1952-1953 Academic Catalog

DEP AR'TMEN.'TS AN.D COURSES 51 220 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY A course intended primarliy for prospective teachers who will have a secondary teaching :field in English. A study of the structure and meaning of poetry. Three hours credit. 251 WORD DERNATION A course designed to gain a better understanding of the English language. Basic Latin and Greek words are studied and applied. Primarily de, signed for students not taking a foreign language. Counts toward a major. Two hours credit. 252 JOURNALISM A study of the types, problems, and history of newspaper writing with practice in writing various types. Counts toward a major. Three hours credit. NOT GIVEN EVERY YEAR 301,302 ADVANCED COMPOSITION A course devoted to practice in writing, with class periods given to read, ing and criticism of student themes. Not counted toward a teaching minor. One-three hours credit. 311 SHAKESPEARE A careful study and analysis is made of some of Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies. Others are read rapidly, written critiques required. Three hours credit. 312 MILTON An intensive study of Milton's poetry in relation to the development 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. Three hours credit. 32 1 ENGLISH NOVEL Representative novels from the beginning of the written novel to the present day are read and discussed. Three hours credit. 322 ENGLISH POETRY OF THE 19TH CENTURY A critical study of the Romantic and Victorian poets, with emphasis on W ordsworth and Browning. Three hours credit. 3 31 QUEEN A NNE PROSE Swift and His Contemporaries. Three hours credit.