229A-229B. For students who wish to undertake special advanced work 1 hr., throughout the year. Hour to be arranged. 203A-203B. Cervantes: Don Quixote. Professor SCHEVILL. 2 hrs., throughout the year. During weeks in which University meetings are held, M W, 11; other weeks, W F, 11. *205A-205B. Masterpieces of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Professor SCHEVILL. 2 hrs., throughout the year. W F, 5. Assistant Professor MORLEY. *208B. The Spanish Ballad. 1 hr., second half-year. Given in alternate years. Hour to be ar ranged. 229A-229B. For students who wish to undertake special advanced work in Spanish. ITALIAN *201A-201B. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Hours to be arranged. *Not to be given, 1916-17. Mr. GOGGIO. SANSKRIT ARTHUR W. RYDER, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sanskrit. UPPER DIVISION COURSES 101. Elementary Sanskrit. MAJOR COURSES Assistant Professor RYDER. Perry's Primer; Whitney's Grammar; Lanman's Reader. composition, and reading. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 11. 102. Elementary Sanskrit (continued). Assistant Professor RYDER. The classical texts in Lanman's Reader, and other easy Sanskrit. Reading at sight. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 11. 103. Second-year Sanskrit. Assistant Professor RYDER. Rapid reading of simple classical texts. The fables of the Hitopadeça. 3 hrs., first half-year. Hours to be arranged. 104. Second-year Sanskrit (continued). Assistant Professor RYDER. Classical Sanskrit texts. Selections from the Kathāsaritsāgara and Daçakumaracarita. 3 hrs., second half-year. Hours to be arranged. 105. Advanced Classical Sanskrit. Assistant Professor RYDER. Reading of more difficult texts, and study of their position in the literature. The Epigrams of Bhartrihari. The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa. 3 hrs., first half-year. Hours to be arranged. 106. Advanced Classical Sanskrit (continued). Assistant Professor RYDER. The Introduction to the drama, and to the Prakrit languages. 3 hrs., second half-year. The reading matter of courses 103, 104, 105, and 106 may be varied in accordance with the tastes and purposes of the students. SANSKRIT LITERATURE.-FREE ELECTIVE COURSES The following courses do not require a knowledge of any Indian language, and are open to all students of the upper division. Together, they aim to give an outline history of Sanskrit literature, but any one of them may be taken independently. 20. The Veda and the Philosophical Systems. Assistant Professor RYDER. Lectures and reading. In connection with an outline of Vedic literature, the earlier forms of Brahmanism will be treated; then the development of ritualism and philosophy, the revolt which found expression in Buddhism and Jainism, the struggle between Brahmanism and Buddhism, and the rise of Hinduism. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. 21. Classical Sanskrit Literature.. Assistant Professor RYDER. Lectures and reading. Outline treatment of the great epics and of the classical literature, exclusive of the drama. The following subjects will be treated: the Mahābhārata; the Rāmāyana; the Kavya's (minor epics); lyric and elegiac poetry; novels and romances; fables and epigrams; the law books; rhetoric and poetics; scientific literature. 2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 11. *22. The Sanskrit Drama. Assistant Professor RYDER. Lectures and reading. The Hindu canons of dramaturgy. Dramatic production in India, from its beginnings in the Rigveda, with special study of the masterpieces of the classical period. 2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 11. GRADUATE COURSE Assistant Professor RYDER. 220. The Veda and the Philosophical Systems. An expansion of course 20 with added reading and the preparation of a thesis. 2 hrs., first half-year; 4 units. Tu Th, 11. *Not to be given, 1916-17. SEMITIC LANGUAGES WILLIAM POPPER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Semitic Languages. MARTIN A. MEYER, Ph.D., Lecturer in Semitic Literature and History. Students intending to prepare themselves for the ministry or otherwise interested in the work offered by the department are advised, on the basis of a good knowledge of the classical and modern languages, to take in their junior year courses 101A-101в and 3A-3B, and in their senior year courses 104A-104в, and 111A-111B or 113A-113B. Courses 8A-8B and 9A-9B offer a survey of the entire development of Biblical and postBiblical Jewish history. The graduate work provides for research along the lines of Biblical exegesis, Arabic literature, and Semitic philology in general. The courses to be given in any year and the time thereof will be decided in accordance with the requirements of students; courses 104A-104B, 206A-206B, 212A-212B, 214A-214B, and 215A-215в may be repeated indefinitely, without duplication of work. UPPER DIVISION COURSES MAJOR COURSES 101A-101B. Introduction to the Study of the Semitic Languages. Associate Professor POPPER. Lectures on the nature and classification of the Semitic languages. 1 hr., throughout the year. 104A-104B. Hebrew. Associate Professor POPPER. Second course: Rapid reading of selections from the historical books of the Old Testament. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Time to be arranged. 107A-107B. Post-Biblical Hebrew. Selected readings from the Mishnah. 1 hr., throughout the year. Tu, 1. 111A-111B. Syriac. Dr. MEYER. Associate Professor POPPER. Text-book: Brockelmann, Syrische Grammatik. 113A-113B. Arabic. Associate Professor POPPER. Text-books: Socin, Arabic Grammar; Brünnow, Chrestomathy. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Time to be arranged. Associate Professor POPPER. 116c-116D. Arabic, Commercial. Reading of commercial documents, newspapers, etc. 3A-3B. Hebrew. FREE ELECTIVE COURSES Associate Professor POPPER. First course: The elements of the language, with exercises in translating from Hebrew into English and from English into Hebrew, followed by the grammatical interpretation of the Book of Ruth. 3 hrs., throughout the year, to be arranged. 8A-8B. The Second Hebrew Commonwealth. Dr. MEYER. Lectures on the history and literature of the Hebrews in Palestine after the return from the captivity (536 B.C.). 1 hr., throughout the year. Tu, 2. 9A-9B. The Diaspora. Dr. MEYER. Lectures on the life and letters of the Jews after the fall of Jerusalem (70 A.D.). 1 hr., throughout the year. Tu, 3. 25A-25B. The Mohammedan Countries. Associate Professor POPPER. Lectures on the geographical, religious, social, and political conditions in Asiatic Turkey, Egypt, and North Africa. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 11. GRADUATE COURSES Associate Professor POPPER. 206A-206B. Exegetical Course. Philological interpretation of one or more of the prophetical and poetical books of the Bible. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Prerequisite: course 104A-104B. 207A-207B. Medieval Hebrew Literature. Azariah de Rossi's Me'ôr 'Ênayim. Associate Professor POPPER. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Prerequisite: 107A-107B, 206A-206B. 210A-210B. Biblical and Targumic Aramaic. Associate Professor POPPER. Selections from the Aramaic portions of the Old Testament and from the Targumim. 1 hr., throughout the year. 212A-212B. Syriac. Rapid reading of various authors. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Associate Professor POPPER. |