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English A1: Composition and Literature: First term: Composition with
weekly themes and parallel reading. Second and third terms: A partial survey
of English literature with parallel reading and frequent themes. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Sixteen sections.

Associate Professor Johnson, Assistant Professor Shepperson, Mr.
Black, Mr. R. B. Davis, Mr. Gravely, Mr. Langford, Mr. McEwen, Mr.
Varner, Mr. Vaughan.

The following B courses are, in general, arranged chronologically and are
open to students having credit for one year of college English.

English B1: Medieval Literature in England: English A1 prerequisite.
—Early English literature, Chaucer, and some of the writers of the fifteenth and
early sixteenth centuries. Much of the reading is in translation. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)

Professor Hench.

English B2: Shakespeare: English A1 prerequisite.—A few representative
comedies, tragedies, and historical plays will be discussed in class, while others
will be assigned for parallel reading. Frequent written reports throughout the
session on individual plays, dramatic history, and the social backgrounds of the
Elizabethan Age. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)

Professor Metcalf and Assistant.

English B3: The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Jonson, the Age of
Milton, the Age of Dryden: English A1 prerequisite.—A survey of the poetry
and prose, but with less attention to the drama, of the period that extends from
the later Elizabethans through the great writers of the Restoration: Cavalier,
Metaphysical, and other poets; Sir Thomas Browne and the writers of great
prose; Milton and the Puritans; Dryden and the Restoration. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)

Associate Professor Davis.

English B4: The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Pope, the Age of
Johnson: English A1 prerequisite.—The work of this course will begin with
the earlier poets of the eighteenth century and extend to Blake. It will also
include the important prose writers from Defoe, Swift, Steele, and Addison to
Johnson. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)

Associate Professor Johnson.

English B5: Prose and Poetry of the Nineteenth Century and Later:
English A1 prerequisite.—A study of the poetry and non-fictional prose of England
from the close of the eighteenth century to the present. The major Romantic
and Victorian poets and essayists; contemporary British poetry and prose.
B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)

Professor Wilson and Assistant.

English B6: Composition: English A1 prerequisite.—The course affords
the student an opportunity to practice writing under critical supervision. Designed
primarily for those having some interest and ability in writing, it does
not exclude those who desire to overcome their disabilities in expression. Weekly
themes vary from simple exposition and description to the finished essay and
short story. Considerable parallel reading, with the writing of reviews, is called
for throughout the year. Scope is left for individual preference in the choice of
reading and in the types of writing. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Two
sections.

Associate Professor Davis and Assistant Professor Shepperson.

English B7: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 prerequisite.—A
survey of American literature by types, with emphasis on poetry, the essay, and
the short story. Parallel readings in the novel and the drama. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)

Associate Professor Gordon.

English B8: Introduction to English and General Philology: English A1
prerequisite.—Some knowledge of a foreign language is advisable. The Nature
and Structure of Language: a. origin of language. b. elements of language including
phonetics. The Study of Language: The historical method, language and
cultural history, linguistic geography. The History of English: An introduction
to Old English and the later development of the language. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)

Associate Professor Hill.

The following courses are for graduates and advanced undergraduates.

English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—The first and second terms are devoted
to a study of the history and technique of the novel, English and American,
through the nineteenth century. The last term is devoted to a special study of
the technical development of the British novel from Butler and James to the
present time. The novels read begin with the period of Jane Austen.

Professor Wilson.

English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Later: Any two B courses in
the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The Elizabethan
drama (exclusive of Shakespeare). Restoration and Eighteenth Century drama.
The modern British drama.

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.
(Not offered in 1936-37.)

Associate Professor Davis.

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

Professor Hench.

English C6: Literary Composition: Any two B courses in the Schools
of English Language and Literature prerequisite. This course, the enrollment
in which is restricted, is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—Weekly practice in
the particular field or form of composition best suited to the needs and abilities
of the individual student. Parallel reading. Conferences. By consent, also, this
course may be taken two years in succession.

Associate Professor Gordon.

English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Old English prose and poetry including
the whole of Beowulf.

Professor Hench.

English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Lyrics of the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries and representative metrical romances. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Professor Hench.

English C9: Prose Fiction of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries:
Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—Types
of pre-novel fiction, including the picaresque tale and the pastoral
and heroic romance. The major eighteenth century novelists. The Gothic romance
and the novel and manners in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries.

Assistant Professor Shepperson.

English C10: The History of the English Language: English B8 and
one other B course prerequisite.—A reading knowledge of Old English is
desirable. Old English and its pre-history. Old English Dialects. Middle
English dialects to the development of a standard language. Lectures, reading
of texts with interpretation of forms and constructions. Hours by appointment.

Associate Professor Hill.

English C11: Middle English: Two B courses prerequisite.—Prose and
Middle English Didactic Poetry. Hours by appointment.

Associate Professor Hill.

English C12: Spenser and Milton: Two B courses in English Literature
prerequisite.—Spenser's Minor Poems. The Fairie Queene. The Poetry of
Milton. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Professor Metcalf.

English C13: English and American Biography: Two B courses in the
Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The development of
biography as an art will be traced from Plutarch to the present, with a study
of representative biographies in English from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Parallel reading in the old and new biography, with frequent reports on
topics assigned.

Professor Metcalf.