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SCHOOLS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature

Edgar Allan Poe School of English

English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The English novel of the nineteenth
century. 2. The American novel. 3. The contemporary British novel. Professor
Wilson and Professor Metcalf.

English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Modern: Any two B courses
in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The Elizabethan
drama (exclusive of Shakespeare). 2. Restoration and eighteenth century
drama. 3. The modern British drama. Professor Wilson and Associate
Professor Gordon.

English C3: Literature and Thought in England, 1789-1832 (Romantic
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is
presumed, but is not prerequisite. English literature of the earlier nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought of the
period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. Associate Professor
Davis.

English C4: Literature and Thought in England, 1832-1900 (Victorian
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is presumed,
but is not prerequisite. English literature of the middle and later nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought
of the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. Associate
Professor Davis. (Omitted in 1928-29.)

English C5: Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—A study of Chaucer's writings and
background and something of the work of his followers. Professor Hench.

English C6: Literary Composition: English B6 and one other B course
prerequisite. This course is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—1. Essay writing
and book-reviewing. 2. The writing of sketches and short stories. 3.
Dramatic composition. Parallel reading in current periodical literature. By
consent also, this course may be taken two years in succession. Conferences.
Professor Hench.

English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English prose. 2. Old English
poetry: Beowulf. 3. Beowulf. Professor Hench.

English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Readings, in the original, in romances,
tales, religious works, satires, and other types of literature in England
in the Middle Ages, exclusive of Chaucer. (Omitted in 1928-29.) Professor
Hench.

Old French C13: One hour a week throughout the year. Marie de
France and the Old French Romance. Interpretation of Old French texts.
A collegiate knowledge of modern French is essential. Professor Abbot.

This course, offered in the School of Romanic Languages, is required of
candidates for the Ph.D. in English who are specially interested in early English
literature.

English D1: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson. (Omitted in 1928-29.)

English D2: 1. English literature of the fifteenth and early sixteenth century,
with special attention to the Arthurian romances and the Miracle Plays.
2. Prose fiction of the eighteenth century. Hours by appointment. Professor
Metcalf. (Omitted in 1928-29.)

English D3: Shakespeare and his Times: Hours by appointment.
Professor Wilson.

English D4: 1. Spenser and his Age: Studies in non-dramatic Elizabethan
poetry. 2. Milton and his Age.—Hours by appointment. Professor
Metcalf.

Linguistics D1: A sound knowledge of two languages other than English
(e. g. a B1 and a B2 course as given in ancient or modern languages in this university)
essential for profitable work.—1 and 2. A general introduction to the
history and comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages. 3. Gothic,
with special reference to its relation to English. Professor Faulkner.

This course, offered in the School of Germanic Languages, is required, in
whole or in part, of candidates for the Ph.D. degree in English who are specially
interested in Philology.

Summer Quarter 1927

English sC1-I: The English Lyric throughout the Ages. First Term.
Professor Oliphant.

English sC1-I: The Elizabethan Drama. First Term. Assistant Professor
Gordon.

English sC1-II: Shakespeare. Second Term. Professor Oliphant.

English sC1-II: Elizabethan Drama: Beaumont and Fletcher. Second
Term. Professor Oliphant.

English sC1-II: Browning's The Ring and the Book.—First Term.
Professor Clarke.

English sC1-III: Modern British Drama. Second Term. Professor
Oliphant.

English sC1-III: English Romanticism in the early Nineteenth Century
with especial reference to Shelley and Keats. First Term. Professor
Clarke.

English sC1-III: Nineteenth Century English Novel. Second Term.
Assistant Professor Cox.

English sC1-III: Modern European Drama. First Term. Professor
Oliphant.

English sC2-II: Old English—Old English Grammar and Prose Reading.
First Term. Assistant Professor Mason.

English sC2-III: Short Story Writing. Second Term. Assistant Professor
Cox.

English sC3-II: Chaucer. First Term. Assistant Professor Mason.