 | The University of Virginia record February, 1908 |  |
LINDEN KENT MEMORIAL
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Professor Kent.
Mr. Whipple.
Mr. Arnold.
Mr. Leighton.
Mr. Towles.
Mr. Ryburn.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The examination
for admission to Course 1A requires a knowledge of the principles
of English grammar, elementary rhetoric and composition; the
history of English and American literature, and specimens of literature
critically studied under the guidance of a competent instructor. The presentation
exempt the candidate from examination.
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1A: The Entrance Examination (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—This
course is designed to meet the needs of students preparing
directly for professional studies and of others whose training is inadequate
for Course 2B.
I. Composition and Rhetoric, with special reference to the structure
of sentences and paragraphs, composition of letters, business papers, etc.,
and practice in the forms of discourse. Text-books: To be announced.
II. History of American Literature. This course is based upon the
text-book, but the text will be amplified and explained by comment and
discussion. Text-book: Abernethy's American Literature; Assigned Readings.
Or History of English Literature. Text-book: Halleck's History
of English Literature; Assigned Reading.
III. The Study of Poetry. This course is restricted to a study of
common verse forms, with practical exhibition of their uses. Textbooks:
To be announced.
Frequent exercises on the black-board and in writing will be required,
and parallel reading to the amount of three hundred pages each term will
be assigned.
Course 2B: Course 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.
I. Review of Rhetoric; and Nineteenth Century Prose. Text-books:
To be assigned.
II. Shakespeare: A brief study of his Life and Times, with special
study of four plays. Text-books: Jenks, In the Days of Shakespeare;
King John; Twelfth Night; Othello; and The Tempest (Arden Series).
III. American Prose and Poetry.
IV. English Poetry, with review and practice of poetic forms. Textbooks:
Gayley and Young's Principles and Progress of English Poetry;
and Professor's Notes on Poetics.
V. General Review of English Literature. Text-book: Moody and
Lovett's English Literature.
About twelve hundred pages of parallel reading will be assigned during
the session. There will be about twenty written exercises, and three
required essays on literary topics.
Course 3B: Course 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Either
Course 2B or Course 3B may be offered as the elective from Group
III, and the other may be offered as an elective at large.
I. Literary Style. This covers Diction, Sentence, and Paragraph,
with a general discussion of the art of composition. Text-books: Genung's
Working Principles of Rhetoric.
II. Description, with specimens of descriptive writing in prose and
poetry. Text-books: Genung's Rhetoric, with Selected Specimens.
III. Narration, with special study of the Short Story and the History
of Fiction. Text-books: Genung's Rhetoric; Specimens of American
Short Story.
IV. Exposition, with special study of literary criticism. Genung's
Rhetoric, Winchester's Literary Criticism.
V. Argumentation, with special study of Debate. Genung's Rhetoric,
Baker's Principles of Argumentation (1904).
VI. Oratory and Forms of Spoken Discourse. Genung's Rhetoric,
Robinson's Forensic Oratory.
VII. Poetry, with discussion of Versification, Types of Poetry,
Chronological Use of Certain Forms, etc. Text-books: Professor's Notes:
and Page's Nineteenth Century Poetry.
About nine hundred pages of parallel reading will be assigned for the
session, and about thirty written exercises. Three essays, one each term,
will be required.
Course 4: Course 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—This course
may be offered as an elective at large.
Journalism.
Theory and Practice of Journalism. This course aims to give the
student such instruction and practice in journalism as can be given outside
of a newspaper office. Emphasis will be laid on the practical work of
writing. The work will be conducted by the study of texts: class discussions;
and daily practice in writing, either within or without the class
room. The course will cover the general news story; types of journalistic
work; the organization of a paper; the historical and social aspects of
journalism; and the analysis of standard dailies. The text-books will be
assigned.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 5C: Course 2B or 3B (or the equivalent) prerequisite.—
This equivalent means that the student must have completed in some
recognized college, and with a grade of not less than 75 per cent., a course
in advanced Rhetoric, Poetics, History of English and American Literature,
and a reasonably wide course in reading. In this course there are
occasional lectures, but in general the class exercises will consist of conferences
and discussions. Independent investigation will be insisted upon,
with reports, either written or oral, from time to time. Much outside
reading is necessary. Besides these written exercises and reports, three
essays are required, one each term, which must show original research
or selected with the Professor's approval. Subjects to be studied in this
course for 1907-1908 are:
I. Shakespeare.
II. The Romantic Movements of the Eighteenth Century.
III. The Nineteenth Century Prose in America.
For Graduates Only.
A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy may select English
Literature for his secondary minor, his primary minor, or his major
subject. For 1907-1908 the courses are as follows:
Course 6D: or secondary minor: This is the same as Course 5C
with such supplementary work, both in reading or writing, as may be
required.
Course 7D: or primary minor: The candidates, who must have
completed satisfactorily Course 6D, will pursue the following courses:
1. Colonial Literature in America; 2. Browning and his Poetry; 3. The
Drama in England since 1740; or any three of the following courses
the Professor may deem advisable, with such supplementary reading
and writing as may be prescribed:
History of Lyric Poetry.
British Essayists from Bacon to Burke.
British Essayists of the Nineteenth Century.
Literary Tendencies in the Nineteenth Century.
Victorian Poetry.
American Poets and Poetry.
Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist.
Milton and his Times.
Tennyson and the Nineteenth Century.
Myths and Traditions in English Poetry.
Dr. Johnson and his Times.
Course 8D: or major: The candidate who has completed satisfactorily
the work mapped out for the secondary minor, and the primary
minor, will select, with the Professor's approval, a subject for his dissertation,
and will then proceed to the careful investigation of his subject, and
the preparation of his thesis. Collateral reading will be prescribed and
required. A written record of all the reading done throughout these three
years will be preserved, and, with the examination and thesis, will constitute
the test of the whole Ph. D. course.
Course in Public Speaking.—The course in public speaking
offered by Mr. Charles Wakefield Paul, Instructor in Public Speaking,
organizes a new course and modifies an existing course in the School
for several intercollegiate contests.
The course deals with the theory and practice of Public Speaking.
Its aim is to prepare the student to express his thoughts and
feelings clearly and effectively before an audience. No attempt is
made to give the more elaborate discipline necessary for the public
reader and impersonator. In order that emphasis may fall upon improvement
in form, speeches from the great orators are used as material
for drill work. At each lesson, every member in the section is
called in turn before the class to render his lines and receive suggestions
for further progress. The theory is not set forth by lectures,
but by comments upon the efforts of the individual student and upon
the end sought by the author of the oration under interpretation.
The regular English course in Argumentation, if time permit,
will be supplemented by practical experience in debating before the
class and will deal not only with logical structure and effective tactics
but also with manner of delivery.
From the Literary Societies, by the sifting process of preliminary
trials, candidates for three oratorical and three debating contests are
chosen. The successful men will then be eligible to individual instruction
in daily rehearsals until the final competition takes place.
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