SANSKRIT ARTHUR W. RYDER, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sanskrit. UPPER DIVISION COURSES MAJOR COURSES 101A-101B. Elementary Sanskrit. Assistant Professor RYDER. Perry's Primer, Whitney's Grammar, Lanman's Reader. composition, and reading. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W, 11, and a third hour to be arranged. Grammar, 102A-102B. Second-year Sanskrit. Assistant Professor RYDER. Rapid reading of classical texts: the fables of the Hitopadeça, selections from the Kathāsaritsāgara and Daçakumāracarita. 3 hrs., throughout the year, to be arranged. 103A-103B. Advanced Classical Sanskrit. Assistant Professor RYDER. (A) Reading of more difficult texts and study of their position in the literature: the Epigrams of Bhartrihari; the Meghadūta of Kālidāsa. (B) Introduction to the drama and to the Prakrit languages: the Çakuntala of Kālidāsa; the Mricchakatika of Çūdraka. 3 hrs., throughout the year, to be arranged. The reading matter of courses 102A-102в and 103A-103в 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. An outline of Vedic literature; the earlier forms of Brahmanism; the development of ritualism and philosophy; the revolt which found expression in Buddhism and Jainiism, the struggle between Brahmanism and Buddhism, and the rise of Hinduism. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. Assistant Professor RYDER. 21. Classical Sanskrit Literature. Lectures and reading. Outline of the great epics and of the classical literature, exclusive of the drama: The Mahabharata; 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. GRADUATE COURSE 220. The Veda and the Philosophical Systems. Assistant Professor RYDER. An expansion of course 20 with added reading and the preparation of a thesis. 2 hrs., first half-year; 4 units. Tu Th, 11. SEMITIC LANGUAGES WILLIAM POPPER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Semitic Languages. Language Courses The specific courses given in any year, the hours therefor, and the authors read, will depend upon the needs of the students. All courses except elementary courses may be repeated without duplication of credit and by agreement may be counted as graduate work; all are year courses, and open to any properly qualified student; excepting course 107A-107в, they will be given by Professor Popper. Hebrew. Elementary (3A-3B, 3 hrs.); Second Year (104A-104B, 2 hrs.); Exegetical (206A-206B, 2 hrs.); Mishnaic (107A-107в, 1 hr., Tu, 1, Dr. Meyer); Medieval (207A-207B, 2 hrs.). Arabic. Elementary (113A-113B, 2 hrs.); Prose (214A-214B, 2 hrs.); Koran and Poetry (215A-215B, 2 hrs.). Syriac. Elementary (111A-111в, 2 hrs.); Advanced (212A-212B, 2 hrs.). Seminar (220A-220в, 2 hrs.). Lecture Courses Free elective courses not requiring a knowledge of any Semitic language. 7A-7B. History of the Hebrew Religion. 1 hr., throughout the year. Tu, 1. 8A-8B. The Second Hebrew Commonwealth. Dr. MEYER. Dr. MEYER. 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. The life and letters of the Jews after the fall of Jerusalem (70-1492 A.D.). SLAVIC LANGUAGES GEORGE R. NOYES, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Slavic Languages. ALEXANDER S. KAUN, Ph.B., Assistant in Russian. Honor-students in the Upper Division.-Candidates for honors must do 24 units of upper division work in the department, of which at least 16 must be of first grade. The 24 units must include at least 18 units of work in one Slavic language and also either course 160, course 162 or (with the approval of the department), course 199. LOWER DIVISION COURSES 1A-1B. Elementary Russian. Bondar, Simplified Russian Method. Reader. Practice in conversation. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 1. 6A-6B. Elementary Polish. Associate Professor NOYES. Boyer and Speranski, Russian Associate Professor NOYES. Baluta, Practical Handbook of the Polish Language. Reading of By special arrangement with the Department, any one of the above four courses, with assigned readings in the history of Slavic literature, may be counted as work of the upper division. In such cases the student should register for course 101A, 106A, and the like, instead of in course la, 6a, etc. 18. Russian Conversation. Mr. KAUN. Practice in elementary Russian conversation and composition. 2 hrs., first half-year; 1 unit. Tu Th, 11. Open only to those who are taking or have taken Russian 1A; not open to students entering the University from schools in the Russian Republic. Continuation of Russian 102B. Forbes, Russian Grammar. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 8. 103в. Third-year Russian. Reading of modern prose and poetry. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 8. 105A-105в. Russian Poetry. Reading of Pushkin and Griboyedov. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 10. 111A-111B. Second-year Serbo-Croatian. Associate Professor NOYES. Mr. KAUN. Mr. KRUNICH. Reading of prose and poetry. Exercises in conversation and composition. 3 hrs., throughout the year, to be arranged. 119A-119B. Russian Composition. Mr. KAUN. Exercises in translation from English into Russian and in original composition in Russian. 1 hr., throughout the year, to be arranged. FREE ELECTIVE COURSES The following courses do not require a knowledge of any language other than English, and are open to all students of the upper division. By special arrangement with the instructor, they may be taken as major courses in Slavic literature. In such cases the students should register in course 120 or 122. 20. The Russian Novelists. Associate Professor NOYES. Lectures and reading. Authors: especially Tolstoy; also Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Gorky, and others. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 3. 22. Slavic Literature. Associate Professor NOYES. Lectures and reading. A brief account of the literature and folklore of Poland, Bohemia, Servia, and Bulgaria. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 3. |