1. Old English Language and Literature to 1150 a. d.
2. Middle English Language and Literature, 1150-1400 a. d.
3. Old French Philology, with special reference to Anglo-Norman French, together with a special study of the following texts:—
Computus of Philippe de Thaun, Voyage of St. Brandan, The Song of Dermot and the Earl, Les contes moralisés de Nicole Bozon.
4. Scandinavian Philology, with special reference to Icelandic, together with a special study of the following texts:—
Gylfaginning, Laxdæla Saga, Gunnlaugssaga Ormstungu.
5. Elizabethan literature, 1558-1637 a. d.
6. English literature, 1637-1700 a. d.
7. English literature, 1700-1745 a. d.
8. Wordsworth and his contemporaries, 1797-1850 a. d.
Candidates who desire to offer any other subject or period as a Special Subject must obtain the leave of the Board of Studies a year before the Examination.
Candidates who offer a period of English Literature will be expected to show a competent knowledge of the History, especially the Social History, of England during such period.
The following scheme of papers is contemplated:—
1. Beowulf and other Old English texts.
2. King Horn, Havelok, Minot, Sir Gawain.
3. Chaucer and Piers Plowman.
4. Shakespeare.
5. Milton.
6. History of the language.
7. Gothic—O. E. and M. E. translations.
8. & 9. History of the Literature, including questions on the history of criticism. Two papers, (1) to 1700, (2) after 1700.
10. Special Subjects.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Educational Review, vol. v. p. 113.
[2] For a note on the value of walking as a part of athletic training, see Appendix I.
[3] William G. Brown in The Nation, vol. 61, No. 1585, p. 346.
[4] For a detailed statement as to the course such a student would be able to pursue under the English system of honor schools, see Appendix III.
[5] The Atlantic Monthly, October, 1900.
[6] For full details as to the scheme of an English honor school, see Appendix III.