UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA

FACULTATEA DE LITERE
DEPARTAMENTUL DE STUDII ANGLO-AMERICANE

TEMATICA EXAMENULUI DE LICENŢĂ

2006/2007

LIMBA ENGLEZĂ (A+B)

MODUL I

1. Conversion: definition, conversion of nouns, adjectives and verbs; criteria of conversion

2. Determiners. The functions of the definite, indefinite and zero article
3. Modal verbs: morphological, syntactic and semantic properties. Modal verbs expressing
ability, permission, possibility, obligation and necessity
4. The Passive Voice: the passive transformation; classes of verbs that undergo
passivization
5. Infinitival constructions. The distribution of Infinitive Complement Clauses
6. The syntactic structure of the simple sentence
7. Subordination in English: the classification of clauses
8. Finite and non-finite Subject Clauses
9. Lexical relations: synonymy, antonymy, complementarity, hyponymy
10. The theory of speech acts. Constative vs. performative utterances. Felicity conditions.
The speech act scheme

MODUL II
1. Affixation: general characteristics of prefixation/suffixation; negative prefixes; noun-
forming suffixes, adjective-forming suffixes, verbal suffixes
2. The category of number in English: regular/irregular plurals; countable and uncountable
nouns (classes and subclasses)
3. The category of aspect: the opposition simple vs. progressive aspect; classes of verbs and
the progressive aspect
4. The category of mood. The Indicative Mood vs. the Subjunctive Mood. The forms, uses
and distribution of the subjunctive in contemporary English
5. The transitive and intransitive predication
6. The syntax of negative sentences: the derivation of negative sentences; sentences with
negative quantifiers; polarity items; emphatic negatives
7. The –ING forms. The distribution of the –ING Complement Clauses
8. Finite and non-finite Object Clauses
9. Methods of semantic analysis in structural semantics: componential analysis
10. Deixis: person, place and time deixis

MODUL III
1. Compounding: definition(s); types of compound nouns/adjectives/verbs. The productivity
of the process in Contemporary English
2. Modifiers. Pre-modifiers and post-modifiers. The adjective as pre-modifier; the
comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Other modifiers
3. The category of tense. The uses and values of the Present Tense, Past Tense, Present
Perfect, Past Perfect. Means of Expressing Futurity
4. The use of moods in finite subordinate clauses. Sequence of tenses: rules, exceptions
 5. The intransitive and copulative predication
6. Constituents, phrase structure. NP structure rules
7. Relative Clauses: classification. Restrictive vs. Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses. The use
of the relative pronouns. The distribution of the Free Relative Clauses
8. THAT-Complement Clauses. Syntactic properties of THAT Clauses
9. Theories of meaning
10. Conversational implicature: definition, the maxims of conversation, observance and non-
observance cases

Notă: Opţiunea se va face pentru un singur modul

Bibliografie
Adams, V. 1973. An Introduction to Modern English Word Formation, London
Bauer, L. 1983. English Word Formation, Cambridge: CUP
Chiţoran, D. 1973. Elements of English Structural Semantics, Bucureşti: EDP
Cornilescu, A. 1986. English Syntax, vol. 2, Bucureşti: EUB
Cornilescu, A. 1995. Concepts of Modern Grammar, Bucureşti: EUB
Crăiniceanu, I. 2000. The Syntax of the English Simple Sentence, Craiova: Omniscop
Gălăţeanu, G., Comişel, E. 1992. Gramatica limbii engleze pentru uz şcolar, Bucureşti:
Omega Press
Leech, G. 1983. Principles of Pragmatics, London: Longman
Lyons, J. 1977. Semantics, Cambridge: CUP
Mey, J.L. 1993. Pragmatics. An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell
Murar, I., Trantescu, A.M., Pisoschi, C. 2003. English Syntax, Craiova: Universitaria
Murar, I. 2004. The English Verb, Craiova: Universitaria
Nedelcu, C. 2004. English Grammar, Craiova: Universitaria
Quirk, R. et al. 1972. A Grammar of Contemporary English, London: Longman
Saeed, J. 1997. Semantics, Oxford: Blackwell
Şerban, D. 1982. English Syntax, vol. 1, Bucureşti: EUB
Ştefănescu, I. 1988. English Morphology. The Nominal and Verbal Categories, Bucureşti:
TUB
Thomson, A.J., Martinet, A.V. 1980. A Practical English Grammar, Oxford: OUP
Vîlceanu, T. 2005. Pragmatics. The Raising and Training of Language Awareness, Craiova:
Universitaria

Decan, Şef de catedră,

Conf. univ.dr. Cristiana Teodorescu Prof.univ.dr. Ioana Murar
UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA
FACULTATEA DE LITERE
CATEDRA DE STUDII ANGLO-AMERICANE
SPECIALIZAREA: Engleza – Romana/ o alta limba straina; Romana/Franceza – Engleza
ANUL UNVERSITAR 2006-2007

LITERATURA ENGLEZA
MODULE LICENTA 2007
Module I
1. The European dimension of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”
2. Shakespeare within the context of the Renaissance
3. The idea of power in Defoe’s neoclassical novel “Robinson Crusoe”
4. Nature and the poet in Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”.
5. Tennyson’s religious verse: “In Memoriam”
6. The figure of the child in Dickens’s work: “Great Expectations”, David Copperfield”,
Little Dorrit”, “Oliver Twist”
7. The strange protagonist and the literalness of language in D. Thomas’s “Before I
Knocked”
8. The Jazz epoch in S. Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”

Module II
1. W. Shakespeare: “Sonnets” – 18, 91, 116, 66. The main themes, imagery and style
2. Shakespeare’s Magic World: Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest
3. The tragic feeling in Shakespeare’s Tragedies
4. The sense of beauty and pain in Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale”
5. The human condition in Hardy’s vision: “The Mayor of Casterbridge”, “Jude the
Obscure”
6. The fictional universe of the Brontë sisters
7. V.Woolf’s obsessive symbols in “Jacob’s Room”
8. The modern myth in W.B.Yeats’ “Leda and the Swan”
9. Evil is in man. Melville’s “Moby Dick”

Module III
1. The human comedy in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”
2. Family Relations in Shakespeare’s Plays: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear,
The Taming of the Shrew
3. The modern myth in Shelley’s “Frankenstein”
4. The “Imagination” with Romantic poets
5. The dramatic monologue in R.Browning’s poetry: “Fra Lippo Lippi”
6. Autobiographical elements in G.Elliot’s novels: “Adam Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss”
7. “The Journey of the Magi” and T.S. Eliot’s sense of religion
8. The impressionistic technique in J. Conrad’s “Lord Jim”
9. Love, war and the “macho” hero in Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “A
Farewell to Arms”

Important!
Candidates are supposed to read the literary works and critical essays mentioned in the
selected bibliography.
 Critical Bibliography
1. The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, vol. I and II, OUP, New York, London,
1972
2. The American Anthology of American Literature, vol. I and II, ed. George McMichael,
Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York
3. The Penguin History of British and American Literature, ed. Marcus Cunliffe, vol. 1-10,
London, 1993
4. Sanders, Andrew, The Oxford History of English Literature, Claredon Press, Oxford,
1994
5. Burdescu, Felicia, British Literature, Reprografia Universitatii din Craiova, 1999
6. Burdescu, Felicia, American Literature, Reprografia Universitatii din Craiova, 1999
7. Sirbulescu, Emil, Chaucer, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Fundatia “Scrisul Romanesc,
Craiova, 2002
8. Sirbulescu, Emil. European Cultural Landmarks: British Medieval and Renaissance
Literatura, Universitaria, 2005
9. Olaru, Victor, Victorian Literature, Reprografia Universitatii din Craiova, 1999

Decan, Sef de catedra

conf.univ.dr. Cristiana Teodorescu prof. univ.dr. Ioana Murar