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ENGLISH.
B. A. COURSE.
The B. A. course in English is designed to lay a broad
foundation for the intelligent study of the language on both
the historical (philological) and the literary side. The
opportunity is seized from the beginning to interest the
student in the history and etymology of current English
words and phrases, to point him by a general course of
Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and Middle English to the
gradual genesis and evolution of Modern English as we
have it now, and to furnish him with ample material for the
prosecution of further study and research in one of the
most delightful fields open to the modern student. A carefully
graded series of texts and text-books will lead the
student from the language of Alfred through Chaucer and
the Elizabethans to the English of Victoria; and practical
weekly or fortnightly exercises in English composition on
assigned topics will, it is hoped, shape his style and enlarge
his knowledge of contemporary English. Three times a week.
Text-Books.—First term—Sweet's or Harrison and Baskervill's Primer
of Anglo-Saxon; Morris's Elementary Historical English Grammar
(revised); Corson's edition of Chaucer.
Second term—Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader (seventh edition); Mayhew's
Trench's English Past and Present; Hales's Longer English Poems;
the Arden Shakspeare; Brooke's English Literature.
For the benefit of students studying Modern English along with Old
English, one hour a week is devoted to English Grammar, Elementary
Rhetoric and Pronunciation, with one weekly exercise.
Text-Books.—Williams's Rhetoric; Phyfe's How Shall I Pronounce?
A course of eight illustrated lectures on the Homes and Haunts of English
Men of Letters was given in February, 1897.
GRADUATE COURSES.
M. A.
This course is a more specialized form of the B. A.
course on the same general lines; a knowledge of Anglo-Saxon
is essential to a profitable prosecution of it. The
historical study of the language is pursued in greater detail;
the student's attention is concentrated on the history and
Anglo-Saxons are given; Fourteenth Century English
receives detailed attention, and selected plays of the Elizabethan
period will be examined and studied critically.
The effort will constantly be made to make these
courses in the English Language run parallel on the linguistic
side with the courses in English Literature, so that
the two may profitably be taken together. Three times a
week.
Text-Books.—First term—Cook's Sievers' Old English Grammar (for
reference); Sweet's New English Grammar: Beowulf; Skeat's Principles,
I; Morris and Skeat's Specimens, I.
Second term—Morris and Skeat's Specimens, II; Skeat's Principles,
II; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; the Student's Chaucer; Brooke's History
of Old English Literature; Professor's Lectures.
Cook's Anglo-Saxon Exercises may be used, and a
piece of technical work, such as the construction of a vocabulary,
the examination of particular points in syntax or
grammar, or the discussion of a particular author, may be
required of the M. A graduate.
PH. D.
Here only general hints and suggestions can be given,
the course adapting itself to the preferences of the student.
The foundations will be laid in a thorough knowledge of
Gothic, Old and Middle High German, and Old French to
the Sixteenth Century; phonetics will be carefully studied;
and the principles of comparative grammar and syntax will
be duly explained.
Frequent conference, stated examination, and original
research will form essential parts of this course.
The professor's large and choice collection of Anglo-Saxon,
English, German, and French philological works is
open to the students.
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