1974-1975 Academic Catalog

Communications 71 306 Principles of Linguistics W 3 hours An introduction to the basic linguistic concepts and an introduction to synchronic and diachronic approaches to the study of language. 307 Modem Grammar Sp 5 hours A review of traditional grammar with emphasis on current methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. Prerequisite: 305 or 306 352 Developmental Reading - A 5 hours Includes basic philosophies, current practices, testing and evaluation for reading disabil- ities and corrections, and materials and methods utilized in the teaching of reading in the secondary schools. Laboratory experiences included. B. ENGUSH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE 231 World literature - A, W, Su 5 hours Survey of great works of the Western world which reflect the developing continental literary and intellectual thought. The course is organized so that it may be repeated as 231 B by arrangement with the instructor. Prerequisite: English 130 232 Major American Writers - W, Su 5 hours Emphasis on the major writers from Colonial times through "The American Renaissance." Prerequisite: English 130 233 Major American Writers - Sp, Su 5 hours Emphasis on the .major American writers from the Civil War through World War 11. Special attention is given to the literary experimentation of the age. Prerequisite: English 130 241 Major British Writers - A, Su 5 hours Emphasis on the major writers and works from Beowulf to 1800. Prerequisite: English 130 242 Major British Writers - W, Su 5 hours Emphasis on the major writers and works from 1800 to World War II. Prerequisite: English 130 331 The English Novel 3 hours A reading and critical analysis of representative novels of the period from Richardson to Hardy. Prerequisite: Any 200 level literature course (Alternate, odd years) 332 Poetry of the Romantic Period 3 hours A study of the characteristics of Romanticism and the writings of the major poets of this period. Prerequisite: ll241 or 242 (Alternate, even years) 333 Milton and the Metaphysical Poets 3 hours The major prose and poetry of John Milton, particularly Paradise Lost, and selected works of the major Metaphysical poets of the 17th century. Prerequisite: ll241 (Alternate, odd years) 334 The Restoration and Eighteenth Century 3 hours A study of the principal writers from Dryden to Blake with emphasis on Pope and Swift. Prerequisite: ll241 (Alternate, even years) 335 Shakespeare - A 5 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies and sonnets. Prerequisite: ll241 336 The Victorian Period 3 hours A study of the major Victori'an poets and novelists, with emphasis on Tennyson, Brown- ing, and Arnold. Prerequisite: ll241 or 242 (Alternate, even years) 338 Contemporary British literature 3 hours A study of the development of British literature from the end of the nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on the major poets and novelists. Prerequisite: ll242 (Alternate, odd years)