I. French.
For Undergraduates.
Course 1A: Beginners may take this course. Elementary grammar
is reviewed; the irregular verb is considered at length; intermediary
texts are read; stress is laid upon pronunciation; exercises in
dictation and in composition occupy one-third of the time throughout
the year Text-books: Fraser and Squair's Grammar; Mérimée,
Colomba; Pailleron, Le Monde où l'on s'ennuie; Daudet, Contes choisis;
Dumas, L'Evasion du Duc de Beaufort; Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9-10, S. W. Rotunda, Adjunct
Professor Dargan.
Course 2B: Course 1A prerequisite, or its equivalent.—The novel,
drama, and lyric of the Nineteenth Century are touched upon; the
subjunctive mood is studied; oral exercises are used; the history of
French Literature is examined. Books: Gasc's Dictionary; Fraser
and Squair's Grammar; Saintsbury's History of French Literature;
Dumas' Monte-Cristo; Tuckerman, Simplicité; About, Le roi des montagnes;
Racine, Athalie; Hugo, Hernani; Bowen, Modern French Lyrics;
Gautier's Jettatura. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10, S. W. Rotunda,
Professor Wilson.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Course 3C: Course 1A and 2B prerequisite.—Forty lectures are devoted
to the interpretation of Modern French prose; twenty lectures
to defining the tendencies of Modern French fiction; and forty lectures
to an appreciation of France's place in civilization. Books:
Nodier, Contes; Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris; Sand, Indiana; Pellissier,
Le mouvement littérarie du XIXe Siécle; Balzac, La cousine Bette;
Daudet, Sapho; Flaubert, Tentation de Saint Antoine; Bazin, La terre
qui meurt; Bourget, Le disciple; France, Silvestre Bonnard; Foncin, Le
Pays de France. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12, S. W. Rotunda,
Professor Wilson, Adjunct Professor Dargan.
