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 disabilities 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 JohnMilton, 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, Browning, 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)

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