1940-1941 Academic Catalog

46 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 3-4 RHETORIC A course .intended to develop in the student the power to express himself correctly, to think accurately, and to write effectively. Three hours a week throughout the year. 6. ADVANCED COMPOSITION A course devoted to practice in writing, with class periods given to reading and criticism of student themes. 7-8 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SURVEY A study of the development of these literatures, by period and by type, directed toward developing in the student both knowledge and judgment of literature. COURSES OFFERED 1940-1941 10. SHAKESPEARE A careful study and analysis is made of some of Shake– speare's tragedies and comedies. Others are read rapidly, written critiques required. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 20. MILTON. An intensive study of Milton's poetry in relation to the de– velopment of types of poetry: the Minor Poems in relation to the pastoral, the elegy, the Masque; Paradise Lost in relation to the epic, particularly to Dante's Inferno; and Samson Agonistes in relation to Greek drama. COURSES FOR 1941-1942 13. ENGLISH POETRY OF THE 19TH CENTURY. A critical study of the Romantic and Victorian poets, with emphasis on Wordsworth and Browning. · 18. ENGLISH NOVEL Representative novels from the beginning of the written novel to the present day are read and discussed. Three hours a week one semester. Not given every year. These are the basic courses in the Department of English, and satisfy the requirements of those who expect to teach Eng– lish in High Schools. Other courses are given when there is a demand for them. For the English Novel another course in 18th Century Literature may be substituted: English Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century. (Exclusive of drama and fiction.) Queen Anne Prose: Swift and His Contemporaries. The Age of Johnson. (Exclusive of the novel.)