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Current courses offered by the University which deal with Africa include Anthropology 105, Ethnography and Social Institutions of West Africa; Anthropology 118, Peoples and Cultures of SubSaharan Africa; Economics 118, The Economics of Tropical Africa; Government 122. The Government and Politics of Africa; and History 190b, The History of Africa and Its Emergence in Modern Times...
...courses in English have not been altered in content or number, but have simply seen internal shiftings of emphasis, The fundamental courses, especially, will retain their ante-bellum form, but the department foresees the necessity of trimming its "topsails." One expected addition this summer, however, will be English 190b, Literature and Democracy, to be given by Faculty Instructor Harry Levin with Associate Professor Perry Miller this summer and Associate Professor Francis O. Matthiessen next winter...
...these are adequate but not inspiring. Sherburn, generally considered the greatest 18th century scholar is thought dull in his presentation; Jones is called diffuse and the course is criticized for not really focusing on the main works of the period. Two graduate courses are particularly recommended for investigation, English 190b and English 117b. Both are attempts to work out courses in History and Literature as a combined field, the first in the Literature of Democracy under a crack staff, and the second under Spencer in the transition from the Ranasssance...
Four to Give English 190b...
Students wishing to take English 190b may fill out application blanks which are available in Holyoke...