3 hrs., first half-year. W, debate, 3–5; supervision of briefs,

Prerequisite: Courses 1, 2, and the prerequisite to the Group in Economics or Political Science.

73. Forensics. (G.E.)

Assistant Professor FLAHERTY. Practice in debating. Arguments concerning moot-questions in

politics and economics. 3 hrs., second half-year. W, 3–5; supervision of briefs,

Open only to students selected from the class in Argumentation. 70. Oral Debates upon Literary Topics. (G.E.)

Professor GAYLEY. Training in the literary and stylistic features of argumentative

discourse; the discussion of moot-questions concerning Shaka

speare's plays and other masterpieces. 2 hrs., first half-year. M, 4-6. Open to men who have taken 7A

and 7B.

*70. Masterpieces of Argumentation. (G.E.)

Assistant Professor FLAHERTY. 2 hrs., throughout the year. 8. Literary Construction. (G.E.)

Professor GAYLEY. 2 hrs., second half-year. M, 4-6. An advanced class, under indi

vidual criticism, in the writing of verse and prose for publication. Limited to ten Seniors and Graduates selected by the instructor from those who have published original work of some promise, or have gained distinction in Course 6. Application should be made before the Christmas vacation.

10a. Interpretation: Logical and Literary. (G.E.)

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. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: At least

Junior standing. *10B. Translation. (G.E)

Professor LANGE. Discussion of the factors and processes of interpretation involved;

comparative study of representative specimens; practical exer

cises with a view to training in composition. 3 hrs., second half-year. MW F, 10. Prerequisite: At least

Junior standing.

PHILOLOGY AND LITERARY CRITICISM.

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Students desiring to make a special study of the linguistic side of English are advised to take, in addition to certain courses here

unced,-such as lla, 12A, 14A-140, 30, and 31B,—th course in Gothic offered by the German department, and courses announced under Linguistics. Course lla' will be accepted as sufficient preparation for courses in Gothic and Norse.

11a. Old English.

Professor LANGE and Assistant Professor NoYES. Grammar; reading of selected prose and poetry. 3 hrs., first half-year. Two sections. Section I, MW F, 9.

Section II, M W F, 10. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2; for
Section I, also the consent of Professor LANGE.

*113. Old English Laws. (G.E.)

Professor LANGE. Sources, characteristic features, and cultural aspects. Translation

and collateral reading. 2 hrs., second half-year. Prerequisite: Course 11A.

*11c. Norse Mythology.

Professor LANGE. Lectures and topical study. 2 hrs., second half-year. MW, 11. Prerequisite: At least Junior

standing.

129. Beowulf. (G.E.)

Professor LANGE. Lectures; interpretation; study of linguistic and literary topics

with special reference to modern English. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Course 11a. 12B. Old English Life. (G.E.)

Professor LANGE. Investigation of special topics pertaining to the Germanic element

in English life and culture. 2 hrs., second half-year. M W, 11. Prerequisite: Course 12A.

13a. Chaucer. (G.E.)

Professor LANGE and Assistant Professor Noyes. A minute study of selected tales and poems; the life and thought

of his times. 3 hrs. Section I (Professor LANGE), first half-year. M W F, 9; Sec

tion II (Assistant Professor Noyes), second half-year, M W F, 10. Prerequisite: Course 11a.

13B. Ballad, Geste and Epic. (G.E.)

Dr. HART. 3 hrs., second half-year. Hours to be announced later. 14A. Modern English Phonology. (G.E.) Professor LANGE. A historical study of English pronunciation since 1500, with intro

ductory lectures on the elements of phonetics. 3 hrs., first half-year. MWF, 8. Prerequisite: Course 11A. *14B. History of the English Language. (G.E.) Professor LANGE. The origin and growth of the English tongue, with special refer

ence to phonology and accidence. This course alternates with

14a. It will be given in 1904-05. 14c. Introduction to English Grammar. (G.E.)

Professor BRADLEY. Lectures, with collateral study. This course is especially adapted

to the needs of prospective teachers. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 9. A general acquaintance with

at least two languages other than modern English is requisite. 140. The Comparative Study of English Grammar. (G.E.)

Professor BRADLEY. Lectures, topical study, introduction to independent research. 3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th S, 9. Open to Seniors and Grad

uates who have had lla and 14c. 9a. The Theory of Poetry. (G.E.)

Professor GAYLEY and a Reader. Lectures on poetry in its relation to the other arts. Reports on

Aristotle's Poetics, Lessing's Laocoon, Freytag's Technique of the Drama, etc. The history and technique of English verse.

Fortnightly exercises in criticism and construction. 3 hrs., second half-year, 1903-04. W, 3–5. Prerequisite: Courses

1 aud 2, and Junior standing. *9B. Problems in Literary Criticism. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY. The characteristics and development of literary types (in 1902–03

Lyric, Ballad, and Idyl; in 1901-02, Epic, Romance and Novel).

Seminar. 2 hrs., first half-year, 1904–05. W, 3-5. *9c. The History of English Critical Prose. (G. E.)

Professor GAYLEY. Periods of development; special study of influences in theory and 2 hrs., alternating with 9B. Open to students who show especial

ability in Course 9A; also to Graduates.

151. Elizabethan Poetry. (G.E.) Assistant Professor SANFORD. Lectures on the development of lyric, pastoral, sonnet, madrigal,

ode, elegy, and epithalamium (1550-1660) from their classical

and renaissance sources. 3 hrs., first half-year. MWF, 10.

15B. Spenser. (G.E.)

Assistant Professor SANFORD. The development of the literary epic in Virgil, Dante, Ariosto, and

Tasso, with special reference to Spenser's Faerie Queene. This course will alternate with one on Elizabethan Prose (Course 16)

which may be expected in 1904–05. 3 hrs., second half-year. MW F, 10.

17A. The Predecessors and Contemporaries of Shakespeare. (G.E.)

Professor GAYLEY and a Reader. Lectures, historical and critical; reading and analysis of represen

tative plays; frequent written exercises by the class under indi

vidual supervision. 3 hrs., first half-year. MW F, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2,

and at least Junior standing.

17B. Shakespeare. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY and a Reader. Shakespeare's relation to other Elizabethan dramatists; his per

sonality and the development of his art. Historical and textual

criticism of selected works. 2 hrs., second half-year. W, 3-5. Open to students who have

shown distinct 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. 3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, S, 8. Prerequisite: At least

Junior standing.

Professor BRADLEY. Study of special problems in connection with his poems. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, S, 8. Prerequisite: Junior

*21A. History of Poetry in the Nineteenth Century. (G.E.)

Professor GAYLEY, assisted by a Reader. Lectures; reading and reports. 3 hrs., first half-year, 1904-05.

2. Fortnightly written exercises with individual criticism. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2 and at least Junior standing.

MWF,

21B. Poems of the Nineteenth Century. (G.E.) Professor GAYLEY. Intensive study of selected masterpieces of Wordsworth, Fitzgerald,

Arnold, Browning, and other poets. Seminar. 2 hrs., first half-year. W, 3-5. Open to students who have had

at least one of the following courses: 70, 9A, 17A, 17B, 21A; also to Graduates.

22A. The History of American Literature. (G.E.)

Assistant Professor ARMES. A general view, illustrated by copious reading; lectures, reports.

and discussions. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 10.

22B. American Authors. (G.E.) Assistant Professor ARMES. Intensive study of special authors. (In 1903–04: The Poetry of

Longfellow, Whittier, Emerson, Lowell, and Holmes.) 3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th S, 10.

23. Representative Essayists. Seminar. (G.E.)

23A. Carlyle and Ruskin.

Professor BRADLEY. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 10. Open to Seniors who have

the instructor's permission, and to Graduates. (In 1902-03, Arnold).

23B. Emerson.

Professor BRADLEY. 3 hrs., second half-year. Same conditions as 23A.

*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 1904-05. It will alternate with 21B. 2 hrs., first half-year. W, 3-5. Open to students who have had