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SCHOOL OF TEUTONIC LANGUAGES.
Professor Harrison.
Adj. Prof. Faulkner.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: In English;
the General Entrance Examination, and, in addition, Course 1A in
English Literature or its equivalent: in German; the General Entrance
Examination.
The subjects taught in this School are: the history, grammar,
and etymology of the English language (including Old and Middle
English), and English literature from its beginning to the time of
Shakespeare; the German language and literature (including Gothic,
Old and Middle High German).
I. English.
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1B: Course 1A in English Literature prerequisite.—Course 1B
in English is designed to lay a broad foundation for the intelligent study
of the language on both the historical (philological) and the literary side.
The opportunity is seized from the beginning to interest the student in the
history and etymology of current English words and phrases, to point him
by a general course of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and Middle English to
the gradual evolution of Modern English as we have it now, and to furnish
him with ample material for the prosecution of further study and research.
A carefully graded series of texts and text-books will lead the student
from the language of Alfred through Chaucer and the Elizabethans to the
English of Victoria. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1, Cabell Hall:
Professor Harrison, Adjunct Professor Faulkner.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 2C: Course 1B prerequisite.—This course is a more specialized
form of Course 1B on the same general lines; a knowledge of Anglo-Saxon
is essential to its profitable prosecution. The historical study of the
language is pursued in greater detail; the student's attention is concentrated
on the history and origins of English; lectures on the Poetry and Life of
the Anglo-Saxons are given; Fourteenth Century English receives detailed
attention, and selected works of the Elizabethan period will be examined
and studied critically.
The effort will constantly be made to make these courses in the English
Language run parallel on the linguistic side with the courses in
English Literature, so that the two may profitably be taken together.
Adjunct Professor Faulkner.
For Graduates Only.
Course 3D, Course 4D: Course 2C prerequisite.—Courses 3D and
4D are open to students who desire to specialize in the subject of English,
and especially to those who select English as their major subject, or as the
primary minor subject for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. A general
statement only of their character can be given. English Literature of the
Old, Middle, and New English periods to the time of Shakespeare will be
exhaustively studied; English Philology, the foundations of which will
be laid in a thorough knowledge of Gothic, Old and Middle English, Old
and Middle High German, and Old French phonology and grammar, will
receive thorough treatment; general phonetics will be carefully studied;
and the principles of comparative grammar and syntax will be duly
explained.
The completion of either of these two courses will satisfy the requirements
for English as the primary minor for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy; the completion of both courses and the preparation of a
satisfactory dissertation will fulfil the requirements for English as the
major subject for the same degree.
In each course three hours a week (hours by appointment) is given
to lectures. In addition, the student is required to prepare, at stated
intervals, written seminary-papers, showing original research, and to attend
such other lectures and courses, in this or any other Academic School of
the University, as the Academic Faculty, on recommendation of the professor,
may deem necessary. Courses 3D and 4D were not given in
1907-1908.
The professor's large and choice collection of Anglo-Saxon, English,
German, and French philological works is open to the students in Courses
3D and 4D.
II. German.
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1A: In this course the students begin with elementary grammar,
reading, and composition. About six hundred pages of German prose
are translated, and thirty pages of German in the form of weekly exercises
are written. One hour a week is given to conversation. Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, 1—2, Cabell Hall: Adjunct Professor Faulkner.
Course 2B: Course 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Course 2B
in German is designed to give the student a general knowledge and understanding
The grammar is studied, so far as it is necessary to acquire the ability to
read German rapidly, without translation, and to discuss, either in speech
or writing, the ordinary topics of every-day life and thought; written
translation of English into German, in the form of weekly exercises,
familiarize the student with grammatical analysis; daily dictation exercises
and daily discussion in German of various topics in connection with the
subject of the lecture, train the student's ear and tongue to familiarity with
spoken German; and appropriate texts in prose and poetry make him
acquainted with the history and literature of Modern Germany. Parallel
reading is required. Two sections: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, I, 10—11;
II, 1—2, Cabell Hall: Adjunct Professor Faulkner.
Course 3: Scientific German: Course 1A prerequisite.—Students
taking this course will, during the first term of the session, take the work
of Course 2B, outlined above. During the second and third terms Course
3 will continue the grammar, exercise, and dictation work with Course
2B, but will devote the two other hours per week to the reading and discussion
of various scientific monographs in German. Course 3 will not
be given unless there are twelve or more applicants for the work of the
course. Hours by appointment. Adjunct Professor Faulkner.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 4C: Course 2B prerequisite.—This course is a more specialized
continuation of Course 2B in German, on the same general lines. The
historical study of German is taken up; the masterpieces of German literature
are systematically studied in critical annotated texts; exercises continue
throughout the year; and the literature and life of Germany are
studied in some detail. Parallel reading is required, and one hour a week
is given to conversation. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10—11; Professor
Harrison.
For Graduates Only.
Course 5D: Course 4C prerequisite.—German Literature since 1730,
critically studied according to periods. Intensive study of individual
authors and schools. Three hours a week (by appointment). The work
of this course is conducted entirely in German. Adjunct Professor
Faulkner.
Course 6D: Course 4C prerequisite.—Gothic, Old High German,
Middle High German. Three hours a week. Professor Harrison.
The completion of either Course 5D or Course 6D will satisfy
the requirements for German as the primary minor for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy; the completion of both courses, and the preparation
German as the major subject for the same degree.
In each of these courses three hours a week is given to lectures.
In addition the student is required to prepare, at stated intervals,
written seminary-papers showing original research, and to attend
such other lectures and courses, in this or any other Academic School
of the University, as the Academic Faculty, on recommendation of
the professor, may deem necessary. Courses 5D and 6D were not
given in 1907-1908.
Conversation Clubs.—An opportunity for practice in German conversation
is given to students who desire it in the conversation clubs
connected with the work of the school. These clubs are open to all
students of German in the University, and meet, under the direction
of the adjunct professor, one hour a week each. Attendance is voluntary,
and membership in each club is limited to twelve.
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