For Undergraduates.
English Literature A1: Recommended to students who have satisfied
the minimum entrance requirements in English.
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: Canby's English Composition in
Theory and Practice; Rice's College and the Future.
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.) Section I, Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 10-11, Cabell Hall; Sections II and IV, Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 12-1; Section III, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12, Peabody
Hall; Section V, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-1, Cabell Hall. Adjunct
Professor Johnson and Mr. Bruce.
English Literature A2: Recommended to students with good preparatory
training in English and especially those who expect to pursue further
courses in English Literature or English.
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), and Foerster, Manchester,
and Young's Essays for College Men.
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 minor
forms of prose discourse. Text-books: Genung's Working Principles of
Rhetoric; the Atlantic Monthly; Scott and Zeitlin's College Readings.
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 history and structure of the
literary essay.
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. Milton: His Age and His Poetry.
2. Prose of the Victorian Era.
3. Contemporary British Poets.
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.
