US-RPB-of1UF.D3 Gordon Rohde Dewart papers1935-1975 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 2.0 Linear feet 1935-1975 The Gordon Rohde Dewart papers document Dewart's tenure as professor of French at Brown University. The collection consists of student and scholarly writings, research, teaching materials, correspondence, and limited administrative records. Materials date from 1935 to 1975. Dewart, Gordon Rohde Dewart (Gordon Rohde) papers Biographical note

Gordon Rohde Dewart (1920-1974), professor of French and associate dean of academic affairs, was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on July 4, 1920. After graduation from Amherst College in 1941, he served in the U.S. Navy until 1946. He received his master's degree in 1947 and his Ph.D. in 1953, both from Princeton. He came to Brown as instructor in French in 1948 and was promoted to assistant professor in 1953 and associate professor in 1970. His interest was in naturalist literature, especially the works of Emile Zola, and he collaborated with Professor Albert Salvan in the preparation of a critical Zola bibliography. He was named assistant dean of the college in 1962, associate dean in 1964, and associate dean of academic affairs in 1971. He died in Providence on April 20, 1974.

 Dewart student work Series I circa 1935-1960 Course E50 1 1942 Course 12 1 1941 Department of modern languages 1 1948 Scope and Contents note

Graduate courses

 Examinations (Princeton) 1 French vocabulary 1 French E50 1 French 3 1 French 12, AMN 41 1 French 102 1 French 104 1 French 110, Final examination 1 1956 French 201, Final examination 1 1953 French 214 1 French 303 1 French 305 1 French 501 1 French 502 1 French 503 1 French 503, readings for 1 French 514 1 French 525 1 Linguistic notes 1 Old French, notes 1 Old French, reading list 1 Old French literature, final examination 1 1942 Philosophy 4 1 1939-1940 Pindal, Mendez 1 Scope and Contents note

Poesia arabe y poesia europea

 Villon, Francoise 1 1938 Scope and Contents note

Amherst

 Reading lists 1 1937-1940 Renaissance 1 Dewart student papers Series II circa 1940-1942 A la recherche des idees esthetiques de Pascal 1 Andromaque, Jean Racine 1 1667 Autobiography 1 Bibliographie 1 Biography of Johann Wolgang Goethe, 1749-1832 1 1 1940 Biography of Johann Wolgang Goethe, 1749-1832 : Period at 1 1941 Scope and Contents note

Weimar

 Biography of Johann Wolgang Goethe, 1749-1832 : dealing with the period from the Italienische Reise to the acquaintance with Schiller 1 1941 Britannicus 1 Chatterton : drame en trois actes par Alfred de Vigny 1 1942 Ecole des femmes, Miliere 1 Enigmatic arriviste : Saint Just 1 Est-ce que l'etablissement de la dictature va entamer la fin de la litterature? Probleme. 1 1941 Athalie, Jean Racine 1 1940 La Fontaine, Fables 1 Le Bourgeois gentilhomme 1 Le Jeu de l'amour et du Hasard : Marivaux 1 1941 Le malade imaginaire 1 Le malade imaginaire : Moliere, acte III. 1 Le pessimisme chretien dans Paul et Virginie 1 Les rapports litteraires entre la France et l'Angleterre au dix-huitieme siecle 1 L'hellenisme et la litterature francaise une appreciation du nutriment sprituel fourni aux ecrivains 1 francais par la Grece, du seizieme siecle aux temps modernes L'influence de l'hellenisme dans la litterature francaise du seizieme siecle jusqu aux temps moderne (1500-1925) 1 L'influence des lettres italiennes et espagnoles sur la litterature francaise au dix-septieme siecle 1 Noise : explication de texte 1 Promethee eternel 1 Servitude et grandeur militaires 1 Servitude et grandeur militaires 1 1942 Theme sur le roman, Manon Lescaut de l'abbe prevost 1 1941 Une soiree Perdue : explication de texte 1 Whirlwind, the 1 Subject files Series III Anouilh 1 Balzac 1 Balzac 1 Scope and Contents note

La cousine Bette

 Baudelaire 1 Beckett, Samuel 1 Camus 1 Camus, Albert 1 Chateaubriand 1 Chretien De Troyes 1 Constant, B. 1 Corneille 1 De La Description 1 De La Fayette, Mme. 1 De Lisle, Laconte 1 De Nerval, Gerard 1 De Saint-Exupery, Antoine 1 Du, Gard, Rogert Martin 1 Flaubert 2 Flaubert, G. 2 Scope and Contents note

L'education sentimentale

 Gautier 2 Scope and Contents note

L'art pour l'art

 Germinal, Zola 2 Gide, A. 2 Giradoux 2 Hugo, Victor 2 Ideas 2 Journalisme De 20LA 2 L'abbe Prevost 2 La Chartreuse De Parme 2 1839 Lamartine 2 L'assommoir 2 La Bete Humaine 2 La Fortune Des Rougon 2 Le Roman 2 Le Romantisme 2 La Rochefoucauld 2 Scope and Contents note

La Bruyere

 Le Realisme 2 Madame De Stael 2 Malraux, Andre 2 Mauriac, Francois 2 Middlebury 2 Montesquieu 2 Montherlant 2 Musset 2 Nana 2 Paris Etait 2 Pascal 2 Proust 2 Rabelais 2 Ricatte, Robert 2 Rimbaud 2 Racine 2 Robbe-Grillet 2 Rousseau 2 Sand 2 Sartre 2 Stendhal 2 Verlaine 2 Vigny 2 Voltaire 2 Zola 2 Zola, biblio 2 Zola, Emile : Pot-Bouille 2 Brown material Series IV circa 1955-1975 Balzac 2 1960-1961 Scope and Contents note

Material Fr-186

 Brown 2 Course 75 2 Course Reports 2 1958 Comprehensives, French 2 Department and miscellaneous 2 Exams 2 French D12, Semester II 2 1957-1958 French 3 2 French 3 and 4 2 French MA Program 3 French 4 3 French 4, Semester II 3 1965-1966 French 4, Semester II 3 1966-1967 French 10, Semester II 3 1961-1962 French 10, Semester II 3 1963-1964 French 10, Semester II 3 1964-1965 French 10, Semester II 3 1969-1970 French 109 3 French 127 3 Scope and Contents note

Final examinations

 French 127 3 Scope and Contents note

Midterm examinations

 French 127 3 1958-1959 French 127 3 1968-1969 French 127, Semester I 3 1969-1970 French 134 3 French 201, Semester II 3 1957-1958 Homage to Antonio Machado 3 Miscellaneous course material 3 Resume/CV 3 Staff 3 Manuscripts Series V circa 1940-1970 Andromaque 3 Avant-Propos 3 Flaubert, Gustave-Bouvard Et Pecuchet 3 Formal phenomena 3 Heritage 3 Scope and Contents note

Acts of incorporation, bylaws, trustees and officers, George's groupings

 Heritage 3 Scope and Contents note

George's groupings

 Illustration 3 Le Idees Litteraires De Zola 3 Le Nihilsme De Bernardin 3 Le Nihilisme De Rene 3 Le Principe Ce Le Poesie 3 Long outline, summer-fall 3 1964 Miscellaneous 3 Miscellaneous manuscripts I 3 Miscellaneous manuscripts II 3 Miscellaneous manuscripts III 3 Miscellaneous manuscripts IV 3 Miscellaneous research 3 Notes, miscellaneous 3 Reading notes 3 Reading notes, A-F 3 Reading notes, G-M 3 Reading notes, O-Z 3 Original outline, centering on images 4 Outline 4 Racine Lecture 4 Rapprochement Des Idees Litteraires De Chateaubriand Celles De MME De Stael 4 Rewritten 4 Souriau, Maurice 4 Tour De Babel Morale 4 Topics (introduction and general) 4 Correspondence 4 Correspondence--Atkinson, Geoffrey 4 1946-1953 Correspondence--Amherst College 4 1948 Correspondence--Brown University 4 1948-1949, 1953 Correspondence--Delkote, Inc. 4 1957 Correspondence--Doolittle, James 4 1948-1950 Correspondence--Hamel, Robert H. 4 1953 Correspondence--Hamilton College 4 1948 Correspondence--Harvard 4 1948 Correspondence--MacMillan Company 4 1955-1956 Correspondence--Miscellaneous 4 1948-1956 Correspondence--Navy 4 1945-1946 Correspondence--Princeton University 4 1941-1953 Correspondence--Sturm, Ernest 4 1955-1956 Correspondence--Trinity College 4 1950 Correspondence--Veteran's Administration 4 1950 Collection information

The collection is organized in five series: I. Dewart student work, circa 1935-1960 II. Dewart student papers, circa 1940-1942 III. Subjects IV. Brown material, circa 1955-1975 V. Manuscripts, circa 1940-1970

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

Gordon Rohde Dewart Papers, OF-1UF-D3, Brown University Archives.

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Additional information

Names Brown University--Faculty. Subjects Education French language--Study and teaching French literature--Study and teaching (Higher) Universities and colleges--Curricula Occupations

Types of Materials Correspondence Writings (Document genre) RIAMCO Browsing Term Education