For Undergraduates.
A Courses: Entrance examination, or its equivalent, prerequisite.
—These courses are designed to meet the needs of students preparing
directly for professional studies, and of college students who have
had a four year high school course.
English Literature A1: Recommended to students who have satisfied
the minimum requirements for entrance.
1. Rhetoric and Composition.—A thorough review of the principles
of rhetoric; and constant practice in composition, with special
attention to Description and Narration. Text-books: Linn's Essentials
of Composition.
2. Composition and English Literature.—Exposition; History of English
Literature, with class and parallel reading of prose and poetry.
Text-books: Long's History of English Literature; Manly's English
Prose and Hutchinson's British Poetry.
3. Composition and English Literature.—Argumentation; History
of English Literature, with class and parallel reading of prose
and poetry. Parallel reading and written exercises are required
throughout the session. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor
Myers.
English Literature A2: Recommended to students with good
preparatory training in English and especially those who expect to
pursue further courses in English Literature.
1. Advanced Composition.—Theory and structure of the paragraph;
description and narration; composition of the paragraph and
of longer discourse, and investigation of standard prose. Textbooks:
Scott and Denney's Paragraph-Writing (Revised Edition),
Nutter, Hersey, and Greenough's Specimens of Prose Composition.
2. Composition and American Literature.—Exposition; History
of American Literature. Critical study of American prose and poetry.
Text-books: Cairns's American Literature; Bronson's American
Poems. Parallel reading in prose and poetry is required.
3. Composition and American Literature.—Argumentation; History
of American Literature. Critical study of American prose and
poetry. Parallel reading required. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11-12. Cabell Hall. Adjunct
Professor Myers.
To students entering from four year high schools advanced standing
will be granted only after examinations.
English Literature B1: Course A1 or A2, or the equivalent of
either, prerequisite.
1. Advanced Rhetoric and Composition with special study of
the structure of modern prose. Text-books: Lewes's Principles of
Success in Literature; Genung's Working Principles of Rhetoric;
the Atlantic Monthly.
2. Narration; with special study of the short story and the biographical
sketch. Description as ancillary to Narration.
3. Exposition, with special study of the literary essay. Textbook:
Bronson's English Essays. Poetry and Poetic Forms. Textbook:
Alden's English Verse; and the Professor's Notes. About
900 pages of parallel reading, 20 written exercises, and 3 essays, one
each term, will be required. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12. Cabell Hall. Professor Kent.
English Literature B2: One A Course, or its equivalent, prerequisite,
and A2 strongly recommended.
1. History of Lyric Poetry.
2. Essayists from Bacon to Burke.
3. The Poetry of Tennyson. Text-books will be assigned at the
beginning of each term.
About 1,000 pages of parallel reading, 20 written exercises, and
3 essays, one each term, will be required. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3
session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10. Cabell Hall
Professor Kent.
