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SCHOOLS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature
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 or A4.)
Fifteen sections. Associate Professor Johnson, Assistant Professor Gordon,
Assistant Professor Davis, Mr. C. R. Wilson, Mr. Shepperson, Mr. Ewing,
and Mr. McLeod.
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 or A4.)
Three sections. Mr. C. R. Wilson.
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 or A4.) Associate Professor
Johnson.
English Literature B1: Drama, Biography, Short Story: English A1
or A2 or A3 prerequisite.—1. Shakespeare. Several plays studied in class and
twelve others assigned as parallel reading. Written reports. 2. Biography in
the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Parallel reading and written reports.
3. Modern prose fiction: Stevenson, Kipling, and the English short story.
Professor Metcalf and Assistants.
English Literature B2: 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 Literature B3: 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 Precursers of the
Romantic Movement, Pope and his contemporaries. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Johnson.
English Literature C1: The Drama, Elizabethan and Modern: Any two
B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1.
The Elizabethan drama. 2. Restoration and eighteenth-century drama. 3. The
modern British drama. Professor Metcalf, Professor Wilson, and Assistant
Professor Gordon.
English Literature C2: Literary Composition: English B3 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 Literature C3: Nineteenth-Century Literature and Thought:
Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.
Some acquaintance with the course of English history in the nineteenth century
is presumed, but is not prerequisite.—English literature of the 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. Assistant Professor
Davis.
English Literature D1.—1. Studies in the early English Renaissance.
2. Eighteenth-century prose fiction. Hours by appointment. Professor Metcalf.
English Literature D2.—1. Elizabethan literature (non-dramatic): Spenser
and his contemporaries. 2. Seventeenth-century literature: Milton and Dryden.
Hours by appointment. Professor Metcalf. (Omitted in 1927-28.)
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, will hereafter be
required of candidates for the Ph.D. in English who are specially interested in
early English literature.
Edgar Allan Poe School of English
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.) Assistant Professor Gordon.
English B2: 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 B3: 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 clear 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.) Assistant 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 novel. Professor Wilson
and Professor Metcalf.
English C2: 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 C3: Middle English; Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools
of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Middle English prose and
verse. 2. Chaucer. 3. Chaucer. Professor Hench.
English D1: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson.
English D2: Shakespeare and his Times. Hours by appointment. Professor
Wilson. (Omitted in 1927-28.)
English D3: (1) Old English: The Cynewulf poems. (2) Early English
metrical romances. Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson. (Given
upon application of four or more graduate studies.)
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
with special reference to its relation to English. Professor Faulkner.
This course, offered in the School of Germanic Languages, will hereafter be
required, in whole or in part, of candidates for the Ph.D. degree in English who
are specially interested in Philology.
Summer Quarter 1926
English sA1-I: Composition. First Term. 1 session-hour. Assistant
Professor Gordon.
English sA1-I: (Section II) Grammatical Analysis and Composition.
Second Term. 1 session-hour. Associate Professor Johnson.
English sA1-II: Survey of English Literature. First Term. 1 session-hour.
Assistant Professor Gordon.
English sA1-III: Survey of English Literature. Second Term. 1 session-hour.
Associate Professor Johnson.
English sA2-II: Survey of American Litertaure. First Term. 1 session-hour.
Assistant Professor Gordon.
English sA2-III: Survey of American Literature. Both Terms. 1
session-hour. Professor Gaines.
English sB1-I: Shakespeare-Tragedies. First Term. 1 session-hour.
Professor Clarke.
English sB1-I: Shakespeare-Comedies. Second Term. 1 session-hour.
Professor Gaines.
English sB1-I: The American Essay and Oration. Second Term. 1
session-hour. Professor Gaines.
English sB1-II: The American Novel. First Term. 1 session-hour.
Professor Gaines.
English sB1-II: American Poetry-Verse Forms. Second Term. 1
session-hour. Assistant Professor Gordon.
English sB1-III. Modern English Fiction: Stevenson and Kipling.
First Term. 1 session-hour. Professor Ramsay.
English sB1-III: The American Short Story. Both Terms. 1 session-hour.
First Term, Professor Ramsay. Second Term, Associate Professor
Johnson.
English sB2-I: The Romantic Poets—Wordsworth, Byron and Coleridge.
First Term. 1 session-hour. Professor Sledd.
English sB2-I: Tennyson. First Term. 1 session-hour. Professor
Sledd.
English sB2-II: Browning. Second Term. 1 session-hour. Professor
Sledd.
English sB2-II: The Romantic Poets—Shelley and Keats. Second
Term. 1 session-hour. Professor Sledd.
English sB3-II: Advanced Composition. Second Term. 1 session-hour.
Assistant Professor Gordon.
English sC1-I: The Elizabethan Drama. First Term. Professor
Gaines.
English sC1-II: Milton. Second Term. Professor Ramsay.
English sC1-II: Browning's Ring and the Book. Second Term. Professor
Clarke.
English sC1-III: Modern British Drama. First Term. Professor
Clarke.
English sC1-III: English Romanticism in the Early Nineteenth Century
with special reference to Shelley and Keats. Second Term. Professor
Clarke.
English sC1-III: The Contemporary English Novel. Second Term.
Professor Ramsay.
English sC2-I: Nineteenth Century Prose. First Term. Professor
Hench.
English sC2-II: Old English—Old English Grammar and Prose Reading.
First Term. Professor Ramsay.
English sC2-III: Short Story Writing. Second Term. Professor
Ramsay.
English sC3-II: Chaucer. First Term. Professor Hench.
Courses for which there are no corresponding courses in the regular session.
English s41: Survey of English Grammar. Both Terms. 1 session-hour
elective. Associate Professor Andrews.
English s42: The Teaching of Composition. Both Terms. 1 session-hour
elective. Associate Professor Andrews.
English s43: The Teaching of Literature in the High School. Both
Terms. 1 session-hour elective. Associate Professor Andrews.
Dramatic Art s44: Art of Expression. First Term. 1 session-hour
elective. Professor Gunnison and Miss Dean.
Dramatic Art s45: Advanced Course in Art of Expression. First Term.
1 session-hour elective. Professor Gunnison.
Dramatic Art s46: Art of Make-Up and Costuming. First Term. 1
session-hour elective. Miss Dean.
Dramatic Art s47: Dramatic Production. First Term. 1 session-hour
elective. Professor Gunnison and Miss Dean.
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