University of Virginia Library

SCHOOL OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

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;
Kington-Oliphant's Old and Middle English.

II. The Class of Modern English.—In this class the study of the
later language, i. e., 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 half of the plays, is followed by similar study of
selected works of Chaucer and of Spenser. Lectures on the history of the
Elizabethan drama and on the history of the later language, are given.

Text-books.—For 1887-'88, Othello (Rolfe's edition); Dowden's Shakspere
Primer; Abbott's Shaksperian Grammar; Chaucer's Prologue and Knight's Tale
(Morris's edition); Spenser's Faery Queene, Book I. or II. (Kitchin's edition.)
For reference.—The Globe Shakspere and Fleay's Shakspere Manual; Keltie's British
Dramatists; Sweet's Chaucer Primer; Kington-Oliphant's New English.

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.—A. S. Hill's Principles of Rhetoric; Morley and Tyler's Manual of
English Literature; Ward's English Poets. For reference.—Minto's Manual of
English Prose Literature; Saintsbury's Specimens of English Prose Style.

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.