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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th century, 18th century, and 19th century. Divisional exams strike almost at once; thus, in the spring of his Sophomore year, a concentrator takes a three-hour Bible and Shakspere; in the fall as a Junior he takes two thirty-minute orals on either Ancient or Modern Authors and Historians, depending upon his special field. In May of his third year he must take, if he expects to be an honors candidate, the qualifying four-hour exam...
History 50 is necessary for the German field, being its history in modern times. Members of this special field regret that four distinguished men have left the department in the last four years. Vietor is especially praised in the field, although his German is swift for one not proficient in the tongue. His course 15 on Goethe is one of the best. German 12 is a pure history and literature course, given in English on the Social Background of German Culture...
...probably the best of the advanced courses in literature. It is given in English, although French 6 is required. Hawkins has organized the course well, he gives an excellent survey of the novel, and the material is valuable for the Divisionals. French 30, a good course on modern French Literature conducted well by Professor Morize, will be omitted next year...
...same as that noted in Spanish--his literature courses, except perhaps Italian 10 on Dante, consist of literal translations with little or no appreciation or background, and are therefore dull for the advanced student. 4 is his half course on literature in general; in course 5, on modern literature, he devotes three fourths of the time to poetry, and the class consists mainly of translation...
...Night damned him as a Fascist. Dissenting, Novelist André Gide declared the book should be taken as a joke, although a dangerous one, being virtually a satire on the absurdity and vulgarity of genuine antiSemitism. Bystanding critics found another explanation in the detachment of modern French literature from French life, the tendency of writers like Céline to regard writing as a disinterested mental game, to be played without thought of the social values implicit in their work. In Manhattan last week, big, broad-shouldered, nervous Celine partly confirmed their view, described Trifles' for a Massacre...