Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature
Edgar Allan Poe School of English
English A1: Composition and English Literature.—1. Composition,
with weekly themes and parallel reading. 2 and 3. Survey of English literature,
with parallel reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those who have not received credit for English A2 or A3.) Sixteen sections.
Associate Professor Johnson, Associate Professor Gordon, Associate Professor
Davis, Mr. Shepperson, Mr. Ewing, and Mr. Smith.
English A2: Composition and American Literature.—1. Composition,
with weekly themes and parallel reading. 2 and 3. Survey of American literature,
with parallel reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those who have not received credit for English A1 or A3.) Two sections.
Mr. MacLeod.
English A3: Composition and Literature: For engineering students.—
1 and 2. Composition, with particular attention to exposition and description;
weekly themes. 3. Survey of nineteenth-century prose literature, with parallel
reading and frequent themes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those
who have not received credit for English A1 or A2.) Two sections. Associate
Professor Johnson and Mr. Vaughan.
English B1: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. American poetry, with a study of verse forms. 2. American
essays and orations. 3. American prose narratives, with emphasis on the short
story. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor Gordon.
English B2: Drama, Biography, Short Story: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. Shakespeare. Three tragedies studied in class and twelve other
plays assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2. Biography in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Parallel reading and written reports. 3. Stevenson,
Kipling, and the English short story. The writing of brief sketches or
stories. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Metcalf and Assistants.
English B3: Poetry and Prose of the Nineteenth Century and Later:
English A1 or A2 or A3 prerequisite.—1. Nineteenth-century poetry. 2. Prose
from Lamb to Stevenson. 3. Contemporary poets and novelists. Parallel reading
and frequent papers. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor
Wilson and Assistants.
English B4: The English Comic Tradition: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. Chaucer and mediaeval humor: The Canterbury Tales and
other literature from the middle ages. 2. Elizabethan literature. 3. Certain
Restoration and eighteenth-century comedies and novels. Lectures, collateral
reading, and the study of the texts. In the literature of the mediaeval period
some works will be read in the original and some in translation. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Hench.
English B5: Drama, Essay, and Eighteenth Century Poetry: English
A1 or A2 or A3 prerequisite.—1. Shakespeare. Several of the historical plays
studied in class and others assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2.
The early eighteenth-century essayists. 3. The precursors of the Romantic
movement, Pope and his contemporaries. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Johnson.
English B6: Composition: English A1 or A2 or A3 prerequisite.—1.
Current usage in composition: a study of thought expression and the correct
use of English, with reading in current prose and frequent written exercises. 2.
Exposition and narration: a continuation of the course in general composition,
with emphasis on the writing of class reports and narratives. 3. Special kinds
of writing; application of the principles studied thus far to more specialized
writing; descriptive narratives, reviews, and the special article. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Three sections. Associate Professors
Gordon and
Davis.
English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The English novel of the nineteenth
century. 2. The American novel. 3. The contemporary British novel. Professor
Wilson and Professor Metcalf.
English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Modern: Any two B courses
in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The Elizabethan
drama (exclusive of Shakespeare). 2. Restoration and eighteenth century
drama. 3. The modern British drama. Professor Wilson and Associate
Professor Gordon.
English C3: Literature and Thought in England, 1789-1832 (Romantic
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is
presumed, but is not prerequisite. English literature of the earlier nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought of the
period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. Associate Professor
Davis.
English C4: Literature and Thought in England, 1832-1900 (Victorian
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is presumed,
but is not prerequisite. English literature of the middle and later nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought
of the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. Associate
Professor Davis. (Omitted in 1928-29.)
English C5: Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—A study of Chaucer's writings and
background and something of the work of his followers. Professor Hench.
English C6: Literary Composition: English B6 and one other B course
prerequisite. This course is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—1. Essay writing
and book-reviewing. 2. The writing of sketches and short stories. 3.
Dramatic composition. Parallel reading in current periodical literature. By
consent also, this course may be taken two years in succession. Conferences.
Professor Hench.
English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English prose. 2. Old English
poetry: Beowulf. 3. Beowulf. Professor Hench.
English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Readings, in the original, in romances,
tales, religious works, satires, and other types of literature in England
in the Middle Ages, exclusive of Chaucer. (Omitted in 1928-29.) Professor
Hench.
Old French C13: One hour a week throughout the year. Marie de
France and the Old French Romance. Interpretation of Old French texts.
A collegiate knowledge of modern French is essential. Professor Abbot.
This course, offered in the School of Romanic Languages, is required of
candidates for the Ph.D. in English who are specially interested in early English
literature.
English D1: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson. (Omitted in 1928-29.)
English D2: 1. English literature of the fifteenth and early sixteenth century,
with special attention to the Arthurian romances and the Miracle Plays.
2. Prose fiction of the eighteenth century. Hours by appointment. Professor
Metcalf. (Omitted in 1928-29.)
English D3: Shakespeare and his Times: Hours by appointment.
Professor Wilson.
English D4: 1. Spenser and his Age: Studies in non-dramatic Elizabethan
poetry. 2. Milton and his Age.—Hours by appointment. Professor
Metcalf.
Linguistics D1: A sound knowledge of two languages other than English
(e. g. a B1 and a B2 course as given in ancient or modern languages in this university)
essential for profitable work.—1 and 2. A general introduction to the
history and comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages. 3. Gothic,
with special reference to its relation to English. Professor Faulkner.
This course, offered in the School of Germanic Languages, is required, in
whole or in part, of candidates for the Ph.D. degree in English who are specially
interested in Philology.
