students who pursue the study of Latin in this University, will be recommended on proof of having completed with credit work equal in value and scope to that demanded of undergraduates. ENGLISH. CHARLES M. GAYLEY, A.B., Professor of the English Language and Literature. ALEXIS F. LANGE, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English Philology. THOMAS F. SANFORD, A.B., Instructor in English. For students in the regular courses, matriculation credit, without condition, for English 1b, and either 1a or 14, is prerequisite to the taking of any of the English courses. Special students who desire to study in this department, must have matriculation credit for English 1 (a and b) and 14, or must present equivalent credentials. Courses 1, and 2 or 3 or 4 must precede the rest. Students intending to pursue English as a Group Elective must complete Courses 1, 2 (or 3 and 4), and 5a; and they must have the further preparation of an effective acquaintance with at least two foreign languages and literatures, one of which should be the Greek or the Latin. The Group Elective may be chosen from Courses 6-23. All courses are open as Free Electives to students of any college, subject only to the proper sequence of studies. PRELIMINARY COURSES. 1. Types of English Prose Style. The features and elements of effective writing in prose, based upon direct study of selected groups of authors, with training in composition, and in methods of investigation and of presenting the results. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M., W., F. Secs. I and II, 8:30 A. M.; Secs. III and IV, 9:25 A. M.; Secs. V and VI, 10:20 A. M.; Secs. VIII and IX, 11:15 A. M.; Sec. VII, 1:55 P. M. Gr. L. Assistant Professor ARMES, Sec. V; Mr. SYLE, Secs. VI and VIII; Mr. SANFORD, Secs. I and III; Mr. HART, Secs. II, IV, VII, and IX. Prescribed, Freshman year, in the Colleges of Letters, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Chemistry, and Agriculture. Open in any year to students in the Engineering Colleges. This course must precede all others. 2. General History of English Literature. Synoptical view, illustrated by copious reading from representative authors; lectures, reports, and discussions. 3 hrs., throughout the year. Sophomore Course. Four sections: M., W., F. Sec. I, 8:30 A. M.; Sec. II, 9:25 A. M.; Sec. III, 10:20 A. M.; Sec. IV, 11:15 A. M. Gr. A, B, or C. Professor BRADLEY and Assistant Professor ARMES. In the College of Letters this course may be taken, optionally with 3 or 4, as fulfilling the hours prescribed in English. In the Colleges of Letters and Social Sciences, it is the regular course in preparation for the Group Elective; but Courses 3 and 4 may together be presented as an equivalent. 3. Composition and Reading. Frequent exercises, extempore and prepared, in the writing of paragraphs and essays based upon individual reading of the best short English masterpieces. 2 hrs., throughout the year. M., Th., 1:55 P. M. Gr. J. Mr. SYLE. Prescribed, optionally with Course 4, to students in the Colleges of Letters, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Agriculture who do not take Course 2. Elective in any college. 4. Short Course in the History of English Literature. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu., Th., 9:25 A. M. Gr. R. Optional with Course 3. Mr. SANFORD. 5A. Elementary Old English. Grammar; translation of prose and poetry; brief history of the English language. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Course for Sophomores or Juniors. Two sections: Tu., Th., 9:25 A. M. Gr. K. Associate Professor LANGE and Mr. HART. *5B. Germanic Sources of English Life and Culture. Lectures; reports on collateral reading. 1 hr., second half. S., 9:25 A. M. Gr. S. Associate Professor LANGE. Course 56 is open as a Free Elective to students taking 5a or any other Course in Philology. ADVANCED COURSES. A. PRIMARILY FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS. Students making English their Group Elective must include in their lists Courses 8, 9, one course on a literary type or movement (such as 16, 19, 20, 21), and one course on an author (such as 13, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23). At least six hours of Group Elective work should be pursued during the Senior year. Students who desire the recommendation of this department for teachers' certificates, must include in their lists Courses 1, 2, 5 (a), 8, 9, and 14, or one course on an author, and, even though they be not candidates for a degree, they must after 1897-98 have acquired an effective acquaintance with at least two foreign languages, one of which must be the Latin or the Greek. Rhetoric and the Theory of Criticism. 6. Exposition. A topical survey of principles; lectures on methods of literary interpretation; study of representative masterpieces, and practical exercises. 2 hrs., first half. Tu., Th., 10:20 A. M. Gr. L. Associate Professor LANGE. Open to Juniors. 7A. Argumentation. Analysis of masterpieces; preparation of briefs; delivery of arguments exemplifying the use of the syllogism and the exposure of fallacies. 3 hrs., first half, Junior and Senior years. W., 1-2:50 P. M.; F., 10:20 A. M.; S., 10:20 A. M. Professor GAYLEY. This course must be preceded by the Course in Formal Logic (Philosophy, 1). *Not given in 1895-96. 7B. Forensics. Practice in debate and training in delivery. 2 hrs., second half. Hours to be arranged. Professor GAYLEY. Open only to students selected from the class in Argumentation, and from the debating societies. 8. Poetics. A topical survey, based upon the study of Aristotle's Poetics, Lessing's Laocoon, Freytag's Technique of the Drama, and other standard treatises on poetry. Lectures and recitations. 2 hrs., second half. W., 2:50-4:40 P. M. Gr. W. Open to Juniors. Professor GAYLEY and Associate Professor LANGE. 9. Problems of Literary Criticism. A comparative inquiry into the growth, technique, and function of the principal literary species; with application to typical English masterpieces. 1894-95, Epic, Idyl, Satire, and Novel; 1895–96, Ballad, Lyric, Drama, and Metrical Romance. Seminary and lectures. 3 hrs., second half. M., 2:50-4:40 P. M.; W., 2:50 P. M. Professor GAYLEY. Open to Seniors and to graduates who have completed Course 8. 10. Frequent and Rapid Writing. An advanced course involving personal training in composition. In 1896-97, 2 hrs. Tu., Th., 8:30 A. M. Gr. J. Professor BRADLEY. Open only to Juniors and Seniors who have shown distinct ability in the written exercises of their previous course. Philology. 12. Advanced Old English. A critical study of Beowulf. 2 hrs., first half. Tu., Th., 11:15 A. M. Gr. M. Associate Professor LANGE. Open to Seniors and Graduates who have completed Course 5 (a). 13. Chaucer. A minute study of selected tales and poems; the life and thought of his times. Seminary. 2 hrs., second half. Tu., Th., 11:15 A. M. Gr. M. Open to students who have completed Course 5 (a). Associate Professor LANGE. 14. English Grammar. A systematic discussion, with application of the historical and comparative method, specially adapted to the needs of prospective teachers of English. 2 hrs., first half. Tu., Th., 1:55 P. M. Open to students who have completed Course 5 (a). Professor BRADLEY. The Historical and Critical Study of Literature. 15. Spenser and the Spenserians. A literary and historical study of the poems of Spenser; Spenserian Influence and Imitation from Prior to Keats, 1706-1820. Introduction to English Romanticism. 2 hrs., first half. Tu., Th., 10:20 A. M. Gr. L. Mr. SANFORD. 16. History of the Drama. (a) Introduction to the English Drama. Lectures and collateral reading on the Classical and Mediæval Dramas. 2 hrs., first half. Tu., Th., 11:15 A. M. Gr. M. Assistant Professor ARMES. (b) The History of the English Drama. 2 hrs., second half. Tu., Th., 11:15 A. M. Gr. M. Assistant Professor ARMES. 17. Shakespeare. (a) General criticism of twelve plays. Essays and discussions. 2 hrs., first half. M., 2:50-4:40 P. M. Open to Seniors who have the permission of the instructor. Professor GAYLEY. (b) The Construction of Shakespearian Comedy. Critical and comparative investigation. Open to Seniors who have completed Course &, and who with this course take 17 (a). 18. Milton. 2 hrs., second half. Tu., Th., 1:55 P. M. Gr. F. Professor BRADLEY. 19. English Literature of the Eighteenth Century, as marking the transition from mediæval to modern times; the Classical Movement. (a) Restoration, Comedy, Satire, and Prose (Introductory). Pope, Swift, and the Essayists. 2 hrs., first half. W., 1:00-2:50 P. M. Gr. K. Mr. SYLE. (b) The Novelists, the Historians, the Comedy Writers, the Orators. Mr. SYLE. 20. English Romanticism. A critical and historical study of the English romantic movement from Thomson to Swinburne, 1726-1894, with incidental study of the contemporary movements in France and Germany. 2 hrs., second half. Tu., Th., 10:20 A. M. Gr. L. Mr. SANFORD. *21. Wordsworth, Byron, and Shelley, as representatives in poetry of the social and religious movement, 1790-1830. 3 hrs., first half. Open to Seniors who have completed Course 8. Professor GAYLEY. 22. Tennyson and Browning. A study of their philosophical and religious ideas. Critical reading, interpretation, research. 8 hrs., second half. W., 1:00-2:50 P. M.; F., 1:00 P. M. Open to Seniors who have completed Course 8. Professor GAYLEY. 23. Study of an Author. The entire production of some selected author of limited scope, studied to gain a complete view. 2 hrs., second half. Tu., Th. Professor BRADLEY. Open to Seniors and Graduates. To alternate with Course 18, beginning in 1896–97. B. PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATES. 24. Old Icelandic. Outline of the grammar; readings; Sweet's Icelandic Primer. The relations of Old Icelandic to Gothic and Old English. Introduction to Germanic philology. 2 hrs., throughout the year. F., 8:30-10:20 A. M. Associate Professor LANGE. Open to students who have an elementary knowledge of Old English or of Gothic. *Not given in 1895-96. 25. Phonology. First Modern English. 2 hrs., throughout the year. W., 1:00-2:50 P. M. (Library). This course must be preceded by Course 5 or 14. Associate Professor Lange. *26. The Influence of Germany on English Literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Associate Professor LANGE. During 1895-96 two of the Courses 24, 25, 26 will be given. *27. The Mediæval Spirit as related to Art; its chief exponents in English literature, with special reference to its modern revivals. 2 hrs., throughout the year. S., 8:30-10:20 A. M. Professor BRADLEY. 28. The Essay. A study of its development and some of its perfected types in English literature. 2 hrs., throughout the year. W., 1:55-3:45 P. M. (Library). Professor BRADLEY. 29. The Novel. The development of the English novel, with study of selected authors and types. 2 hrs., throughout the year. To alternate with Course 28, beginning in 1896–97. Professor BRADLEY. 30. The History of Esthetic Theory. A study at first hand of the principal authorities, and of the literary art that chiefly influenced them. Seminary; Bosanquet's History of Esthetic being used as a guide. (a) Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus (given in 1893-94). (b) The Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and Modern Esthetics (given in 1894-95). (c) The æsthetic bases of English criticism in the nineteenth centuryWordsworth and Coleridge: Exposition, sources, and literary influence. (In 1895-96.) 2 hrs., throughout the year. First half, W., 2:50-4:40 P. M. Second half, F., 2:50-4:40 P. M. Professor GAYLEY. 31. English Comedy. The careful investigation of one or two problems in its development. 2 hrs., throughout the year. (Library.) Hours arranged with students. *32. Literary Composition. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Professor GAYLEY. Professor GAYLEY. 33. Special Study. The instructors in English hold themselves ready to assist and advise competent graduates who may propose plans of special study which meet the approval of the department. Written Exercises are required in connection with all the Courses in English. Teachers' Course. Course 14 is designed especially for teachers, and is open to such as have the requisite preparation. *Not given in 1895-96. |