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I. French.
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. Textbooks:
Fraser and Squair's Grammar; Mérimée, Colomba; Pailleron, Le
Monde où l'on s'ennuie; Daudet, Contes choisis; Dumas, L'Evasion du
Duc de Beaufort; Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 9-10, S. W. Rotunda, 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: Gas's Dictionary; Fraser and Squair's
Grammar; Saintsbury's History of French Literature; Dumas' Monte-Cristo;
Tuckerman, Simplicité; About, Le roi des montagnes; Racine,
Athalic; Hugo, Hermani; Bowen, Modern French Lyrics; Gautier's Jettatura.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10, S. W. Rotunda, 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: Nodier, Contes;
Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris; Sand, Indiana; Pellissier, Le mouvement
littérarie du XIXe Siécle; Balzac, La cousine Bette; Daudet, Sapho;
Flaubert, Tentation de Saint Antoine; Bazin, La terre qui meurt; Bourget,
Le disciple; France, Silvestre Bonnard; Foncin, Le Pays de France.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12, S. W. Rotunda, Professor Wilson,
Adjunct Professor Dargan.
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