texts to be read is available from the French section of the Department.

Proposed assessment: Two essays and a short class paper, all to be written in French; a two-hour examination in November.

Determinism and self-determination: Five novels    FREN2016

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus: A reading of five French novels which focus in different ways on the theme of identity and the relations between an individual and the values of the collectivity. In each of the works a character attempts, with varying success, to define his or her personal morality in the face of a society which is presented as hostile to the self-realisation of the individual. The novels date from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Texts: By Mme de Lafayette, Laclos, Stendhal, Flaubert and Gide.

Proposed assessment: Will include two essays (in French), a class paper and an end-of-year examination.

Epousailles: Couples and happiness in the French novel    FREN2010

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus: A study of selected novels published in the 19th and 20th centuries, all of which focus in one way or another on the theme of the married couple. Aspects of the theme of the couple-relationship to be canvassed include happiness for man and woman in marriage as defined by a changing society at different periods; concepts of what is appropriate in a wife and a husband; expectations of the married state; misogyny and inequalities; attitudes to adultery. The novels read will be studied primarily as works of literature; there will be some treatment of them as source documents on ideas prevalent at different periods and on important phenomena within a society.

Texts: To include works by Flaubert, Chardonne, Maupassant, Hervé Bazin and Colette.

Proposed assessment: Will include two essays (in French), a shorter piece of work and an optional end-of-year examination.

This unit may be included in a Women's Studies program major.

French Cinema from the Nouvelle Vague to the Nineties    FREN2023

(8cp)

Offered in 1999 and alternate years thereafter
Second semester

Lecturer: Dr Brown

Four hours per week: a two-hour screening; a one-hour lecture in English; a one-hour tutorial in French (French majors) or English (Film Studies, European Studies majors)

Majors: French; Film Studies; European Studies

Prerequisites:
(a) for students taking the unit as part of a French Major, normally FREN3007
(b) for students taking the unit as part of a FILM Studies Major, FILM 1001
(c) for students taking the unit as part of a European Studies Major, EURO 1002 and EURO 1003.

Syllabus: After a brief overview of the history of French cinema, the course will study films by some of the leading French directors of the past forty years. Consideration will be given to the innovations of the Nouvelle Vague, with respect to both the French and Hollywood traditions.

The cinéma d'auteur approach will be followed through a study of the different styles of film-making in evidence from the legacy of surrealism (Buuel), to critical reflection on form (Godard) to the cult films of recent directors (Beineix, Carax). The contribution of important women directors (Kurys, Serreau, Varda) will be examined.

Proposed assessment: Two 2000 word essays and one tutorial paper to be written in French (French majors) or English (Film Studies and European Studies majors).

Recommended reading

• Prédal, R, Le cinéma français depuis 1945, Paris, Nathan, 1991
• Hayward, S, French National Cinema, London, Routledge, 1993

Moi et milieu: French autobiographers from Montaigne to Sartre    FREN2013

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Prerequisite: Normally FREN3007

Syllabus: A study of autobiographical prose works by five writers from the 16th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries: Montaigne, Rousseau, Valls, Gide and Sartre. We shall consider aspects of the genre of the European autobiography, the relationships between novel and autobiography and between truth and fiction, as well as differing notions of the relationship between writer and society. The texts will be read primarily as works of literature; by their very nature, there will be some treatment of them as source documents on social, sexual and intellectual history. Most time will be spent on Rousseaus Les confessions.

Proposed assessment: To include two essays and a short class paper (in French), and an end-of-year examination.

Contemporary European Narrative: literary and visual    CMEL3001

(8cp)

A second common unit will be offered in second semester, on a topic yet to be determined.

French IV Honours

To be eligible for French Honours students must have completed:

(a) pass degree requirements
(b) 10 units in French (a total of 76cp)

Entry into French Honours can be made at three levels:

(1) From FREN1003 and FREN1004 (Beginners level)

Entry from this level normally involves four years of study prior to the Honours Year. This is necessary because of the sequencing of language units. Entry at this level will require at least a Credit average in the 10 French units.

(2) From FREN2024 and FREN2025 (Continuing level)

Entry from this level also normally involves four years of study prior to the Honours Year and will also require at least a Credit average in the 10 French units.

(3) From FREN3006 and FREN3007 (Intermediate level)

Entry from this level requires three years of study prior to the Honours Year and each French unit must be completed at the level of Credit.

Exceptional students entering under (1) or (2) above may be permitted to follow an accelerated program into the Honours Year.

The Honours Year normally comprises a thesis of 10,000 words on an approved topic plus oral and written work. Where possible one semester of the Honours Year will be spent at a French University undertaking an approved program of study. For the other semester these students study at ANU, and complete the normal Honours requirements in French. One common unit may be replaced with a unit in Applied Linguistics or European Studies, in which case, written work will be in French. Those students who do not spend a semester in France do advanced language work (oral, a range of written exercises) in both semesters

It is possible to combine French Honours with another Honours school in the Arts Faculty. In the French half of the program students should normally have completed 60 or 64 credit points, depending on the level of entry, at credit level. The course work consists of both French language work and a thesis co-supervised and co-assessed by the other department.

GERMAN

Convener: Dr Gabriele Schmidt

Introduction

German is one of the main languages in Europe, spoken as a native language by well over 100 million people in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other nations. With a rich literary and philosophical heritage, German has nowadays become a language of culture, trade, science, technology, and world relations. This role has increased during the last years due to Germany's unification and the changes in Eastern Europe, where German is more and more used as a lingua franca.

In the Australian context, German has a long tradition as a community language on this continent. German migrants have made major contributions to Australia's cultural and economic development. Germany is one of Australia's biggest trading partners, and its economic power gives Germany a key role within the European Community. German tourists are increasingly visiting Australia, creating employment opportunities in many areas. Furthermore, German and English are both members of the Indo-European group of languages and have many similarities, which makes it easy for native speakers of English to learn German.

The Department offers courses in German language, linguistics, literature, society and film from beginners to honours and postgraduate levels. The German units set out below comprise a set of core courses, together with a proposed range of optional units. Options will be offered every second or third year, subject to enrolment figures and availability of staff. However, it is expected that a sufficient number of options will be offered every year, and all students will be given the opportunity to complete a major in German.

Units with the prefix GERM1000 are first-year courses, those with GERM2000/GERM3000 later-year courses.

Students with a previous knowledge of German will be given a placement test and interview during Orientation Week to decide their appropriate entry point to the core courses. Students who have completed an accredited major in Continuing German at an ACT secondary college or equivalent qualification frequently begin with GERM2105.

Majors

For beginning students, the major consists normally of GERM1021-2106; for students who have previous knowledge of German, the major consists of core units and options totalling no fewer than 44 credit points. Native speakers of German or those who speak and write the language fluently are asked to consult the Convener of German during Registration Week to plan their majors.

With permission of the Head of Department, one unit from the program majors Contemporary Europe or Language Studies may be included in a German major, if essays are written in German.

The normal majors are:

1. Introduction to German (1), Introduction to German (2), Continuing German 1, Continuing German 2, Intermediate German 1, Intermediate German 2 or an optional unit to the value of 8 credit points;

2. Continuing German 1, Continuing German 2, Intermediate German 1, Intermediate German 2, Advanced German 1, Advanced German 2 or an optional unit to the value of 8 credit points;

3. Intermediate German 1, Intermediate German 2, Advanced German 1, Advanced German 2 plus optional units* to the value of 16 credit points;

4. Advanced German 1, Advanced German 2 plus optional units* to the value of 32 credit points.

* The number of Common Options (including CMEL3001) shall not exceed the number of Language Specific Options: (GERM2110, GERM3047, GERM2020, GERM2023, GERM2024, GERM2025, GERM2111, GERM3041, GERM3046).

Methods of assessment

Core language units are usually assessed by a mixture of regular written exercises, oral and written tests and possibly a final examination. Options may be assessed by essays only or by assignments and a final examination. Details of assessment for all units will be arranged at the beginning of each semester in consultation with students; in some cases, unit entries below provide further information.

CORE LANGUAGE UNITS

German Studies: Introduction to German (1)    GERM1021

(6cp)

First semester 1999
Four hours a week

Syllabus:
(a) development of basic listening and reading comprehension skills
(b) development of basic oral and written communication skills
(c) an introduction to German Grammar
(d) training in and reflection on language learning strategies
(e) analysis of literary and non literary texts - appropriate to the language level - about German life and culture.

German Studies: Introduction to German (2)    GERM1022

(6cp)

Second semester 1999
Four hours a week

Prerequisite: GERM1021 or equivalent competence

German Studies: Continuing German 1    GERM2103

(8cp)

First semester 1999
Four hours a week (including one hour in the multi-media laboratory)

Prerequisite: GERM1022 or equivalent competence

German Studies: Continuing German 2    GERM2104

(8cp)

Second semester 1999
Four hours a week (including one hour in the multi-media laboratory)

Prerequisite: GERM2103 or equivalent competence

German Studies: Intermediate German 1    GERM2105

(8cp)

First semester 1999
Four hours a week (including one hour in the multi-media laboratory)

Prerequisite: GERM2104 or equivalent competence

Syllabus:
(a) development of listening and reading comprehension skills
(b) development of oral and written communication skills
(c) study of modern German grammar and vocabulary
(d) study of topical issues in contemporary German-speaking societies
(e) introduction to contemporary literature in the German language

German Studies: Intermediate German 2    GERM2106

(8cp)

Second semester 1999
Four hours a week (including one hour in the multi-media laboratory)

Prerequisite: GERM2105 or equivalent competence

Syllabus:
(a) development of listening and reading comprehension skills
(b) development of oral and written communication skills
(c) study of modern German grammar and vocabulary
(d) study of topical issues in contemporary German-speaking societies
(e) introduction to contemporary literature in the German language

German Studies: Advanced German 1    GERM3007

(8cp)

First semester 1999
Four hours a week (including one hour in the multi-media laboratory)

Prerequisite: GERM2106 or equivalent competence

Syllabus:
(a) development of listening and reading comprehension skills
(b) development of oral and written communication skills
(c) study of selected aspects of modern German grammar and vocabulary
(d) study of topical issues in contemporary German-speaking societies
(e) study of contemporary literature in the German language

German Studies: Advanced German 2    GERM3008

(8cp)

Second semester 1999
Four hours a week (including one hour in the multi-media laboratory)

Prerequisite: GERM3007 or equivalent competence

Syllabus:
(a) development of listening and reading comprehension skills
(b) development of oral and written communication skills
(c) study of selected aspects of modern German grammar and vocabulary
(d) study of topical issues in contemporary German-speaking societies
(e) study of contemporary literature in the German language

OPTIONAL UNITS

The Structure of German    GERM2110

(8cp)

First semester 1999
Three hours a week

Coordinator: Dr Jansen

Prerequisite: GERM2106 or equivalent competence

Corequisite (recommended): GERM3007

Syllabus: The course will provide a linguistically-informed analysis of the main structures of German, encompassing the structure of sounds, words, phrases, clauses and sentences as well as some elements of paragraph and text structure. It will have a theoretical orientation, outlining principles of linguistic analysis and presenting structures in the context of structure systems rather than language practice. Reference will be made to structures of English. Classes will be held in German.

Proposed assessment: Two tests and a paper/project.

Images of 20th century German Culture    GERM3047

(8cp)

Second semester 1999
Three hours a week (One lecture, one tutorial plus on average one hour's viewing per week)

Coordinator: Dr Hillman

Prerequisite: GERM2105

Corequisite (recommended): GERM2106 or GERM3008

Syllabus: The course examines the representation of German culture in filmic images throughout the century. Beginning with silent cinema (excerpts from Fritz Lang's Der müde Tod), when cinema still struggled for acceptance alongside 'high culture', the course examines the propagandistic use of images (Leni Riefenstahl), and national self-understanding through the concept of 'Heimat' - with excerpts from 'Heimat' films of the 50s plus episodes from Heimat I and Heimat II by Edgar Reitz - before looking at film versions of literary narratives. The latter will include Visconti's film of Mann's novella Der Tod in Venedig, Schlöndorff's film of Böll's Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, and excerpts from Grass' Die Blechtrommel alongside the film version. Finally issues of images, stereotypes and memory will be taken up in Verhoeven's Das schreckliche Mädchen.

The course aims to sensitize students to the power of visual imagery in a tradition where this was banefully exploited by the Nazis, as well as providing a panoramic overview of postwar German cinema and an encounter with some major postwar writers. Questions of narrative with respect to both mediums of film and literature will be of primary importance.

Proposed assessment: 2 major essays, or else a short assignment, an essay and an exam (the latter involving the analysis of video excerpts).

Reading list

• a brick, plus
• Böll, Heinrich, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum and
• Mann, Thomas, Der Tod in Venedig.

Contemporary European Narrative: literary and visual    CMEL3001

(8cp)

Coordinator:  Dr Hillman

Prerequisite: GERM2106 or equivalent competence

Corequisite (recommended): GERM3007

A second common course will be offered in second semester, on a topic yet to be determined.

Post-war German Society    GERM2020

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Three hours a week
Interested students please see GERM3047

Syllabus: The primary focus will be the Federal Republic of Germany present and past, but the course will also cover the former German Democratic Republic, Austria and Switzerland. The German situation today will be approached via discussion of major social, political and cultural issues. At the same time, changes in everyday lifestyles, traditions and values (ecology, peace, the women's movement) will not be neglected. Prescribed texts will be supplemented by the latest material available from the German media and by articles from journals.

Note that this is a unit which can count towards the Honours degree in Political Science.

Proposed assessment: Classroom participation; two essays of 2,000 words.

The German Language Today    GERM2023

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Three hours a week

Syllabus:
(a) An introduction to German in its standard and regional varieties.
(b) A study of developments in modern German vocabulary and syntax.

Classes will be held in German.

Proposed assessment: Transcriptions and class reports, one of them finished to essay form, and a final examination.

Classical German Literature    GERM2024

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Interested students please see CMEL3001 and GERM3047
Three hours a week

Prerequisite: GERM2106 or equivalent competence

Corequisite (recommended): GERM3007/GERM3008

Modern German Literature    GERM2025

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Three hours a week
Interested students please see CMEL3001 and GERM3047

Prerequisite: GERM2106 or equivalent competence

Corequisite (recommended): GERM3007/GERM3008

Syllabus: German literary history of the 20th century. Texts will include works by Thomas Mann, Heinrich Böll, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

German Language Change    GERM2111

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Three hours a week

Prerequisite: GERM2106 or equivalent competence

Syllabus: A linguistically-informed introduction to the history of the language including aspects of ongoing change in present-day German will form the core of the course and provide an overview of the major features of change in the sound system, vocabulary, word structure and syntax. It will also examine how some of these changes can be seen as associated with changes in the cultural and socio-political make-up of German society.

Rather than focusing on comprehensive factual detail the course aims to create an understanding of the underlying principles and mechanisms of language change and how these are reflected in the German language today.

The course will be conducted in German.

Proposed assessment: Two tests and one paper or project.

German Prose of the 20th Century    GERM3041

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Three hours a week
Interested students please see CMEL3001 and GERM3047

Syllabus: The course looks at major prose writers of the 20th century, such as Kafka, Grass, Bachmann and Böll. Aspects of literary history and theory, as well as the social context of the works will be discussed. Texts will be chosen so as not to overlap with GERM 2025.

Proposed assessment: Two 2,000-word essays.

German Cinema    GERM3046

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Three hours a week
Interested students please see GERM3047

Prerequisite:
(1) if counted towards a German major, GERM2106 or equivalent competence;
(2) if counted towards a Film Studies major, FILM1001;
(3) if counted towards a EURO major, EURO1001

Syllabus: Alongside a historical overview, beginning with the silent film era and extending up to the present, aspects considered include film as social document, film and literature, and the aesthetics of film. Featured film makers include Fassbinder, Wenders, Herzog and Kluge.

This unit may be counted towards program majors in Film Studies and Contemporary Europe.

Proposed assessment: Two 2,000-word essays plus tutorial participation.

The degree with honours

Intending honours students should first read the general statement 'The degree with honours' in the introductory section of the Faculty of Arts entry. Admission to fourth year is by Faculty upon the recommendation of the Head of Department. Prospective fourth-year students should discuss their plans with the Convener and other academic staff well in advance. Candidates for honours are expected to maintain at least a Credit average in their German units.

To enter Honours from the beginners level (GERM1021 and GERM1022) will require special permission, which might only be granted following a special language proficiency test.

For the degree with honours in German the course extends over four years and consists of:

(a) first-year German units (GERM1000) to the value of 12 credit points,
(b) later-year German units (GERM2000/ GERM3001) to the value of at least 64 credit points,
(c) completion of pass degree requirements,
(d) a fourth-year honours program as described below.

Exceptions to (a) and (b) above:

(i) Students entering their study of German at a GERM2000 level take two later-year German units instead of (a).

(ii) Students entering core units at the GERM3007 level may, in place of (a) above, take one or two later-year units outside German, to be approved by the Head of Department, if the units are topically relevant.

German IV (Honours)

The Honours Year consists of three coursework components, each counting for one-fifth of the year's result, and a minor thesis on a topic of the student's choice but in a field not covered by the coursework components, counting for two-fifths. The thesis is normally written in German; exceptions can be granted if there are good reasons for writing in English.

The coursework components can include units in other sections or departments approved as suitable within the student's overall program.

Where a student's active command of German is seen as needing improvement, practical studies aimed at increasing proficiency may be prescribed as part of the Honours Year.

Combined honours

The German component in the course of a student who wishes to do combined honours in this section and another section or department is the following:

(a) a minimum of 60 credit points from first to third-year units
(b course work of German IV
(c) a minor thesis, to be determined in consultation with the two sections or departments concerned.

ITALIAN

Ms P Carroli
Convener

Italian occupies a special position in Australia in being a language of high culture and also a language spoken by one of the largest ethnic communities in the country. Students who learn Italian will have access to one of the richest European cultural traditions, from the Renaissance to the present day, and to the language of many operas, films and musical scores as well as the language of architecture, fashion and industrial design. Italy is today a very dynamic society, it is Australia's second largest trading partner and is a member of the G7 (the seven most industrialised countries in the world) and Italian is one of the eleven official languages of the European Union. Learning Italian is, therefore, also advantageous for students interested in international law, trade, commerce, and economics. In addition, because of the large number of Italian speakers in Australia, Italian is relevant to such areas as migrant studies and sociology.

Language aims: To teach students to speak and understand Italian as it is spoken by educated people in Italy, and to read and write correct and idiomatic Italian on most topics of contemporary life. Along with the literature, linguistics and language interests of the course, attention is given to cultural, social and historical aspects of Italy. Material relating to these aspects, drawn from history texts, newspaper articles, radio and TV recordings, is worked into the language teaching program.

Students with no experience of a Modern European Language might consider enrolling in the Traditional Grammar unit.

The pass degree

Typical 44 credit point majors (there are other possibilities based on mid-year entry):

(6cp)

Coordinator: Matthew Absalom

First semester
Four hours per week and a fifth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Syllabus: This unit provides an introduction to the Italian language using a methodology which combines aspects of the communicative approach with more traditional approaches to language teaching. It is designed to give students a grounding in the skills they need to understand and use Italian in a range of contexts. Use is made of different media including audiovisual material and computer aided language teaching. The course integrates music, film, television and various types of literature to further the linguistic objectives of the unit. Class time is divided between interactive language work, linguistic reflection and introduction to Italian culture and society.

The first ten chapters of the book are covered in this unit. The assessment is designed to optimise learning through tasks which presume a holistic conception of language learning.

Proposed assessment: Class review exercises; Two assignments; One semester long project; Diary; Workbook exercises

Prescribed text

(6cp)

Coordinator: Matthew Absalom

Second semester
Four hours per week and a fifth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Prerequisites: ITAL1002 or equivalent

Syllabus: This unit follows on from ITAL1002 but those with some prior experience of Italian may begin their study of Italian at this point. The course is designed to provide students with a grounding in the skills they need to understand and use Italian in a range of contexts. Use is made of different media including audiovisual material and computer aided language teaching. The course integrates music, film, television and various types of literature to further the linguistic objectives of the unit. Class time is divided between interactive language work, linguistic reflection and introduction to Italian culture and society.

Proposed assessment: Class review exercises; Two assignments; One semester long project; Diary; Workbook exercises

Prescribed text

(8cp)

Coordinator: Matthew Absalom

First semester
Three hours per week and a fourth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Prerequisites: ITAL1003 or equivalent

Syllabus: The aim of this unit is to deepen and build upon the introductory grounding in Italian which students have gained by completing ITAL1003. This is also a possible entry point for students with some prior experience of Italian. Use is made of different media including audiovisual material and computer aided language teaching. The course integrates music, film, television and various types of literature to further the linguistic objectives of the unit. Class time is divided between interactive language work, linguistic reflection and introduction to Italian culture and society.

This unit covers the first 7 chapters of the text. The assessment is designed to optimise learning through tasks which presume a holistic conception of language learning.

Proposed assessment: Class review exercises; Two assign- ments; or, One semester long individual research project; End of semester test; Lab/Computer/ Multimedia exercises

Prescribed text

(8cp)

Coordinator: Matthew Absalom

Second semester
Three hours per week and a fourth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Prerequisites: ITAL2005 or equivalent

Syllabus: This unit continues the probing review of the Italian language begun in ITAL2005. Use is made of different media including audiovisual material and computer aided language teaching. The course integrates music, film, television and various types of literature to further the linguistic objectives of the unit. Class time is divided between interactive language work, linguistic reflection and introduction to Italian culture and society.

Proposed assessment: Class review exercises; Two assign- ments; or, One semester long individual research project; End of semester test; Lab/Computer/ Multimedia exercises.

Prescribed text

(8cp)

Coordinator: Piera Carroli

First semester
Three hours per week and a fourth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Prerequisites: ITAL2006 or equivalent competence

Syllabus: This unit aims to develop students' language proficiency and extend students' knowledge of contemporary Italian culture and society. The course integrates written and multi-media materials to increase students' fluency and accuracy in oral and written forms. Active language production is encouraged in classroom situations such as role playing, structured conversations and contact with the local Italian-Australian community. Class time is divided between interactive language work using information from the Italian media, focus and reflection on form, analysis of Italian literary texts.

Proposed assessment: 2 written language assignments; 1 tutorial paper (literature); 1 end-of-semester test; 1 interview at Radio italiana; oral and written tasks linked to the multi-media self-access activities.

Prescribed texts

(8cp)

Coordinator: Piera Carroli

Second semester
Three hours per week and a fourth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Prerequisites: ITAL2007 or equivalent competence

Syllabus: The aims of the unit are to extend students' fluency and accuracy in spoken and written Italian, to promote a deeper linguistic and cultural sensitivity in social interactions in Italian and to introduce student to Italian history and history of the language. The unit furthers students' knowledge of Italian culture and society through a selection of short stories, novels, plays and poetry as well as other types of texts on salient issues in contemporary Italy. Class time is divided between interactive language work, focus and reflection on form and register, critical analysis of Italian literary texts and a series of lectures on history, language and culture aimed at developing students' understanding of the origins of the Italian state and its rich historical, linguistic, cultural background.

Proposed assessment: 1 written language assignment; 1 tutorial paper (literature, cultural history or history); 1 end-of-semester test; 1 individual or group project; 1 interview at Radio italiana or 1 lesson in a primary school; oral and written tasks linked to the multi-media self-access activities, one semester-long project, additional oral and written tasks linked to Italia Oggi, a multimedia self-access software program.

Prescribed texts

(8cp)

Advanced Language and Culture Studies

First semester
Three hours per week. and a fourth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Coordinator: Ms Carroli

Prerequisite: ITAL2004 (Italian II) or equivalent competence in the language; from 2000, ITAL2008 or equivalent competence

Syllabus: This multimedia unit develops students' communication skills in Italian through practice in the recognition and production of different registers of the language. Idioms and registers will be studied in relation to their socio-cultural and historical framework. The study of different types of texts will increase students' comprehension and literacy skills in Italian while also increasing their knowledge of contemporary Italian society.

Proposed assessment: Will be based on class presentations, written assignments during semester plus one end-of- semester test, one interview at Radio Italia, additional oral and written tasks linked to Italia Oggi, a multimedia self-access software program

This unit is incompatible with ITAL3008.

(8cp)

(Advanced Language and Culture studies)

Second semester
Three hours per week. A fourth hour of multimedia self-access activities

Coordinator: Ms Carroli

Prerequisite: ITAL3015, ITAL3012 or equivalent language competence.

Syllabus: This unit continues to develop students' communication skills in Italian through practice in the recognition, analysis and production of formal registers and structures of the language. Literary texts will be studied in relation to their socio-cultural, historical and genre framework within a thematic approach.

Proposed assessment: Will be based on seminar presentations, written assignments during semester plus one end-of-semester test, and one semester-long project, and one lesson in a secondary school or Radio interview, additional oral and written tasks linked to Italia Oggi, a multimedia self-access software program.

Politics, Culture and Society in Postwar Italy    ITAL3010

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Four hours a week (two 2-hour sessions)

Coordinator: Dr Moliterno

Prerequisites
(a) for students taking the unit as part of the Italian major, Italian II (ITAL2004) (from 2000, ITAL2006) or equivalent (these students will read material in Italian and present written work in Italian)

(b) for students taking it as part of the Contemporary Europe major, Introduction to Contemporary Europe (EURO1001), Foundations of Modern Europe (EURO 1002), and Contemporary European Society (EURO 1003)

(c) otherwise 12 first-year credit points in the Faculty of Arts.

Proposed assessment: Two major essays (2500 words) and one tutorial paper.

Preliminary reading

This unit is incompatible with Cinema and Literature in Postwar Italy (ITAL3005).

Postwar Italian Cinema    ITAL3009

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Four hours a week (two 2-hour sessions)

Coordinator: Dr Moliterno

Prerequisites
(a) for students taking the unit as part of the Italian major, Italian II (ITAL2004) (from 2000, ITAL2006) or equivalent (these students will read material in Italian and present written work in Italian)

(b) for students taking it as part of the Contemporary Europe major, Introduction to Contemporary Europe (EURO1001), Foundations of Modern Europe (EURO 1002), and Contemporary European Society (EURO 1003)

(c) for students intending to count this point towards a Film Studies major, FILM1001

(d) otherwise 6 first-year credit points in the Faculty of Arts.

Syllabus: A study of some of the major figures in postwar Italian cinema (Rossellini, Fellini, Antonioni, Pasolini, Visconti, Wertmuller, the Taviani brothers), through their most representative films.

Proposed assessment: Two major essays (2500 words) and one tutorial paper.

Preliminary reading

• Liehm, M, Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present, Univ. of California, 1984

This unit is incompatible with Cinema and Literature in Postwar Italy (ITAL3005). The unit may be included in the Film Studies program major.

Twentieth-Century Italian Literature    ITAL3006

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999
Two hours a week throughout the year

Lecturer: Dr Moliterno

Prerequisite: Normally ITAL2004; from 2000, ITAL2006.

Syllabus: By working through a selection of poetic, narrative and dramatic texts by some of Italy's most important literary figures, the course will aim to familiarise students with some of the major aspects and tendencies of literary production in Italy during the 20th century. Authors will include Marinetti, Moravia, Montale, Pirandello, Pavese, Calvino, Buzzati, Fo and Eco.

Proposed assessment: Two 1500-word essays, two tutorial papers and an end-of-year examination.

Italian Renaissance Literature    ITAL3011

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Lecturer: Dr Moliterno

Prerequisite: Normally ITAL2004; from 2000, ITAL2006.

Syllabus: A study of the literature of the Italian Renaissance through an examination of some of the works of its most significant representatives (Boccaccio, Petrarca, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Michelangelo and Bruno).

Proposed assessment: Three major essays and two seminar papers.

This unit may be included in a Medieval and Renaissance Studies program major.

Women in Italian Society    ITAL3014

(8cp)

May be offered in 1999
A one-hour lecture in English; a one-hour tutorial/seminar in English; a further one-hour seminar in English, a one-hour tutorial in Italian

Coordinator: Ms Carroli

Prerequisites
(a) for students taking the unit as part of an Italian major: ITAL2004 (from 2000, ITAL2006) or equivalent language competence

(b) for students taking the unit as part of the contemporary European Major: EURO1001 or EURO1002 followed by EURO1003

(c) for students with no knowledge of Italian, including Women's Studies students: completion of first-year units to the value of 12 credit points

Syllabus: The unit is designed to give students an insight into the key issues concerning the development of female self-awareness especially from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth century. The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of the development of the feminist movement in Italy since the end of last century and the changes in the roles of women in modern Italian society. A detailed study of selected literary, critical and documentary/historical texts in Italian (or in translation), embedded in the social and historical context of the works, will offer alternative perceptions of Italian culture, femininity, and motherhood. The unit also aims to consider the social construct of femininity and women's roles in Italy as seen by Italian women writers; finally, the unit will include a reflection of the views of their male contemporaries and their societies.

Proposed assessment: Two essays (2000 words) in Italian or English and one tutorial paper. Students taking the unit as part of an Italian major will be required to read and discuss material in Italian, and also present all their written work in Italian

Prescribed reading

• Reading brick prepared by coordinator and selected additional texts

This unit may be included in the Italian major or the Contemporary Europe Program major or the Women's Studies Program major.

Contemporary European Narrative: literary and visual    CMEL3001

(8cp)

Apocalypse Then: Dante's Inferno    ITAL3017

(8cp)

Second semester
2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. Lectures will be taped

Lecturer: Dr G. Moliterno

Prerequisites: For students taking it for the Italian major, ITAL2004 (from 2000, ITAL2006)

Otherwise students should have qualified for entry into 2nd year studies or have written permission of the coordinator

Syllabus: The course aims to familiarize students with the medieval world picture of Dante and his contemporaries. It will present Dante's own political, poetic and philosophic outlook and then proceed, by a study of selected cantos, to a detailed analysis of how these ideas are given poetic expression in the Inferno

Proposed assessment: 1 x 2,500 word essay, 2 detailed analyses of selected passages (500 words each) 1 tutorial presentation

Prescribed text

• Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno, parallel text with translation and commentary by Charles S. Singleton, Princeton, Princeton/ Bollingen Paperback, 1980

Incompatible with ITAL3004

Italiano Standard E Regionale: Aspects of Spoken Italian    ITAL3018

(8cp)

First semester

Coordinator: Matthew Absalom

Lectures: One one-hour lecture in Italian; one weekly tutorial, a one-hour fortnightly seminar

Prerequisites: For 1999, ITAL2004, From 2000, ITAL2005

Syllabus: This unit is designed to introduce students to the major features of the sound system of the Italian. Topics covered will be concentrated in the areas of Phonetics and Phonology. Some issues in Dialectology and Historical Linguistics may be examined.

Students will undertake a project in a chosen area in consultation with the lecturer.

Prescribed reading

• Lepschy & Lepschy, La lingua italiana
• Reading brick provided by lecturer

Recommended reading

• Sobrero, Introduzione all'italiano contemporaneo
• Lepschy & Lepschy, The Italian Language Today
• Rohlfs, Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti
• Maiden, The dialects of Italy

This unit is not a core unit of any of the nominated departmental/program majors.

The degree with honours

To be admitted to Italian IV (Honours), students must have met pass degree requirements and should normally have completed 10 units (76 credit points) in Italian. The 10 units in Italian may be made up in two ways:

(a) 6 units from an Italian major, plus 4 other units of Italianm, each at Credit level;

(b) with the permission of the Head of Department, 8 units of Italian, including the Italian major, plus 2 units with an Italian content eg LING2011 (Introduction to Romance Linguistics) or ARTH2009 (Art and Architecture of the Italian Renaissance), each at credit level.

Intending students should consult the Italian Convener for the full list of cognate units and express their intention no later than the beginning of their second year.

To enter Honours from the beginners level (ITAL1002 and ITAL1003) will require special permission, which might only be granted after the successful completion of a special language proficiency test just prior to entry to Honours.

Italian IV consists of:

A. Two semesters of coursework distributed as follows

(a) advanced language work for two semesters which includes written practice in preparation for the honours dissertation and advanced oral production on relevant content area.

(b) directed reading and project work on a literary/cultural or linguistics topic for one semester assessed with a viva and a write-up.

Course work will be determined according to the needs of each student. Coursework components can include units in other sections or departments approved as suitable within the students overall program.

Where a student's active command of Italian is seen as needing improvement practical work aimed at increasing proficiency may be prescribed as part of the Honours Year.

The assessment weighting of the fourth-year component is course work 40%; dissertation 60% (of which 10% for the dissertation proposal to be submitted at the end of semester 1).

Combined honours

It is possible to combine honours in Italian with other honours schools in the Faculty of Arts. To be admitted to combined honours, students should normally have completed 8 units in Italian with at least Credit level throughout.

The coursework for combined honours consists of Part A above.

RUSSIAN

Despite the disintegration of what was the Soviet Union, Russian retains its importance as the lingua franca of its successor states, one of the official languages of the United Nations and one of the major languages, in both political and cultural terms, of Europe and of the Pacific rim.

For those who wish to study the Russian language, Russian offers a major in which practical language study is supplemented by a limited number of topics in Russian studies, chiefly in modern literature, but including historical and extra language options.

For those who wish to undertake more extensive studies in Russian leading towards an honours course in fourth year, it offers two later-year one-point units, Russian 2011 and 3012. Russian 2011 provides additional advanced work in Modern Russian, and Russian 3012 provides literary and historical topics and the study of Old Church Slavonic and Polish. These units are also available to pass students who satisfy the prerequisites.

Russian also offers units which are included in the Drama and Theatre Studies major and the Contemporary Europe program major.

No prior knowledge of Russian is necessary for admission to Russian I, but intending students should speak to the Convener before enrolling.

Russian I is normally a prerequisite for Russian II. The prerequisite may be waived if a student possesses sufficient knowledge of the language to proceed directly to the second-year unit. Such a student may be required to pass a test similar to and of the same standard as the annual examination in Russian I.

While the Department cannot offer units in Slavonic languages other than Russian, the Faculty of Arts will, under certain conditions, permit students of the Faculty to take units in those Slavonic languages which are now offered at Macquarie University through enrolment as external students at that University. Units which are successfully completed will be credited towards the students course. Macquarie University offers Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and Ukrainian, in some cases to third-year level. Students who wish to make use of this arrangement should see the Convener of Russian as early as possible and request permission from Faculty before enrolling. They should also have lodged a non-degree application with the Registrar, Macquarie University, NSW 2109.

For the pass degree

NOTE: Students seeking enrolment in Russian units
should consult the Head of Department about the
availability of particular units in 1999

Russian I    RUSS1001

(12cp)

Five hours a week throughout the year

Syllabus: A basic grounding in the four skills of comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. In addition to class work there will be weekly language laboratory sessions and regular written exercises.

Proposed assessment: Oral and written work during the year; two written language examinations lasting up to three hours and an oral examination.

Russian II    RUSS2001

(12cp)

Five or six hours a week throughout the year

Prerequisite: Russian I, unless exemption has been granted by the Convener of Russian.

Syllabus: Development of language skills through exercises in reading, writing, speaking, translation and grammar. Students will take one spetskurs (normally A).

Proposed assessment: Oral and written work during the year; two written language examinations lasting up to three hours and an oral examination. Assessment of spetskursy may be on work done during the year or divided between work done during the year and examination performance.

Russian III    RUSS3001

(12cp)

Five or six hours a week throughout the year

Prerequisite: Russian II

Syllabus: Continued development of language skills through advanced exercises in reading, writing, speaking, translation, composition and grammar. Students will take two spetskursy.

Proposed assessment: Oral and written work during the year; two written language examinations lasting up to three hours and an oral examination. Assessment of spetskursy may be on work done during the year or divided between work done during the year and examination performance.

Russian 2011    RUSS2011

(8cp)

Two hours a week throughout the year.

Prerequisite: Russian I at Credit level (unless exemption is granted from Russian I). Students must be enrolled concurrently in or have completed Russian II.

Syllabus: Advanced practical language study.

Proposed assessment: Oral and written work during the year; one written language examination lasting up to three hours and an oral examination.

Russian 3012    RUSS3012

(8cp)

Two hours a week throughout the year

Prerequisites: Russian II and Russian 2011 at Credit level. Students must be enrolled concurrently in or have completed Russian III.

Syllabus: Two spetskursy.

Proposed assessment: May be on work done during the year or divided between work done during the year and examination performance.

Spetskursy

Not offered in 1999

These are a series of options on a variety of literary, philological and other topics which are offered to third-year students and which normally involve two classroom hours a week for one semester. Spetskursy offered in 1998 will be selected from the following:

A: Short stories: stories by 19th and early 20th-century Russian writers.

B: Russian short stories since 1945: works by Solzhenitsyn, Shalamov, Kazakov, and others.

D: Russian 19th-century Literature I: works by Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov and Turgenev.

E: Russian 19th-century Literature II: works by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov.

H: Old Church Slavonic: an introduction to the phonology and morphology of the first written Slavonic language.

K: Russian drama since 1917.

P: Polish: an introduction to a Western Slavonic language, aiming to provide an understanding of the morphology and a basic reading knowledge.

T: Translating and interpreting.

All second and third-year students should seek advice from the Convener on the availability of spetskursy before the beginning of the academic year.

Russian Drama of the 19th Century    RUSS2004

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Russian Drama of the 20th Century    RUSS2005

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

Perceptions of Stalin    EURO2006

(8cp)

Not offered in 1999

The degree with honours

Intending honours students should first read the general statement The degree with honours in the introductory section of the Faculty of Arts entry.

(a) Russian I, II and III. Where exemption is granted from Russian I, an approved unit may be substituted for Russian I as the first unit of the major.

(b) Russian 2011 and 3012.

(c) Another major in a cognate area of study. The Department or Program responsible for that major may require completion of an additional unit to the value of one point.

(d) Further units to bring the total of units required for the pass degree.

Note: At least Credit level must be attained in the later-year units required to be taken under (a), (b) and (c) above.

RUSSIAN IV (HONOURS)

The fourth-year course will be compiled in consultation with the Convener of Russian and the Head of Department or Program Convener responsible for the students cognate major and will normally consist of -

(a) Advanced language work: oral work, comprehension, composition and translation.

(b) Course work approved by the cognate Department or Program.

(c) Russian literature since 1917; twelve topics in 20th-century Russian literature.

(d) An independent study leading to a sub-thesis or, if appropriate, a special course in an area of interest.

Combined honours degrees

A student who wishes to proceed to a combined honours degree in Russian and another subject must consult the Convener before entering Russian II.

In Russian, the requirement is Russian I, II and III and Russian 2011 and 3012.

SPANISH

The course is intended for learners of Spanish as a foreign language; no previous knowledge is required. The course is aimed at giving students a practical working knowledge of the language, combined with a practical understanding of the Hispanic societies. New students who already have some knowledge of Spanish, for example from high school courses, are asked to see the Lecturer in Charge of Spanish at the University of Canberra before enrolling to determine the level at which they should enter. They may be exempted from certain units.

An ANU student who wishes to do a major or single semester units in Spanish must first obtain permission from the Faculty of Arts and then enrol at the University of Canberra as a Cross-Institutional Student.

For further information contact the Centre for Modern Languages at the University of Canberra, tel. 6201-2334 or 6201-2074.

LANGUAGE STUDIES

Units in Language Studies reflect on the activity which most students of Modern European Languages are involved in at the practical level: the learning/acquisition of a second language and the mental processing of language. These units focus on psychological and linguistic aspects of second language acquisition and provide a systematic analysis of the underlying psychological, social and linguistic mechanisms.

The knowledge gained from the study of these units is relevant to anyone involved in or planning to be involved in the teaching of language or in other language professions.

Units in Language Studies can be credited towards a major in German, French and Italian, towards a major in Lingustics and an MA in Applied Linguistics. These units also combine well with linguistics-based studies in the Faculty of Asian Studies and with Psychology.

These units can be credited towards a major in Applied Linguistics or a major in Linguistics.

Second Language Acquisition    LANG2101

(8cp)

Second semester
One two-hour lecture and one one-hour tutorial per week

Coordinator: Professor Pienemann

Prerequisites: For students majoring in Linguistics: LING 1001 and one other Linguistics point. For students majoring in German: GERM 2110 and GERM2105. For students majoring in French or Italian: permission of Head of Department.

Syllabus: This unit gives an overview of the field of second language acquisition research. The development of theories of learning and their application to the phenomenon of second language learning/acquisition will be placed in the historic context of the disciplines of psychology and linguistics.

The study of second language acquisition started out as a primarily pedagogical enterprise and has now taken a distinctly cognitive slant. This course will trace the factors leading to this development, in particular theory formation and the analysis of observational data. A number of approaches to the explanation of language acquisition will be reviewed and evaluated against the background of empirical data. In the course of this review an overview will be given of acquisition patterns found for the languages concerned (including English).

Preliminary reading

• Larsen-Freeman, D & Long, M, An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research, Longman, London 1991

Proposed assessment: two 2,000 word essays

Psycholinguistics    LANG2102

(8cp)

First semester
One two-hour lecture and one tutorial per week

Coordinator: Professor Pienemann

Prerequisites: One of the following options:
LING1001 and one other Linguistics unit
GERM2110 or GERM2111 and (B) GERM2106
PHIL2061 or PHIL3056

Syllabus: This unit gives an introduction to processing of language. This includes the role of memory in the processing of language, information processing and the comprehension of language as well as the influence of theories of grammar on psychological views of language processing. The following topics will be covered:

Information processing and language processing
The role of syntax, semantics and pragmatics in language processing, Comprehension and the lexicon, Production and lexical access, Acquisition and learning of language, Language and learning in primates and other species, Biological foundations of language, Philosophical issues, Aphasia, Computational linguistics and artificial intelligence

Separate tutorial groups will be formed for students of German and other students. For students of German emphasis will be placed on the contribution of German scholars to the field and some selected German texts will be studied in the German tutorial. For other students all readings will be in English.

Proposed assessment: two 2000 word essays

• Garman, M, Psycholinguistics, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 1990 or
• Levelt, WJM (1989), Speaking. From intention to articulation, Cambridge, Mass MIT Press

This unit may be taken as part of a program major in Communication and Cognitive Studies.
This unit cannot be credited towards studies in Psychology.

TRANSLATION ACROSS LANGUAGES

Beginning in First Semester of 1999, the Department of Classical and Modern European Languages will be offering two new units in the field of Translation Studies, as described below. They are intended to be of benefit to students in all language programs who have already acquired a good reading knowledge of a second language and are interested in the translation process, whether of literary texts or of texts with a more practical or communicative function.

In 1999, LANG3002 will serve as a common course which can count towards majors in Italian, German, French, Russian, but it is also available to students of other languages.

More detail on the indiviual units is set out below.

Enquiries should be directed to Dr Kevin Windle, Tel. (02) 6249-2885, Fax (02) 6249-3252, E-mail: Kevin.Windle@anu.edu.au

Translation across Languages:
the translation of literary texts    LANG3001

(8cp)

First semester
One one-hour lecture, one one-hour seminar and one one-hour tutorial per week

Coordinator: Dr Kevin Windle

Prerequisites: Adequate knowledge of one of the languages taught at ANU (e.g. French, German, Italian, Russian, Latin, Greek, Asian languages) or of a language not taught at ANU, with the approval of the Coordinator.

Syllabus: A study of the problems regularly encountered in the process of cross-language and cross-cultural transfer. The focus in this unit will be on the translation of literature. Various genres will be studied, including poetry and drama with their particular problems of translation. Using English as our working language, we shall examine and where possible compare renderings into English of well-known works of literature, while trying to establish criteria and clarify what we mean by 'a good translation'.

In seminar work, students will be required to read theoretical works, in English or in their language of expertise, dealing with literary translation and report on these. They will also be expected to examine published translations from their particular language and to analyse on these detail.

In the more popular languages, it is hoped that language-specific tutorials will be possible, in which the target language may be used and translation into that language may be considered and practised.

Proposed assessment: One 2000-word essay; one extended translation with detailed commentary. Short translations for tutorial work.

Preliminary reading: It is desirable that intending students should gain some preliminary acquaintance with the field by reading, not necessarily in full, ONE of the following:

• Hofstadter, Douglas R., Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language, New York, 1997.
• Steiner, George, After Babel: Aspects of language and translation, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1992

Translation across Languages:
specialised material    LANG3002

(8cp)

Second semester
One one-hour lecture, one one-hour seminar and one one-hour tutorial per week

Coordinator: Dr Kevin Windle

Prerequisites: Adequate knowledge of one of the languages taught at ANU (e.g. French, German, Italian, Russian, Latin, Greek, Asian languages) or of a language not taught at ANU, with the approval of the Coordinator.

Syllabus: A study of the problems regularly encountered in the process of cross-language and cross-cultural transfer as found in texts not classifiable as literary, and in handling material other than the written word. We shall begin by exploring genres of translation and establishing our focus on the vocational, specialized or practical forms, as opposed to the literary which is the focus of LANG 3001. We shall proceed to explore general principles, and look at topics such as translation in international organizations, technical translation, machine translation, interpreting, the translations of film-scripts and the design and use of dictionaries and other works of reference.

It is expected that for French, German and Italian, at least, language-specific tutorials will be possible, in which the target language may be used and translation into that language may be considered and practised.

LANG3002 is a common course which can count towards majors in Italian, German, French, Russian, but is also available to students of other languages.

Proposed assessment: One 2000-word essay; one extended translation with detailed commentary. Short translations for tutorial work.

Preliminary reading: It is desirable that intending students should gain some preliminary acquaintance with the field by reading, not necessarily in full, ONE of the following:

• Uriel Weinreich, Languages in Contact. Findings and Problems, The Hague, 1967
• Peter Newmark, A Textbook of Translation, New York, 1988