Word: modernism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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ENGLISH. 1. A critical estimate of Lord Macaulay's writings. 2. The relation of Wordsworth's poems to his life. 3. The Fantastic Element in Hawthorne's characters and plots. 4. What is the Function of Literature in Modern Life...
...MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. 1. The origin of the Medieval French Epic. 2. Is Goethe's Egmont a better work, regarded as a drama, then Lessing's Emilia Galotti? 3. Ought a well established phonetic law to be regarded as admitting no real exceptions? 4. Is it possible to determine with some certainty Old French pronunciation? And if so, was it essentially different from the modern pronunciation? 5. Is the influence of Goethe's Faust for good or for evil? 6. A study of Lessings influence upon German Literature...
...those who expect to try for a one year honor in French at Yale will be required to read at least 1,500 pages of modern French authors...
...students with interesting courses of lectures in their respective branches, we look in vain to find desirable activity among the members of the Philosophical Club. The excellence of this department in the college curriculum is well known, and the courses fairly popular; so a course of lectures on modern thought would instruct a large number of appreciative and intelligent students. Let us hope that a representative of some school of philosophy, not favored by our professors may be induced to come to Cambridge...
...section in Philosophy I will use as a text book for the rest of the year, Sterling's translation of Schwegler's "General History of Modern Philosophy...