State Normal School Bulletin 1916-1919 . //v Freshman Class. Rhetoric: The purpose of the course is to train the student to abetter power of expression and a more intelligent enjoyment ofliterature. Combined with rhetorical theory, there will be muchpractice in composition. The emphasis will be placed upon thedevelopment in each student of an easy style which preserves indi-viduality while compelling the writer to conform to good usage. Literature: The student is led by this course into a pleasantacquaintance with the great English authors that may later ripeninto intimacy and affection.
State Normal School Bulletin 1916-1919 . //v Freshman Class. Rhetoric: The purpose of the course is to train the student to abetter power of expression and a more intelligent enjoyment ofliterature. Combined with rhetorical theory, there will be muchpractice in composition. The emphasis will be placed upon thedevelopment in each student of an easy style which preserves indi-viduality while compelling the writer to conform to good usage. Literature: The student is led by this course into a pleasantacquaintance with the great English authors that may later ripeninto intimacy and affection. A study of the history of Englishliterature furnishes a background for this work. The followingclassics will be used for classroom study and for outside reading andreports: Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, Miltons MinorPoems, The DeCoverley Papers, Grays Elegy, Goldsmiths Vicar ofWakefield, and The Deserted Village, Selections from Burnss Poems,Scotts Ivanhoe, George Eliots Silas Marner, Dickenss A Tale of TwoCities, Ruskins Sesame and Lilie
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