II. Spanish.
Course 1A: This is a beginner's course, offered to those students
who desire to undertake the study of the language, either from a cultural
or a practical stand-point. A survey of the main features of the grammar
together with composition and the reading of modern texts constitute
the course. Dictation and other oral exercises will further the student's
knowledge of colloquial Spanish. Text-books: Hill's and Ford's Grammar,
Carrión and Vital Aza, Zaragüeta; Valera, Pepita Jiménez, Alarcón,
El Sombrero de tres Picos; Taboada, Cuentos Alegres. Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 11-12, S. W. Rotunda, Adjunct Professor Dargan.
Course 2B: Course 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The study
of the drama and novel of modern Spain will be continued. Two works
of the classical age will be read, and the history of Spanish Literature
studied. An advanced grammar and a conversational Method will be taken
up. Composition and oral work will occupy one-third of the time.
Text-books: Ybarra, Practical Spanish Method; Ramsey, Text-Book of
Modern Spanish; Appleton's Dictionary; FitzMaurice Kelly, History of
Spanish Literature; Tamayo y Baus, Un drama nuevo; Galdós, Dona Perfecta;
Valdés, José; Pereda, Pedro Sánchez; Calderón, El Mágico prodigioso;
Cervantes, Don Quijote. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1,
S. W. Rotunda, Adjunct Professor Dargan.
