*8B. The History of Oratory. Assistant Professor WINANS. American Especial attention to British and American oratory. orations will be considered in connection with history. ings with discussions of style. Read 2 hrs., second half-year. Prerequisite: Courses 1, 2A, 2B or 2c, and 3. 8c. Teachers' Course. Assistant Professor WINANS. Attendance at the meetings of certain other courses; practice under direction. Discussion of methods. 3 hrs., throughout the year, at the option of the instructor. Limited to eight members. *10A. Interpretation: Logical and Literary. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE. Principles and methods; study of representative masterpieces; practical exercises, oral and written, with a view to training in composition. This course alternates with 10B. It will be given in 1903-04. 2 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: At least Junior standing. 10B. Translation. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE. Discussion of the factors and processes of interpretation involved; comparative study of representative specimens; practical exercises with a view to training in composition. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: At least Junior standing. PHILOLOGY AND LITERARY CRITICISM. Owing to the rapidly increasing demands made by the classes of the first and second years upon the officers of the department, Courses 15, 16, 19, 22, 24, and 25, covering sixteenth century poetry (exclusive of the drama) and prose, seventeenth century poetry and prose (exclusive of Milton), eighteenth century poetry and prose, the history of American literature and the study of special American authors, the development of literary types (drama and novel) and the history of the romantic movement, are, for the present, withdrawn. The same or equivalent courses may, however, be expected, as soon as circumstances permit. *Not to be given in 1902-03. *11A. Germanic Sources of English Life and Culture. Topical study and lectures. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE. 12A. Beowulf. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE and Dr. NOYES. A critical study of the poem; investigation of special topics pertaining to the Germanic element in English life and culture. 3 hrs., second half-year. Two sections. MWF, 9. *12B. Old English Laws. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE. Sources, characteristic features, and cultural aspects. and collateral reading. 2 hrs., second half-year. Translation 13. Chaucer. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE and Dr. NOYES. A minute study of selected tales and poems; the life and thought of his times. 3 hrs. Section I (Lange), first half-year; Section II (Noyes), second half-year. M W F, 9, 10. 14A. Modern English Phonology. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE. A historical study of English pronunciation since 1500, with introductory lectures on the elements of phonetics. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Course 5. *14B. History of the English Language. (G.E.) Associate Professor LANGE. The origin and growth of the English tongue, with special refer ence to phonology and accidence. 14A. It will be given in 1903-04. This course alternates with 14c. Introduction to English Grammar. (G.E.) Lectures, with collateral study. Professor BRADLEY. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Course 5. *Not to be given in 1902-03. 9A. The Theory of Poetry. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY and a Reader. Lectures on poetry in its relation to the other arts; versification. Reports on Aristotle's Poetics, Lessing's Laocoön, Freytag's cism and construction. 3 hrs., second half-year, 1902-03. M W F, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and Junior standing. *9B. Problems in Literary Criticism. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY. The characteristics and development of literary types (in 18991900, Lyric, Ballad, and Idyl; in 1901-02, Epic, Romance, and Novel). Seminar. 2 hrs., alternating with 9c. W, 3-5. *9c. The History of English Critical Prose. Professor GAYLEY. Periods of development; special study of influences in theory and method, and of the pivotal masterpieces. 2 hrs., first half-year 1903-04. Open to students who show especial ability in Course 9A; also to Graduates. 17A. The Predecessors and Contemporaries of Shakespeare. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY and a Reader. Lectures: historical and critical; a system of study; reading of representative plays; frequent written exercises by the class under individual supervision. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Junior standing. 17B. Shakespeare. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY. Historical His personality and the development of his method. and textual criticism of selected works. Seminar. 2 hrs., second half-year, 1902-03. W, 3-5. Open to students who have shown especial ability in Course 17A; also to Graduates. 18A. Milton. (G.E.) Professor BRADLEY. His Life and Times. Lectures, with reading of his English poems and selections from his prose. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 8. Prerequisite: At least Junior Professor BRADLEY. Study of special problems in connection with his poems. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Course 18A. *Not to be given in 1902-03. *21A. History of Poetry in the Nineteenth Century. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY, assisted by a Reader. Lectures; reading and reports. 3 hrs., second half-year 1901-02; first half-year 1903-04. M W F, 2. Fortnightly written exercises under individual criticism. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2 and at least Junior standing. 21B. Poems of the Nineteenth Century. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY. Intensive study of selected masterpieces of Wordsworth, Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, and other poets. Seminar. 2 hrs., first half-year 1902-03. W, 3-5. Open to those students who have shown especial ability in Course 21A; also to Graduates. 23. Representative Essayists-Arnold or Emerson. Seminar. (G.E.) Professor BRADLEY. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Open to Seniors who have the instructor's permission, and to Graduates. Application should be made to the instructor before December 15. *26. Political and Philosophical Prose. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY. Advanced study of pivotal classics with reference to the thought, the arrangement, exposition, and style. This course will be given in 1903-04. It alternates with 21B. 2 hrs., first half-year. W, 3-5. *30. Old Norse. B. FOR GRADUATES. Associate Professor LANGE. Outline of the grammar; readings. The relations of Old Icelandic to Gothic and Old English. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W, 11; F, 1. Prerequisite: Course 5, and, if possible, a knowledge of Gothic. This course may, in exceptional cases, be taken by Seniors. 31. Philological Seminar. Associate Professor LANGE. (a) Linguistic studies in First Modern English. 2 hrs., second half-year. (b) Philological interpretation and criticism-Old Fortunatus, by Thomas Dekker. 2 hrs., first half-year. Hours to be arranged with the instructor. *Not to be given in 1902-03. *32. The Influence of Germany on English Literature of the Eighteenth Associate Professor LANGE. and Nineteenth Centuries. (a) Goethe and Carlyle. 2 hrs., throughout the year. 35. Seminar in English Grammar. Professor BRADLEY. Investigation of special problems of grammatical system. 3 hrs., second half-year. W F, 1-3. In exceptional cases this course may be taken by Seniors; but it must be preceded by 14c or its equivalent. 36. Rhetorical Seminar. Professor BRADLEY. An inductive study of specimens of selected types of prose literature in order to determine characteristics of style and record the order of their development. 3 hrs., first half-year. W F, 1-3. In exceptional cases this course may be taken by Seniors. *40. The History of Esthetic. Professor GAYLEY. From a study at first hand of the principal authorities. 3 hrs., throughout the year. This course should be preceded by Course 9A or 9B. 41. Seminar in English Literary History. Professor GAYLEY. In 1901-02 and 1902-03, the careful investigation of problems in the development of English Comedy. 4 hrs., first half-year. M, 3-5; F, 3. This course should be preceded by Courses 17A and 17B. 42. Seminar in Comparative Literature. Professor GAYLEY. History and methods of the study: the application of principles in the investigation of an author, a theme, a movement or a type. This course like the preceding runs through two or more years. 4 hrs., second half-year. M, 3-5; F, 3. Prerequisite: Courses 9 and 40 (if possible), and a sufficient knowledge of the classics and the modern languages. 50. Special Study. The instructors in English hold themselves ready to assist and advise competent students who may propose plans of special study which meet the approval of the department. *Not to be given in 1902-03. |