For Undergraduates.
A Courses: 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. Advanced standing will be granted
only after examination.
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-book: Linn's Essentials of Composition.
2. Composition and English Literature.—Exposition; History of English
Literature, with class and parallel reading of prose and poetry. Textbooks:
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, Wednedsay, Friday,
10-11. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor Johnson.
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. Text-books: 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. Textbooks:
Cairns' 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 Johnson.
English Literature B1: English Literature A1 or A2, or the equivalent,
prerequisite.
1. Advanced Rhetoric and Composition, with special study of the
structure of modern prose. Text-books: Winchester's Literary Criticism;
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. Text-book:
Poetry and Poetic Forms. Text-book: Alden's English Verse; and the
Professor's Notes.
About 900 pages of parallel reading, 24 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: English Literature A1 or A2, or the 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.
