24. Old English: Advanced Course.-Rapid reading of selected works, both prose and poetry. For Graduate students only. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BLACKBURN Prerequisites: Courses 21-23, or their equiva lents. [Not to be given in 1905-6] 25. Old English: Special Course.-Study of some special text with reference to sources, grammatical peculiarities, construction of text, dialect, etc. For Graduate students only. Mj. Summer Quarter; 2:30 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BLACKBURN 26. Early Middle English.-Reading of selections from English remains of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with special attention to the grammatical development of the language. Mj. Winter Quarter; 3:00 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BLACKBURN Prerequisite: Some knowledge of Middle English. 27. Later Middle English.-The course will be devoted to the poem of Piers the Plowman. Mj. Autumn Quarter; 3:00 PROFESSOR MANLY 27B. Problems in the Literature of the Fourteenth Century. Mj. Winter Quarter; Wed., 4:00-6:00 28. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales.-An introductory course for students who have had no training in Middle English. PROFESSOR MANLY [Not to be given in 1905-6] 29-1, 2. English Metrical Romances.-The first Quarter will be devoted to lectures and reports; the second to the investigation of problems. For Graduate students only. Permission of the instructor is necessary for admission to this course. PROFESSOR MANLY [Not to be given in 1905-6] 30. Comparative Grammar of Old English.—A lecture course on the sounds and the inflections of Old English, intended not only for students of the English language but also for students of general comparative philology, in particular those giving Prerequisites: One Major of Old English and some knowledge of Latin and German. 35-1. English Language Seminar.— Problems in Etymology. Admission only upon permission of the instructor. Mj. Autumn Quarter; Wed., 4:00-6:00 PROFESSOR MANLY 35-2, 3. English Language Seminar.- For investigation and special study of linguistic problems. Students are admitted only by permission of the instructor. For Graduate students only. 2Mj. Winter and Spring Quarters; Tues., Thurs., 4:00. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BLACKBURN 36. The History of Old English Literature.-Lectures on English Literature from the date of the earliest remains to the Norman Conquest. course are: to secure intelligent reading of the masterpieces chosen, and interest in them; to awake a desire for wider knowledge; and to cultivate such critical ideas as the student is capable of at this stage of his development. Autumn Quarter; 2:00 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TOLMAN Spring Quarter; 12:00 MR. BOYNTON Prerequisite: English 1. Required of all students in the Junior Colleges of Literature and of Science. It is prerequisite to all other courses in English Literature. 40A, 40B. An Introduction to English Literature.Long course. 2Mj. Winter and Spring Quarters; 9:30 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR REYNOLDS Either Major of this course may be substituted for Mj 40, and elective credit is given for the other Major. But it is not desirable for students to take 40A unless they plan to take 40B as well, and 40A or its equivalent is a prerequisite for 40B. 41. Shakspere.-The reading and interpretation of representative plays. Mj 46. English Literature, 1744-98. Mj. Autumn Quarter; 8:30 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR REYNOLDS 47. English Literature, 1798–1832. Mj. Summer Quarter; 10:30 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LOVETT Winter Quarter; 9:30 MR. LINN 48. English Literature, 1832-92. Mj. Spring Quarter; 11:00 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TOLMAN 50. Studies in the Literature of the Elizabethan Period, 1550-1650.-For Graduate students only. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CARPENTER Prerequisite: English 42, 43, or 85, or their equivalents. [Not to be given in 1905-6] 51. The Beginnings of the Renaissance and the Reformation in England. -Lectures on the main currents of literature and civilization in England from the introduction of printing to the accession of Elizabeth; with discussion of the texts in Flugel's Neuenglisches Lesebuch. For Graduate students only. Mj. Summer Quarter; 9:00 52. Studies in the Literature of the Seventeenth Century. -For Graduate students only. Mj. Spring Quarter; Wed. and Fri., 4:006:00. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CARPENTER 57. Studies in the Literature of the Classical Period. For Graduate students only. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR REYNOLDS [Not to be given in 1905-6] 58. Studies in the Beginnings of the Romantic Movement.-For Graduate students only. Mj Spring Quarter, Wed. and Fri.; 4:00 PROFESSOR MACCLINTOCK 59. Studies in the Literature of the Romantic Period. For Graduate students only. Mj. Winter Quarter; Wed. and Fri., 4:006:00. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR REYNOLDS 62. The Oxford Movement and English Literature. [Not to be given in 1905–6] XVI. THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION A. INSTRUCTOR ATTACHED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE RICHARD GREEN MOULTON, PH.D., Professor of Literary Theory and Interpretation and Head of the Department of General Literature. B. INSTRUCTORS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS OFFERING COURSES IN THIS DEPARTMENT JAMES HAYDEN TUFTS, PH.D., LL.D., of the Department of Philosophy. WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER, PH.D., D.D., LL.D., of the Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures. IRA MAURICE PRICE, D.B., PH.D., of the Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures. FRANK JUSTUS MILLER, PH.D., of the Department of the Latin Language and Literature. JAMES WEBER LINN, A.B., of the Department of English. INTRODUCTORY The Heads and acting Heads of Departments VIII-XVI compose the Committee of Management for Department XVI. The Department of General Literature, formerly known as the Department of Literature (in English), has for its theoretic basis the unity of all literature. The purpose of the Department is, by its own courses and by co-operation with Departments VIII-XV, to afford facilities for the study of literature not limited by the divisions between particular languages and peoples. The courses of the Department are open to students of the Senior Colleges, and to the Graduate School of Arts and Literature. They are designed for two different classes of students: (1) those whose main work is remote from Literature, but who may desire some literary culture as an element of liberal education; (2) those who, whether in their Senior College or their Graduate work, desire to specialize in Literature. [Particular courses in Biblical Literature, where it is so specified, but no others, are open to students of the Junior Colleges who have completed twelve Majors.] The work of the Department falls into three sections: (A) The Theory of Literature, including Literary Interpretation and Literary Criticism. For purposes of practical education it is believed to be impossible without the use of literature in translation to obtain a sufficiently wide induction from literary phenomena to make studies like these scientific. In this section knowledge of the original languages of the literatures concerned may or may not be assumed. (B) Comparative Literature, as the term is generally understood. The work of this section will assume knowledge of the original languages of the principal literatures concerned. (C) General Literature (irrespective of divisions between particular languages), treated as a part of general culture rather than specialized study. In this section no knowledge will be assumed of any language other than English. For Senior College courses no knowledge is assumed of any language other than English. They are designed for students who may desire, at this stage of their education, to gain an intelligent appreciation of the great landmarks of world-literature, acquaintance with which is an essential of liberal education alike for those whose main interests are, and those whose main interests are not, literary. In each period of two years there will usually be offered courses in such subjects as The (English) Bible, Homer and Virgil, The Ancient Classical Drama, Dante, Shakspere, Goethe's Faust. In addition there will be a course (No. 1) designed as an introduction to general reading (so far as such reading is in literature), and usually a course in some literary topic of special interest at the present day. The courses can be taken singly; but eight such courses would make a convenient curriculum in General Literature. While any of the Graduate courses offered in this Department can be taken by itself, special provision is made for students desiring to specialize in General Literature for the A.M. degree. The requirements as to the higher degrees are as follows: 1. Graduate students offering work in this Department for the A.M. (specialist) degree, or as the single secondary subject for the degree of Ph.D., or as the principal subject for the degree of Ph.D., will be required to take courses in Biblical Literature and in Greek-Roman Literature, unless the Department is satisfied that adequate work in these studies has been done by the candidate previously. 2. Graduate students offering work in this Department for the A.M. (specialist) degree must take not less than three and not more than four Majors in Section A, of which Course 40 (or its equivalent) must be one. 3. Graduate students offering work in this Department as the single secondary subject for the degree of Ph.D. must take (a) at least two Majors in Section B, (b) not less than three and not more than four Majors in Section A, of which Course 40 (or its equivalent) must be one. 4. Graduate students offering work in this Department as the principal subject for the degree of Ph.D. must take at least one-half of their work in Section B, this work involving knowledge of the languages of the principal literatures concerned. They will also be required to take Course 40 (or its equivalent), and two more Majors in Section A. [It is not found practicable at present to offer sufficient courses in Section B to render work in this Department available as principal subject for the degree of Ph.D.] Department XVI being in its nature supplementary to the other language and literature Departments (VIII-XV), it will often happen that particular courses in those Departments can be substituted for, or used to supplement, courses in General Literature. See especially the programmes of Departments VIII, IX, XV. SENIOR COLLEGE COURSES COURSES OF INSTRUCTION reference to the Divine Comedy. Assigned readings and weekly reports by the class. Mj. Autumn Quarter, 1906; 3:00 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HOWLAND 6. Shakspere.-See XV, 70, 71. 2Mj. Autumn Quarter, 1905; 3:00 7. The Story of Faust.-Goethe's Faust (in Eng- Mj. Spring Quarter, 1906; 12:00 A. THEORY OF LITERATURE |
