1941-1942 Academic Catalog

46 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES ENGLISH PROFESSOR SANTMYER 1-2. REMEDIAL ENGLISH Remedial English for students deficient in reading ability and in knowledge of English Grammar. The course will include analysis of expository and argumentative essays or speeches, to give practice in reading, and a review of English Grammar, with practice in parsing, analysis and diagramming, and enough writing to encourage good Eng– lish habits. Three hours a week, throughout the year. 2-4. 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 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. Three hours, one semester. lts. 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. COURSES OFFERED 1942-1943 10. S.HAKESPEARE . 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. 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, particularl y to Dante's Inferno; and Samson Agonistes in relation.to Greek drama. Three hours one semester. 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 d~mand for them. For the English Novel another course in 18th Century Literature may be substituted: