Calendar: 1869-1870 Page 270

270 EVENING CLASSES The whole Course will be divided into ten general Sections the Literary Lectures following the Historical Lectures in illustration of the Times to wbich they refer From the settlement of the Germans in Europe to the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire 800 Literature -Ulfilas' translation of the Bible Ancient Epic Poetry Alte Heldensagen II From the year 800 to the Accession of the Hohen- staufen Dynasty 1138 Literature -Poetry cultivated by the clerical order- Evangelienharmonien Wessobrunner Gebet III The reign of the Hohenstaufen Dynasty 1138-1254 and the Interregnum 1256-73 Literature -First Classical Period of German Litera- ture Nibelungenlied Kudrun Thiersage Kunstepos Minnegesang IV From Rudolph von Habsburg to the beginning of the Reformation 1273-1517 Literature -The Meistergesang-Satirische Poesie Narrenschiff Reineke Puchs From the Reformation to the outbreak of the Thirty dears' War 1517-1618 Literature -Influence of Classical Studies and the Reformation Gelehrtenpoesie Kircbenlied Hans Sachs-Fabeln und Allegorien-Origin of the Drama VI From the beginning of the Thirty Years' War to the reign of Friedrich der Grosze 1618-1740 Literature -Preponderance of learning Sprach- geseUschaften Dichterschulen Novels Satirical and Dramatic Poetry-Staatsactionen und Opern