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212. ADVANCED COllfP0SITION; THE SHORT STORY. £ hotJ Creative and critical writing in the neld of short narrat ·r 1 . English 211 is a recommended prerequisite. Not open to students wi credit for English 202. Offered in alternate years.

214. ADVANCED COMPOSITION: POETRY. l hotJl

Creative and critical writing in the neld of poetry. English ; is a recommended prerequisite. Not open to students with credit 0 English 202. Offered in alternate years.

205-206. J0URNALIS:ir.

6 hottf'S History and place of tl1e newspaper and magazine in the moder~ world. Reporting and assignment techniques with practical cont~C in fields of special inte1·est. Copy-reading and head writing, ne~v~paper makeup, study of background and opinion columns, EngJJS 205 prerequisite to English 206.

209. ENGLISH IN BUSINESS PRACTICE. l !lours Training in practical writing with emphasis on the special requirements and techniques of business correspondence and reports. Not accepted to meet requirements for an English major. prerequisite: 101-102.

306. TnE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. £ hours

A study of the English language: its development, structu.r~ and present-day usage. Required for certification to teach Engl!S in Ohio high schools. Prerequisite: English 101-102 or equivalent. AMERICAN AND WORLD LITERATURE

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204. BASIC LITERATURE (HUlllANJTIES)

6 lwurs Study of masterpieces of writing fundamental in developing tJJe cul~re of the western world with emphasis upon the understanding of ideas and values, and tl1e appreciation of literary forms in English a nd thAmerican literature. This course is e ''.300" courses in the department. the preferred prerequisite It is required for a major m English, for the standard certi.ficate in elementary teaching and for a certificate to teach English in high school. 301

302 . WESTERN WORLD LITERATURE. 6 hours

R Great books taught by the discussion method. First semester: ome;, Thucydides, Socrates-Plato, Virgil, Horace, Dante, Machiavelli; ;:~:~oy. semester: Montaigne, Ce1·vantes, Milton, Voltaire, Goethe, 303-304. AM ERTCAN Meivfi!r st .semeste:, LJTERATURE. from ~olonial 6 hour.• times through Hawthorne and t . e with men s' second to th e present special semest time. attention to f h er, rom t e major writers and literary moveNew England poets and Whitman

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311-312. SHAKESPEARE. 6 hours

First semester, a study of Shakespeare's achievement to 1600, chiefly in the comedies and chronicle history plays. Second semester, the development of Shakespeare's art and experience from 1600-1616 in the tragedies and dramatic romances.

315. THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. 9 hours

A study of the chief poets and prose writers in England from the publication of the Lyrical Ballads to the death of Scott. Offered in alternate years.

316. THE VICTORIAN AGE. S hours

A study of the chief poets and prose write1·s in England from 1832 to 1900. Offered in alternate years.

317-318. ENGLISH NOVEL. 6 hours

Fil'st semeste1· from Richardson to Hardy. Second semester, from Hardy to the pr~ent. Either semester may be elected. Offered in alternate years.

319. MILTON AND THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. S hours

Poetry and prose from Donne to Dryden, with emphasis on Milton in his epic period.

320. THE RESTORATION AND THE ~CENTURY. 8 hours

A study of the English literature of the neo-classical period, 1660-1800, with special emphasis upon the great prose writers, Dryden, Addison, Steele, Mandeville, Goldsmith, Johnson, and Burke.

830. TUE TEACHING OF ENGLISH, 2 hoi,rs

A course in methods for those preparing to teach English. 'Offer~ ed in ulternate--years.

339-340. WORLD DRAMA. 6 hoi,rs Development of drama from Aeschylus to the present day.

341-342. CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE. 6 hours

An introduction to significant kinds of literary activity in the present English speaking world with some attention to the parallel or contrasting developments in the other arts and other cultures of the contemporary world.

391-392. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN LITERATURE. 1 to 6 hours . Students properly qualified may arrange special research projects m limited literary areas. Reading, writing and oral reports. Open by special permission to third and fourth year students with at least 18 hours in English.

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Faculty: Professor Mills, Chairman; Professors Esselstyn, A. P. Rosselot, and LaVelle Rosselot (on leave 1960-61) i .

Associate Professors Deever and Wilson; Assistant Professor O'Bear,

Instructors Axline and Lambert; Departmental Assistants Granger and Gutien-ez. A major in Modern Languages may be taken in any one modertl language or any combination and consists of twenty-four ?ourS· which, however, must include at least twelve hours of courses m t)!e "300" group in each language included in the major. A minor coJI· sisting of fifteen hours must be taken entirely in one Courses in European history and at least an elementary language• !'" 0~led~ of Latin are strongly recommended to all those who maJor m ti! modern languages. A recommendation to teach a language, whether as a major or as a minor subject, cannot be given a student unless he has credit for 301-302, 316, and, in French, 309.

French and Spanish tables in the college dining rooms conducted, upon sufficient demand, by a member of the teaching staff offer the chance for additional oral practice.

FRENCH

101-102. ELEl\lENTARY FRENCII. 8 hour'I

An oral approach in which the presentation of the lesson bY sound film, using the voices of native French speakers, is followed by thorough pronunciation vocabulary, and grammar drills througl! the use of tapes, records,' and classwork. Laboratory fee. $5.00 IJ semester.

201-202. INTERMEDIATE ORAL FRENCH.

6 hours 'I'his course continues to stress composition and oral work with· out, however, slighting reading. It is a prerequisite for all more ad· vanced courses rn French. Two hours recitation and two hours labor• atory. Laboratory fee $5.00 a semester. Permission of the instructor is required for admission to this course.

301-302. ADVANCED FRENCH.

6 hours . This course is intended to perfect the student's pronunciation, increase his ability to express himself in French give him further wor~ in grammatical forms, and permit him to

1 do more advanced reading than is done in course 201-202. Open to those who have had 201-202 or who have had more than two years of high school French with high marks. Laboratory fee $2.00 a semester.

303-304. FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE TO 1789. 6 hours

Reading, lectures and reports on this important period of French culture and life beginning with the early years and extending to the French Revolution. Offered in alternate years.

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306-306. FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE FROM 1789 TO THE PRESENT. 6 hours

A study of the great movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the fields of literature, art and ideas, covering the romantic, realistic, and modern periods. Offered in alternate years.

307-308. MASTERS OF FRENCH LITERATURE. 6 hours

A general course dealing with the greatest writers of France: Racine, Moliere, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hugo, Balzac, Sartre and Camus. Reading, lectures and reports. Offered on sufficient demand.

309-310. FRENCH PRONUNCIATION AND DICTION. 2 howrs

A labontory course in French speech and phonetics designed for advanced students who wish to pe1·fect their p1·onunciation. Offered for majors in the depa1·tment, or for other students with the permission of the instructor. Required for a departmental recommendation to teach French. Two periods a week. Laboratory fee $2.00 a semester.

311-312. ADVANCED FRENCH READING. 4 hours

An advanced reading cou1·se. No oral or composition work in French will be required. Prerequisite: French 201-202. If needed, the material may be Scientific French. In this case the prerequisite is only French 101-102, but the student should be doing advanced work in his scientific field. Offered on sufficient demand.

813. MODERN FRENCH GRAMMAR. 2 ors hours

A ca1·eful study of French gi·ammar and practice in composition. Offered on sufficient demand.

319-320. ADVANCED FRENCH CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION. 6 hours

Offered on sufficient demand.

GERMAN A major in German is offered only on sufficient demand.

101-102. ELEMENTARY GERMAN. 8 hours

The aim of this course is to give the student a knowledge of grammatical forms and a training in reading and oral work. Laboratory fee $2.50 a semeste1·.

201-202. INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. 6 to 8 hours

A continuation of the work of the first year with more advanced material.

205-206. CHEMICAL GERMAN. 6 hours

This course is designed to enable students to read intelligently German chemical literature. Prerequisite; German 101-102 or its equivalent and Chemistry 101-102 or its equivalent.