1916-1917 Academic Catalog

early nineteenth century poets, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats. Electi\•e tor all who ha,·e not taken the course as a part ot the required work in English. Three hours a week, one semester. 54. SHAKESPEAR&-A careful study snd analysis is made of some of Shakes~are's tragedies and comedies. Others are read rapidly. Written critiques are required. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in English. Three hours a week, one semester. 55. THE ESSAY-..Seleeted essays of Ruskin, Emenon, and others are made the basis of the course. Collateral reading is required of each student and oral reports are given in class. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in English. Three hours a week, one semester. , 56. THE NOVEL--The development of the novel from its earliest form to that of the modern short atory is traced. Each student is re– quired to do a certain amount of collateral reading and prepare written reviews and criticisms. The text-book is CroH' Development of the English Novel. Elective tor all who have not taken tho course as a part ot the required work in English. Three hours a week, one semester. 57. THE SHORT STORY~A careful atucly of the history and technique of the short story, with Albright'& "Tho Short Story" as text•book. A critical analysis of a representative collection of short stories, Ashmun's Modern Short Stories, is supplemented by plots and stories required from the studenh. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of tho required work in English. Three hours a weel1, 58. AMERlCAN POETUY-A survey is taken of the moat char– acteristic works of Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Whitman, Lanier, and lHley. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in English. Three hours a week, one semester. 59. WORDSWORTH, BROWNING, TEN!'."YSON-Thie course in– cludes a critical study of a few aelectioDB from each poet and the rapid reading of others. Elective for all who have not taken the course as part of the required work in English. Three hours a week, one semester. 60. STUDY OF WORDS-The aim in this course is to give the student a practical undeutanding of the principles governing the initial usage and subsequent modification in the meaning of words. The text– book is Greenough and Kittredge '11 ,vords and Their Ways in English Speech. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in English. Three hour.11 a week, one semester. ---49-