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CHAUCER-THE DAWN OF ENG
LISH LITERATURE.

CHAUCER-THE DAWN OF ENG
LISH LITERATURE.
1. Give n summary of the reasons ad-
vanced in the lesson why Chaucer
should be held in honor and why his
works should be read and studied.
2. Give a 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 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 Wyclffe.
8. Write notes, explanatory. historl-
(a) The Bible Of Miles Coverdale. (b)
Matthews Bible" (c) The Great
Bible" (d) The Bishops Bible" (e)
The Genevan Bible. () The Rheims
New Testament.
9. Briefly epitomize the principal
facts concerning the translation known
as the authorized version" of 1911
SPENSER-THE ELIZABETHAN
10. Show how in the reign of Eliza
beth English scholarship and English
literature were influenced by (a) the
revival OF classical learning; % an
imitation of Italian scholarship and lit
erature.
II. 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-
NfENT IN EARLY LITERATURE.
13. Prof Minis in the lessons says:
Milton. Cromwell and -6utrtt-stfa We're
puritanism incarnate." Explain this
statement fully and justify 1t.
II. Give an account Of the "Pilgrim's
Progress" (if possible from your owe
reading) and state what you conceive 10
be it's clements of power and It's claims
to be considered masterpiece of lite
nature.
EARLY ENGLISH IISSAYISTS.
Is. The essay of the eighteenth cen
tury was typical and characteristic OF
the e."-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 cssayistS re-
sDectiVely. From what sources may the
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century as n form of literary arr he
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 on account as pos
sible of the English essayists of the
early part of the nineteenth century.
Classify them into groups and assign
to each group as far as possible its dis
tinguishing characteristics.
THE FIRST GREAT ENGLISH NOV
ELISTS.
IS. DR.. Eagan makes a distinction be-
tween the romance and the novel What
is this distinction? Justify the distinc-
ton in the cases of the works cited by
DIR. Egan. Justify it in the case of
Robinson Crusoe." which DIR. Egan
| classes as a novel.
~ write Dricl notes upon ta) Klcn-
ardson, o. Fielding. Co Smollett. (d)
Sterne. (e) Goldsmith. (O Miss Bur
ney, both with regard to their lives
and to their works. AS far as posi-
bic 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 10 be found in the quail
| ty of the work of great historians
81. Give accounts, descriptive, critical
etc. of the historical works OF (a) Hal
lam. (b) Hume. (c) Macaulay, (d)
Froude, (e) Carlyle. O) Justin McCar-
thy, (g) j. r. Green.
%. Describe as fully as possible the
place in literature held by the histo-
ries written by ta) Clarendon, tb) Bur-
net, (c) Gibbon, (d Robertson. (e)
! Milman, () Buckle.