 | University of Virginia record March, 1910 |  |
ENGLISH.
Professor McBryde.
Professor Reade.
Professor Smith.
Professor Smith.
Professor Wauchope.
The courses in English are designed to meet the needs of the following
groups of students: Present or prospective high school teachers;
professional or technical students who have entered upon their
professional courses and found that their training in English is so
profession; students preparing for college entrance examinations;
students conditioned on their entrance examinations or in their college
courses at other institutions; college professors and instructors who
may be especially interested in methods of teaching English.
1. English Grammar and Composition.—This course is designed
especially for high school teachers. No subjects in the high school
curriculum are more unsettled than those of grammar and composition,
both being in a transitive stage. The multiplication of high
schools in the South has called attention afresh to the importance of
English but there is still little uniformity in methods of teaching it.
An attempt will be made to suggest standards of instruction in
grammar and composition.
Text-Books.—Meiklejohn's English Grammar; Joyne's Studies in
English Syntax.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Professor Wauchope. Cabell Hall,
Room 4.
2. Rhetoric and Composition.—The purpose of this course will
be three-fold: First, to master as far as possible the subject matter
of the text-book, and in doing this to emphasize particularly accuracy
and correctness in writing; second, to indicate the best methods of
teaching this subject in the schools, so as to interest the pupils and
induce them to take advantage of local material and opportunities;
third, to encourage among teachers and pupils alike good reading
both for its own sake and specifically for the sake of mental discipline.
There will be daily original exercises.
Text-Books.—Thomas and Howe's Composition and Rhetoric (Longman's
Green and Co.) and Woodley's Handbook of Composition (Heath).
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Professor McBryde. Cabell Hall,
Room 4.
3. English Literature.—This course is a general survey of the
history of English literature from Milton and Tennyson. Special
emphasis will be laid upon the writings that are adapted to high
school work and more specifically college entrance requirements. An
attempt will be made to give suggestions for future work in all the
periods.
Text-Books.—Any edition of the classics mentioned above; any
good history of English literature (preferably Pancoast's) and
Manly's English Poetry.
Daily, from 3:30 to 4:30. Professor Charles Alphonso Smith and
Professor William Cunningham Smith. Cabell Hall, Room 4.
4. American Literature.—This course is a study of the lives and
writings of the principal authors from Washington Irving to Sidney
Lanier. It will consider the various aspects of American life as
they have found expression in literature. Special attention will be
given to the literature of New England and of the South.
Text-Books.—Pancoast's Introduction to American Literature and
Page's Chief American Poets (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.).
Daily, from 4:30 to 5:30. Professor Charles Alphonso Smith and
Professor William Cunningham Smith. Cabell Hall, Room 4.
5. Southern Literature.—This course is intended for those who
have graduated at some standard college. It will be a general survey
of intellectual and social conditions in the South before and since the
Civil War, as these have hindered or promoted Southern literature.
of the writers since the War. Students will be required to do
research work in neglected fields of literary history, such as the
history of Southern magazines, the development of short stories,
and dialect as an element in literature.
Text-Books.—Trent's Southern Writers; Baskerville's Southern
Writers, Vol. 1.
Daily, 10:30 to 11:30. Cabell Hall, Room 4.
6. Shakespeare.—This course is intended for graduate students
and is a short critical study of the development of Shakespeare's
mind and art. Lectures will be given on the following four plays
representing his work at different periods: King Henry IV, Part 1;
As You Like It; Hamlet; Winter's Tale. About ten other plays will
be read rapidly as parallel.
Text-Book.—Arden Edition of plays given above (D. C. Heath).
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor Wauchope. Cabell Hall,
Room 4.
7. Expression.—In view of the larger requirements of the English
course of study of today, the need of thorough training in the Art
of Expression becomes a matter of vital interest to teachers of
literature, for it is only through a knowledge of this art that the best
results can be obtained. Two things should be required of teachers
of English: That they should be free from the common faults of
speech; that they should possess the power of sympathetic interpretation.
To these two ends the work of this department is
addressed.
Instruction in Elocution is twofold in its nature; on its negative
side, it aims to correct faults which would detract from an otherwise
good rendition of the masterpieces of literature; while on its positive
side it endeavors to bring out individual talent and to inspire
such sympathy with the text as may result in a simple, natural and
effective reading. Above all things, the aim of any course in public
speaking should be to develop the personality of the student, not to
make him a mere imitator. The hour's lesson will be divided into
two parts. There will be first a lecture on some phase of the subject
(with illustrative readings), which will be followed by individual and
class exercises bearing upon the matter under discussion. Assignments
will be made each day of selections to be studied which will
be read or recited by members of the class. This will be followed by
criticism from the instructor. In the course proposed it is the intention
of the instructor to give the students such things as may be
of practical value to them, not to burden them with mere rules and
theory. It need hardly be pointed out that this course is not intended
for teachers of literature only. Anyone who expects in his life work
to make large use of the voice will find the course helpful. Students
who intend to take the work in American and English Literature
are especially urged to avail themselves of the opportunities afforded
by this course. The lectures will deal with such subjects as thought-reading,
emphasis, breaking, articulation, phonetics, expression, reading
of poetry, quality, pitch, force, time, the tunes of speech, gesture,
dialogue, dramatic reading, and impersonation. Members of the class
are requested to provide themselves with note-books.
Text-Book.—Shoemaker's Practical Elocution. The following are
recommended for reference: Murdoch-Russell's Vocal Culture; Kofler's
Art of Breathing; Lanier's Science of English Verse.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor Reade. Rotunda, Room 4.
Credit.—Any student who fulfills the conditions set forth on pages
16 and 17 and who completes successfully the first four courses in
English outlined above, will be credited with Course A in English
Literature in the regular session. Those who have completed the
first six courses may arrange for relative credit with the professor
of English at the University of Virginia. Due credit will be given
to regularly registered students in the M. A. course for all plays
successfully completed in class work and examination in Course 6,
the Shakespeare Course.
| University of Virginia record March, 1910 | |