University of Virginia Library

SCHOOL OF ENGLISH.

Prof. Garnett.

Instruction in this School is given in three classes:

I. The Class of Early English.—In this class the historical and philological
study of the language is pursued, the class beginning with its oldest
forms, and tracing the language, by the study of specimens, through its different
periods to the formation of modern English. After a thorough study
of the grammar, selected pieces of Old and Middle English prose and poetry
are read, both in class and privately, with a view to acquiring a philological
knowledge of the origin and structure of English. Lectures on the position
of English in the Indo-European family of languages, and on the history of
the language, are also given.

Text books.—Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader; Morris and Skeat's Specimens of Early English,
Parts I and II. For reference.—Cook's Sievers's Grammar of Old English; Earle's
Anglo-Saxon Literature; Ten Brink's Early English Literature.

II. The Class of Modern English.—In this class the study of the
later language, that is, from Chaucer, is pursued, and Shakspere is made a
special subject of study. The critical study of a play of Shakspere, with
private reading of about one-fourth of the plays, is followed by similar study
of selected works of later authors. Lectures on the history of the Elizabethan
drama and on the history of the later language are given.

Text-books.—For 1889-90, The Merchant of Venice (Rolfe's edition); Dowden's Shaks
pere Primer; Abbott's Shaksperian Grammar; Lounsbury's History of the English Language;
Milton's Areopagitica (Hales's C. P. edition). For reference.—The Globe Shakspere and
Fleay's Shakspere Manual; Keltie's British Dramatists.

III. The Class of Rhetoric and English Literature.—In this class
the principles of Composition and Rhetoric are first studied, and then the
study of the history of English Literature is taken up. Along with study of
the text-books, selected works of authors are assigned for private reading.
Essays are required at regular intervals. Lectures on each subject are given
in connection with the text-books.

Text-books.—Genung's Practical Elements of Rhetoric; Arnold's Anglo-Saxon and Norman
Periods; Nicoll's Landmarks of English Literature; Ward's English Poets. For
reference.—Minto's Manual of English Prose Literature; Galton's English Prose.

Each class meets twice a week, and may be attended separately; but
graduation in I. and III., or II. and III., will be necessary for a diploma in
the School.

N. B.—Books marked "For reference," are used at the option of the
student.