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CHAUCER-THE DAWN OF ENG
LISH LITERATURE.

CHAUCER-THE DAWN OF ENG
LISH LITERATURE.
/. Give summary OF the reasons adj
vanced in the lesson why Chaucer
should be held in honor and why his
works should be read and studied.
2. Give u brief account OF the main
known facts of Chaucer's life.
3. DR.. Egan calls the Canterbury
Tales" 'vitascope of life in the four
tenth century," Explain and Justify
this statement.
CAXTON-THE OLD PRINTERS OF
WESTMINSTER.
4. Give an account. so far as the les
son in the course provides You with
material, OF the development OF the art
of printing in Europe in its early years
5. Give a brief account OF Cations
work as a printer in England
TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH
BIBLE.
6. Make a synoptical table. giving
names and dates only. or the principal
translations OF the bible into English
from the earliest times down to the
present.
Z. Describe fully the part taken in the
work of translating the bible into Eng
lish by John Wycliffe.
B. write nOleS, explanatory, AiolOii-
cal, ETC., on the following transations:
(a) The Bible OF Miles Coverdale. CD
Matthews Bible" (c) The Great
Bible" CD The Bishops Bible" (e)
The Genevan Bible. (O The Rheims
New Testament.
8. Briefly eptomize the principal
facts concerning the translation known
as the authorized version" of 1911.
SPENSER-TFE ELIZABETHAN
10. Show how in the reign OF Eliza
beth English scholarship and English
literature were influenced by (a) the
revival of classical learning; CO. an
imitation of Italian scholarship and lit
erature.
IL. Give an account of Sponsors life.
emphasizing particularly his relations
with his friends.
IL. Give some account OF Sponsors
works, in particular the "Faerie
Queene."
BUNYAN-THE PURITAN ELE-
MENT IN EARLY LITERATURE.
10. Prof Minis in the lessons says
Milton, Cromwell and Bunyan were
puritnnism incarnate." Explain this
statement fully and justify it.
II. Give an account of the Pilgrim s
Progress" (f possible from Your owe
reading) and state what you conceive to
be its elements of power and its claims
to be considered a masterpiece of lite
nature.
EARLY ENGLISH ESSAYISTS.
Is. The essay of the eighteenth cen
tury was typical and characteristic of
the age."-Prof. Denney.
Justify this statement. Who were the
principal essayistS of the early part of
the eighteenth century? Who of the
latter part? Give some account Of the
essays of these two sets of essayists re-
spectively. From what sources may the
essay of the early half Of the eighteenth
century as a form of literary art be
possibly derived?
16. Describe and compare Bacon and
Emerson as essayiSts. Show how their
essays differ from those of the eigh-
teenth century essayists.
II. Give as full an account as pos
sible OF the English cssayists OF the
early part of the nineteenth century.
Classify them into groups and assign
to each group as far as possible its dis
tinguishing charac teristics.
THE FIRST GREAT ENGLISH NOV
ELISTS.
is. DIR. Eagan makes a distinction be-
tween the romance and the novel. What
is this distinction? Justify the distinc-
DR.. Egan. Justify it in the case of
Robinson Crusoe," which Dr. Egan
ella sses as novel
10. Write brief notes upon (a) Rich
ardson. (b) Fielding. Co Smollett, Cd
Sterne, (e) Goldsmith, (n Miss Bur-
ney. both with regard to their lives
and to their works. AS far as posi-
BILE from the knowledge conveyed TO you
in the lesson. give critical estimates of
the works of these authors, respec-
lively.
FIRST HISTORIANS AND FAMOUS
HISTORIES.
20. Specify and account for some of
the differences to be found in the quail
ity of the work of great historians.
q. Give accounts, descriptive. critical.
etc.. Of the historical works of (a) Hal
lam, (b) Hume. (c) Macaulay, (d)
Froude. (e) Carlyle. (f) Justin McCar-
thy. (g) ]. r. Green.
%. Describe as fully as possible the
place in literature held by the hsto-
ries written by (a) Clarendon, Cb) Bur-
net, (c) Gibbon. (d) Robertson, (e)
Milman. (f) Buckle.