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SCHOOL OF ROMANIC LANGUAGES.
Professor Wilson.
Adj. Prof. Dargan.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination.
French, Old French, Spanish, and Italian are taught in the School.
There are three courses in French, two courses in Spanish, one course
in Italian, and one course in Old French.
The requirements for the B. A. elective in group II, as restricted
to Romanic Languages, may be satisfied by a student completing the
two French courses or by his completing the two Spanish courses,
according as he shall choose. Either French or Italian may be
offered for the M. A. degree. The course in Old French is technical
and is intended to complement the doctorate work done at this University
in English and German Literature.
French.
Primarily 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. Books,
first term: Fraser and Squair's Grammar; L'Evasion du Duc de Beaufort.
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, first term: Gasc's Dictionary; Fraser and
Squair's Grammar; Saintsbury's History of French Literature; Dumas'
Monte-Cristo; Gautier's Jettatura. Professor Wilson.
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, first term: Nodier,
Contes; Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris; Sand, Indiana; Pellissier, Le
mouvement littéraire du XIXe Siécle; Foncin, Le Pays de France. Professor
Wilson, Adjunct Professor Dargan.
Spanish.
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1A: This is a beginner's course, offered to those students
who desire to undertake the study of the language, either from a cultural
or a practical standpoint. A survey of the main feature of the grammar,
composition, and the reading of modern texts constitute the course. Dictation
and other oral exercises will further the student's knowledge of colloquial
Spanish. Text-books, first term: Hill's and Ford's Grammar;
Carrión and Vital Aza, Zaragüeta. Adjunct Professor Dargan.
Course 2B: Course 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The lyric,
drama, and novel of modern Spain are read and discussed. The grammar
in use will be completed, and the verb will be made the subject of special
study. Composition and dictation will occupy one-third of the time. The
conversational method will be employed, as far as practicable. The history
of Spanish Literature will be studied. Text-books, first term: Hill's and
Ford's Grammar; Appleton's Dictionary; Taboada, Cuentos Alegres;
Pereda, Pedro Sánchez. Adjunct Professor Dargan.
Italian.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 3C: French 1A and 2B or Spanish 1A and 2B prerequisite.—
One course is offered, for which no previous knowledge of Italian is required.
Students are advanced rapidly through an elementary grammar,
and then through a series of graded texts to the point where Modern
Italian is read with ease. Several of the more important monuments of
the Nineteenth Century are read and discussed, after which the attention
of Italian Literature is studied, and also that of the Renaissance. Textbooks,
first term: Grandgent's Grammar; Edgren's Dictionary; Amicis,
Alberto; Barrili, Una Notte Bizzarra. Professor Wilson.
Old French.
For Graduates Only.
Course 4D: This course is intended to complement the doctorate
work done at this University in English and German Literature and at the
same time constitute a basis of advanced instruction for men aspiring to
Romance scholarship. The course is open to students who have completed
the French, Spanish, and Italian courses at this University, or the
equivalent elsewhere.
Lectures and class-work incident to the course are conducted in
French. Important monuments of Old French are translated into the
modern idiom, and the syntax and literary tendencies of different periods
are contrasted. Professor Wilson.
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