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EXCHANGE PROFESSOR WILL SPEAK ON RACINE

Henri Guy, President of University of Grenoble, Will Give Twelve Lectures in French

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At dates to be announced later a series of lectures on Racine will be given in French by President Henri Guy, of the University of Grenoble, exchange professor from France during the first half-year. Born in 1863, President Guy was educated at the School of Pau, the Faculte of Toulouse, and the Sorbonne, after which he became professor of Rhetoric at Troyes school and then professor at the Faculte of Toulouse. A Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, he has written the "Life and Works of Adam de l'Halle," and "L'Ecole des Rhetoriqueurs."

The titles of his lectures follow: The Life and Works of Jean Racine.

I. Youth of the poet. School of Port-Royal. Stay at Uzes. First essays.

II. A revelation. Andromaque.

III. A new aspect of the genius of Racine: the satirical spirit.

IV. Rival of Corneille: Britannicus.

V. Rival of Corneille: Berenice--the forerunner of Voltaire: Bajazet.

VI. Rival of Corneille: Mithridate.

VII. Euripide and Racine: Iphigenie en Aulide.

VIII. Euripide and Racine: Phedre.

IX. A crisis of the soul. La revanche de Port-Royal. Letters from Racine to his son.

X. The house of Saint Cyr and the tragedy of Esther.

XI. The song of the swan: Athalie.

XII. The last days of the poet. Character and destiny of his work.

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