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SCHOOLS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature

Edgar Allan Poe School of English

English A1: Composition and English Literature.—1. Composition,
with weekly themes and parallel reading. 2 and 3. Survey of English literature,
with parallel reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those who have not received credit for English A2.) Twenty-one
sections.

Associate Professors H. P. Johnson, Gordon and Davis, Assistant Professors
Shepperson and Ewing, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Smith,
Mr. Butler, Mr. Tilghman and Mr. Miller.

English A2: Composition and Literature: For engineering students.—1
and 2. Composition, with particular attention to exposition and description;
weekly themes. 3. Survey of nineteenth-century prose literature, with parallel
reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those
who have not received credit for English A1.) Three sections.

Associate Professor H. P. Johnson and Mr. Vaughan.

English B1: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1.
American poetry, with a study of verse forms. 2. American Essays
and orations. 3. American prose narratives, with emphasis on the short story.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Associate Professor Gordon.

English B2: Drama, Biography, Short Story: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1.
Shakespeare. Three tragedies studied in class and other plays
assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2. Biography in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Parallel reading and written reports. 3. Stevenson,
Kipling, and the English short story. The writing of brief sketches or stories.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Metcalf and Assistants.

English B3: Poetry and Prose of the Nineteenth Century and Later:
English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1. Nineteenth-century poetry. 2. Prose from
Lamb to Stevenson. 3. Contemporary poets and novelists. Parallel reading
and frequent papers. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Wilson and Assistants.

English B4: The English Comic Tradition: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1.
Chaucer and medieval humor: The Canterbury Tales and other
literature from the middle ages. 2. Elizabethan literature. 3. Certain Restoration
and eighteenth-century comedies and novels. Lectures, collateral reading,
and the study of the texts. The literature of the medieval period will be read
in translation. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Hench.

English B5. Drama, Essay, and Eighteenth-Century Poetry: English
A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1. Shakespeare. Several of the historical plays studied
in class and others assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2. The early
eighteenth-century essayists. 3. Pope and his contemporaries. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Associate Professor H. P. Johnson.

English B6: Composition: English A1 or A2 prerequisite.—1. Current
usage in composition: a study of thought expression and the correct use of
English, with reading in current prose and frequent written exercises. 2. Exposition
and narration: a continuation of the course in general composition, with
emphasis on the writing of class reports and narratives. 3. Special kinds of
writing: application of the principles studied thus far to more specialized writing;
descriptive narratives, reviews, and the special article. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) Two sections.

Associate Professor Davis and Assistant Professor Shepperson.

English B7: Three Eminent Victorians and Their Times, with side
Glances at Certain of Their Contemporaries. 1. Alfred Tennyson. 2. Matthew
Arnold. 3. A. C. Swinburne. Following a thorough consideration of these and
other Victorians, an attempt will be made to revalue their work in the light
of recent twentieth-century criticism of the Victorian Age. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Associate Professor Davis.

English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The early English novel and its background.
2. The later nineteenth-century novel. 3. The contemporary English
novel.

Professor Wilson.

English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Modern: Any two B courses
in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The Elizabethan
drama (exclusive of Shakespeare). 2. Restoration and eighteenth-century
drama. 3. The modern British drama.

Associate Professor Gordon.

English C3: Literature and Thought in England, 1789-1832 (Romantic
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is
presumed, but is not prerequisite. English literature of the earlier nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought of the
period. The course will link the fields of history and literature.

Associate Professor Davis.

English C4: Literature and Thought in England, 1832-1900 (Victorian
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is presumed,
but is not prerequisite. English literature of the middle and later nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought
of the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. (Not
offered in 1930-31.)

Associate Professor Davis.

English C5: Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—A study of Chaucer's writings and background
and something of the work of his followers.

Professor Hench.

English C6: Literary Composition: English B6 and one other B course
prerequisite. This course is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—1. Essay writing
and book-reviewing. 2. The writing of sketches and short stories. 3. Dramatic
composition. Parallel reading in current periodical literature. By consent also,
this course may be taken two years in succession. Conferences.

Associate Professor Gordon.

English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English prose. 2. Old English
poetry: Beowulf. 3. Beowulf.

Professor Hench.

English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Readings, in the original, in romances,
tales, religious works, satires, and other types of literature in England
in the Middle Ages, exclusive of Chaucer. (Not offered in 1930-31.)

Professor Hench.

English C9: Eighteenth-Century Prose Literature: Any two B courses
in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The Novel and
the Essay, with considerable parallel reading and frequent reports. Beginning
with Richardson the development of the Novel is traced through the century.
The discussion of the Essay will center in Johnson and his Circle.

Assistant Professor Shepperson.

Romance C13: French Literature in the Middle Ages, with special
reference to the Chanson de Roland. A collegiate knowledge of modern French
is essential. One hour a week throughout the year.

Professor Abbot.

This course, offered in the School of Romanic Languages, is required of
candidates for the Ph.D. in English who are specially interested in early English
literature.

English D1: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Hours by appointment. (Not offered in 1930-31.)

Professor Wilson.

English D2: 1. English Literature of the later fifteenth and early sixteenth
century, with special attention to the Arthurian romances and the Drama.
2. Prose literature of the Elizabethan Age. Hours by appointment. (Not offered
in 1930-31.)

Professor Metcalf.

English D3: Shakespeare and his Times: Hours by appointment.

Professor Wilson.

English D4: 1. Spenser and his Age: Studies in non-dramatic Elizabethan
poetry. Some knowledge of Italian is desirable. 2. Milton and his
Age: Hours by appointment.

Professor Metcalf.

English D5: The Renaissance in England: 1. A study of some of the
persons and movements on the continent contributing to the renaissance in England.
2. Studies in the literature and thought of England in the fifteenth and
early sixteenth centuries. (Not offered in 1930-31.)

Professor Hench.

Linguistics D1: Comparative Philology: A sound knowledge of two
languages other than English (e. g., a B1 and a B2 course as given in ancient
or modern languages in this University) essential for profitable work.—1 and 2.
A general introduction to the history and comparative grammar of the Indo-European
languages. 3. Gothic, with special reference to its relation to English.

This course, when offered in the School of Germanic Languages, is required,
in whole or in part, of candidates for the Ph.D. degree in English who
are specially interested in Philology.