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English 25. C. Rhetoric and Composition, I.—9:30; L. B. 2. Credit,
2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Myers.

Corresponds to first term English Literature A1 or A2 regular session. Designed
for those who seek University credit or desire to improve their writing.

English 26. C. Type Studies in English Prose and Poetry.—12:15
L. B. 3. Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Sledd.

English Literature A1 of the regular session or its equivalent prerequisite for
those desiring B1 credit in the University of Virginia. Corresponds to first term
of English Literature B1. A general study of the leading types of poetry and
prose with parallel reading and written exercises. Minor forms of prose will receive
careful attention.

English 27. C. Survey of English Literature, II.—10:30; L. B. 1.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Myers.

Corresponds to second term of English Literature A1 regular session. A survey
of English Literature with parallel reading and composition from the Anglo-Saxon
Period through the classicism of the Eighteenth Century.

English 28. C. History of American Literature.—8:30; L. B. 1.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Metcalf.

Corresponds to second term English Literature A2 regular session. A survey of
American Literature with composition and parallel reading.

Students completing satisfactorily English 25, 27 and 28 will receive credit for
English Literature A1 or A2 of the regular session.

English 29. C. English Narrative Poetry and Prose.—2:30; L. B. 2.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Myers.

Corresponds to the second term of English Literature B1. English Literature
A1 or A2 of the regular session, or its equivalent prerequisite for credit in the
University of Virginia. Especial attention will be given to narrative poetry, the
short story and the biographical sketch. Parallel reading and written exercises will
be required.

English 30. C. The English Essay.—2:30; L. B. 3. Credit, 2 hours
(one session-hour). Mr. Shewmake.

Corresponds to the third term English Literature B1. English Literature A1 or
A2 prerequisite.

A careful study of the history and structure of the English Essay with parallel
reading and written exercises, in exposition. Introduction to poetry.

English 31. C. Prose and Poetry of the Victorian Era.—3:30; L. B.
2. Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Sledd.

English Literature A1 or A2 prerequisite. Corresponds to second term of English
Literature B2 of the regular session. Tennyson and Browning receive special
attention in this course.

English 33. C. Contemporary English Drama.—9:30 C. L. 29. Credit,
2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Metcalf.

A survey of the modern drama, the most vital, social and artistic literary movement
of the century. Representative play of Ibsen as the pioneer of the new dramatic
school, Sir Arthur Pinero, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Arthur Jones, John
Galsworthy, Sir James Barrie and the Irish dramatists, William Butler Yeates,
John Millington Synge and Lady Augusta Gregory will be read and discussed.
Text-Book.—Dickinson's Chief Contemporary Dramatists (Houghton, Mifflin & Company).

English 34. C. Shakespeare.—8:30; L. B. 3. Credit, 2 hours (one
session hour). Mr. Sledd. (Not given in 1918.)

The work of this course embraces a critical study of Shakespeare as a dramatic
artist. Lectures on fifteen plays, representing his work at different periods, will be
given. Other plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries will be read as parallel.
Text.—Any complete standard edition of Shakespeare.

Note.—Credit for only one term of English B1 or B2 regular session may be given
without the written consent of Dr. Metcalf obtained before the course is taken.

English 35. H. A. Biblical Literature. The Origin, Characteristics,
and Influence of the Bible as a Book of Literature.—12:15; C. H.
5. Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Forrest.

A study of the literary forms in which the messages of the books are embodied will
lead up to an examination of the teaching itself as recorded in selected books of
the Bible. Credit for one term Biblical Literature B2.

Note.—The daily lectures will be open to all who desire to attend. Only those
wishing credit need take the examination.

English 36. C. Survey of English Literature, III.—10:30; L. B. 2.
Credit, 2 hours (one-session hour). Mr. Sledd.

Corresponds to third term of English Literature A1, regular session. A survey
of English Literature with parallel reading and composition from the Revival of
Romantic poetry to the end of the Victorian Era.

English 145. C. Advanced English Grammar.—12:15; L. B. 2.
Credit, 2 hours. Mr. Shewmake.

Designed especially for high school teachers. No subject in the curriculum is
more unsettled than that of grammar, which is now in a transition stage. The
multiplication of high schools in the South has called attention afresh to the importance
of English, but there is still little uniformity in methods of teaching it.
An attempt will be made to suggest a new method and a different standard of instruction
in grammar. Text-Book.—Joynes's Notes on the Teaching of English
Grammar. (University of S. C. Press.)

English 146. C. The Teaching of High School Literature.—9:30;
L. B. 3. Credit, 2 hours. Mr. Shewmake.

A professional course designed for high school teachers, supervisors and principals
and correlated with English 148. Emphasis is placed upon the subject matter and
presentation of the literature for the first year, with its peculiarly critical problems.
Each selection is so studied as to offer a concrete example through demonstration of
desirable material and treatment for the high school.

English 147. C. Teaching of High School Composition.—12:15; L.
B 1. Credit, 2 hours. To be supplied.

A professional course designed for high school teachers, supervisors and principals;
suggestive also to teachers and principals of grammar grades. It gives special
attention to the organization of the composition class upon a social basis; the consideration
of a laboratory plan for teaching the technicalities of written English; and the
necessity and means of securing the co-operation of other departments in establishing
acceptable written and oral usage.

English 148. C. High School Classics.—4:30; P. H. Credit, 2 hours.
To be supplied.

A content course correlated with English 146, and planned to familiarize teachers
with the subject matter of the most difficult selections of the second, third and
fourth years of the high school course.

English 151. E. Methods in Language and Grammar. Second Year
Summer School Professional Course, Grammar Grade.—8:30; C.
H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Mrs. Matthews.

Review of Emerson and Bender's Modern English, Book II. A. Review of subject
matter. B. Review of methods.

English 332. Special Lectures on Literary Subjects.—P. H. 5; 4:30.

A non-credit course open to every member of the Summer School consisting of
special lectures by members of the Faculty in English.

English 333. Jewish Literature and History.—12:15; C. H. Auditorium.
Rabbi Witt. July 8 to 20.

A series of lectures on aspects of Judaism: (a) Theological—The Kingdom of God;
The Messiah; The Talmud; The Torah as a Spiritual Religion; Heaven, Hell and
Resurrection in Judaism: (b) Modern—The Ghetto, the Russian Revolution, and
the Jew; The Balfour Declaration and the Jewish State; The Jewish Translation of
the Bible.