For Undergraduates.
Course 1A: Beginners may take this course. There are three sections;
students may take any one of the three. 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; Labiche et Martin,
Le voyage de Monsieur Perrichon; Daudet, Contes choisis; Dumas,
L'Evasion du Duc de Beaufort; Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
Section I: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9-10. Section II: Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Section III: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
10-11, S. W. Rotunda, Mr. Cleveland.
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' MonteCristo;
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.
