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EVENING CLASSES 275 practice of German Composition and the interpretation of some of the higher German Classics They will likewise be adapted as far as possible to meet the requirements of Candidates for the Indian Civil Service Examination and for the Honours and the Doctor of Literature Examina- tions at the London University The whole Course will be divided into ten general Sections the Literary Lectures following the Historical Lectures in illustration of the Times to which they refer From the settlement of the Germans in Europe to the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire 800 Literature -Influence of Christianity-Ulfilas' trans- lation of the Bible-Ancient Epic Poetry II From the year 800 to the Accession of the Hoheu- staufen Dynasty 1138 Literature -Poetry cultivated by the clerical Order- Evangelienharmonien AVessobrunner 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 Mei stergesang-Satirical Foetry Narrenschiff Reineke Fuchs From the Reformation to the outbreak of tbe Thirty Years' War 1517-1618 Literature Influence of Classical Studies and the Reformation- Gelehrtenpoesie Kirchenlied Hans Sachs-Epic Pc-etry-Origin of the Drama -English Actors in Germany