DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION – LOCAL 800 MODIFICATION

MCDANIELCOLLEGE, HOOVER LIBRARY

8/2/2006

Introduction

This modification of DDC provides for classification, and therefore shelf arrangement, by national literature rather than simply by language. The modification is a greatly simplified in comparison to the DDC scheme. It was developed in the mid-1960’s by the then cataloger Bella Gallo, partly in response to a request from some faculty in modern language, but also from his own inclination.

After over 20 years of use, it was reviewed and the original 800 through 809 modification was abandoned in favor of the then current edition of DDC which, since it did not involve nationality, was merely abridged. The remaining 810 through 890 was somewhat expanded for American and English literature, the largest collections in the library at the time. Also, the complex Table 3 is only used for fiction genres (poetry?) and Table 3C is used to highlight such topics as women in literature or literature by women, African-Americans, etc.

At the time of the review, the modified scheme was considered to have worked well for local needs and its use didn’t cause undue time spent decision-making. Therefore, the scheme was not changed in any major way.

This current review’s purpose is to create a file that will be easier to maintain in the future, and to incorporate all of the hand-written additions into the main text. The original documents will be placed in the archives collection.

810 – 818 United States Literature {also 820-827}

810U.S. literature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in full, e.g., history and criticism of American literature 810.09 (except period tables)
  • Use period subdivisions adopted from the schedules:

.1Colonial period, 1607-1776

.2Post-Revolutionary period, 1776-1830

.3Middle 19th century, 1830-1861

.4Later 19th century, 1861-1900

.520th century

.621st century

followed by standard subdivisions, for works about a specific literary period in general.

{Add to .08 or .09 from Table 3C. May prefer “features,” etc., especially when period not emphasized.}

811-817U.S. literature (specific literary forms)

811American poetry

812“” drama

813“” fiction

{Prefer 809.38+ for kinds of fiction, unless nationality is emphasized}

814“” essays

815“” oratory

816“” letters

817“” satire and humor

  • Use all standard subdivisions for general works, e.g., study and teaching of American fiction 813.07.
  • Add period subdivisions followed by standard subdivisions for works about a specific literary period of the literary form, e.g., study and teaching of 20th century American fiction 813.507.
  • Class all literary works of individual authors in 818 (regardless of literary form).
  • {810.09896 African-Americans}
  • {810.09897 Native Americans}
  • {If no period, add Table 3C directly to .08 or .09. For kinds of fiction (Table 3), insert “0” first, e.g., 813.090876 for American science fiction}
  • {If period, add Table 3C as above. May prefer “features” over period as under 810. For kinds of fiction, do not use period.}
  • {Do not go beyond Table 3C}

818U.S. literature (individual authors)

  • Add period subdivisions.
  • Assign author numbers from the Cutter-Sanborn tables
  • Use standard title marks in lower case.

819 Canadian Literature

  • Including French Canadian literature.
  • Do not subdivide by literary form.
  • Do not subdivide by literary period.
  • Use all standard subdivisions for works about Canadian literature, e.g., history and criticism of 20th century Canadian fiction 819.09.
  • Class all individual authors in 819 without subdivision; assign Cutter numbers and use standard title or work marks.

820 – 828 English Literature

  • Including comprehensive works treating equally both English and American literature.
  • Class Canadian literature in 819; class American literature in 810; class literatures of India in 891.1; class literatures of other countries where the national language is English in 828.9; [???]

820English literature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in full, e.g., history and criticism of English literature 820.09
  • Use period subdivisions adopted from the schedules:

.1Early English period, 1066-1400

.2Pre-Elizabethan period, 1400-1558

.3Elizabethan period, 1558-1625 {also Jacobiean, 16th century, Renaissance}

.4Post-Elizabethan period, 1625-1702 {17th century, Restoration}

.5Queen Anne period, 1702-1745 {18th century as a whole; Augustan, late 17th century}

.6Later 18th century, 1745-1800

.7Early 19th century, 1800-1837 {Romantic period}

.8Victorian period, 1837-1900 {19th century as a whole}

.9120th century

.9221st century

followed by standard subdivisions, for works about a specific literary period in general.

821-827English literature (specific literary form)

  • Divide like 811-817.

828English literature (individual authors)

  • See note under 818.

822.33Shakespeare, William

  • We follow, with minor modifications, Barden’s elaborate schedule in the arrangement of our Shakespeare collection.

828.9+Literatures of English speaking countries other than England, Canada, and the United States (do not use number lower than .96)

  • Add area notation 4-9 from Dewey Decimal Classification, e.g., Literatures of the Union of South Africa 828.968; Literature of New Zealand 828.993; Australian literature 828.994 (do not go beyond 3 figures-applies to place).
  • Apply note under 819 in each case.

829 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Literature

  • Apply note under 819.

830 – 838 German Literature (literature of Germany)

830German literature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in full, e.g., history and criticism of German literature 830.09
  • Use period subdivisions adopted from the schedules:

.1Early medieval period to 1150 (Old High German)

.2Later medieval period, 1150-1300 (Middle High German)

.3Period of decline, 1300-1517

.4Reformation period, 1517-1625

.5Period of imitation, 1625-1750 (Baroque)

.6Classical period, 1750-1830

.7Postclassical period, 1830-1856

.8Later 19th century

.9120th century

.9221st century

followed by standard subdivisions, for works about a specific literary period in general.

831-837German literature (specific literary form)

  • Divide like 811-817.

838German literature (individual authors)

  • See note under 818.

838.9+German Literature of countries, or in countries, other than Germany

  • Add number 1-9 arbitrarily to establish new class numbers as needed.
  • Apply note under 819 in each case.

838.991Austrian Literature

838.992Swiss Literature (German, French, Italian, and Romansch)

839.3NetherlandsLiterature

  • Include Dutch, Frisian, Low German (Plattdeutsch), and Old Saxon literatures.
  • Class Africaans literature in 828.968 (Literatures of South Africa)
  • Class Flemish literature in 848.991 (Belgian literature)
  • Apply note under 819.

839.5 – 839.82 Scandinavian Literature

839.5Scandinavian Literature in general.

  • Apply note under 819 bu class here only comprehensive works.

839.6Icelandic literature

  • Includes Old Norse (Old Icelandic) and Faroese literature
  • Apply note under 819.

839.7Swedish literature

  • Apply note under 819.

839.81Danish literature

  • Apply note under 819.

839.82Norwegian literature

  • Apply note under 819.

840– 848 French Literature

  • Literature of France, including all dialect literatures.
  • Class literatures of French speaking countries other than France in 848.9

840 French literature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in full, e.g., history and criticism of French literature 840.09
  • Use period subdivisions adopted from the schedules:

.1Early period to 1400 (Old French – medieval)

.215th century (Middle French)

.316th century

.4Classical period, 1600-1715

.518th century, 1715-1789

.6Revolution and empire, 1789-1815

.7Constitutional monarchy, 1815-1848

.8Later 19th century, 1848-1900

.9120th century

.9221st century

followed by standard subdivisions, for works about a specific literary period in general.

841-847Frenchliterature (specific literary form)

  • Divide like 811-817.

848French literature (individual authors)

  • See note under 818.

848.99+ Literature of French speaking countries other than France

  • See note under 838.99+
  • Apply note under 819 in each case
  • Class Canadian French in 819
  • Literature of African countries south of the Sahara – prefer 896

848.991 Belgian literature

848.992 Haitian literature

848.993 Tunisian literature

848.994 Algerian literature

848.995 Cameroon literature

849 Provencal

849.9 Catalan

850 – 858 Italian Literature

850Italianliterature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in full, e.g., history and criticism of Italian literature 850.09
  • Use period subdivisions adopted from the schedules:

.1Early period to 1375

.2Period of classical learning, 1375-1492

.3Age of Leo X, 1492-1542

.4Later 16th century, 1542-1585

.5Period of decline, 1585-1748

.6Period of renovation, 1748-1814

.7Early 19th century, 1814-1859

.8Later 19th century, 1859-1900

.9120th century

.9221st century

followed by standard subdivisions, for works about a specific literary period in general.

851-857Italian literature (specific literary form)

  • Divide like 811-817.

858Italian literature (individual authors)

  • See note under 818.

859Romanian Literature

  • Apply note under 819.

860 – 868 Spanish Literature

860Spanishliterature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in full, e.g., history and criticism of Spanish literature 860.09
  • Use period subdivisions adopted from the schedules:

.1Early period to 1369

.2Age of imitation, 1369-1516

.3Golden age, 1516-1700

.418th century

.519th century

.620th century

.721st century

followed by standard subdivisions, for works about a specific literary period in general.

861-867Spanish literature (specific literary form)

  • Divide like 811-817.

868Spanish literature (individual authors)

  • See note under 818.

868.9Literature of Spanish speaking countries other than Spain

  • Add area notation 4-9 to establish full number.
  • Apply note under 819 in each case.

868.97Spanish-American literature in general

  • Apply note under 819 but class here only comprehensive works.

868.972Mexican literature

868.97281Guatemalan literature

868.97284El Salvadorian literature

868.97285Nicaraguan literature

868.9729Literature of the West Indies in general

  • Caribbean – all languages
  • Apply note under 819 but class here only comprehensive works.

868.97291Cuban literature

868.97294Haitian literature

868.97295Puerto Rican literature

868.97297LewardIslands literature (including Guadeloupe)

868.982Argentine literature

868.983Chilean literature

868.985Peruvian literature

868.9861Colombian literature

868.9866Ecuadorian literature

868.987Venezuelan literature

868.9895Uruguayan literature

869Portuguese literature

  • Literature of Portugal, Portuguese literature of its possessions, and literatures of Portuguese minorities in other countries (including Galician literature).
  • Apply note under 819.

869.899Brazilian literature

  • Apply note under 819.

870 – 878 Latin Literature

  • Classical medieval and modern Latin literature.
  • Class non-literary authors under the subject they are primarily identified with, and keep all their works together.

870Latinliterature in general

  • Use all standard subdivisions in shortened form, e.g., history and criticism of Latin literature 870.9
  • Do not adapt any scheme of subdivisions to denote literary periods.

871-877Latin literature (specific literary form)

  • Divide like 811-817; use all standard subdivisions for general works.
  • Do not adapt any scheme of subdivisions to denote literary periods.

878Latin literature (individual authors)

  • Do not adapt any scheme of subdivisions to denote literary periods.
  • Assign author numbers from the Cutter-Sanborn tables
  • Use standard title marks in lower case.

880 – 888 Greek Literature

  • Comprehensive works comprising or on classical Greek and Latin literatures; as well as classical and medieval (Byzantine) literatures.
  • Class non-literary authors under the subject they are primarily identified with, and keep all their works together, i.e., Aristoteles and Plato in ancient Greek philosophy; Strabo in ancient Geography; Herodotus in ancient history; etc.

880Greek literature in general

  • See note under 870.

881-887Greek literature (specific literary forms)

  • See note under 871-877.

888Greek literature (individual authors)

  • See note under 878.

889Modern Greek literature

  • Apply note under 819.

890+ Other National Literatures

  • For assigning class numbers for literatures here not provided for, we supplement the Dewey scheme with area notations 3-9 and, in special cases, with the Dewey notations developed for languages.
  • Apply note under 819 in each case.
  • Class comprehensive works about several literatures in 808.8-809.9.

891.1Literatures of India

  • Literatures of all peoples comprising the Republic of India, irrespective of language, including literature written in English. Including Sanskrit literature.
  • Class Urdu literature under 891.4.

891.4Pakistani (Urdu) literature

  • Literatures of all peoples of Pakistan, as well as Urdu literature of minorities in countries other than Pakistan.

891.6Irish literature

  • Literature in Gaelic.

891.66Welsh literature

  • Welsh provincial literature.
  • Class Welsh, Irish, and Scottish authors writing in English in 828.

For Asian literature in general, see 895.

For Non-Western literature in general, see 895.

891.7Literature of the U.S.S.R.

  • Literature in Russian or its dialect.
  • Class distinctive literatures of nationalities wholly within the U.S.S.R. in 891.79.
  • Class literatures of minorities with cultural-linguistic ties to other national literatures, as a subdivision of the specific national literature, e.g., Yiddish literature in 892.49; German literature in 838.99; Finnish literature in 891.54.
  • Apply note under 819 in each case.

891.79Literature of nationalities of the U.S.S.R.

  • Including Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Armenian literatures.

891.8Slavic languages in general – Slavic literatures

891.81Bulgarian literature

891.82Literatures of Yugoslavia

891.85Polish literature

891.86Czech literature

892.4Hebrew literature

  • All ancient and modern literatures of Hebraic languages.

892.49Yiddish literature

892.7Arabic literature

  • Ancient Arabic literatures and literatures of all modern Arab countries (includes Iraq).

893Literatures in Hamitic languages

  • Old Egyptian, Coptic, Berber, and Ethiopian literatures.

894.3Turkish literature

894.51Hungarian literature

894.54Finnish literature

894.545Estonian literature

895.1Chinese literature

895.4Tibetan literature

895.6Japanese literature

895.7Korean literature

895.922Vietnamese literature

895.932Khmer (Cambodia) literature

895.99Philippines literature

896Literatures of African nations South of the Sahara

  • Including literature in French and English, except South Africa – 828.968

897Literatures of North, Central, and South American Indians.

899.221Indonesian literature

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