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Edgar Allan Poe School of English.

English B1: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. American essays and orations. 2. American poetry, with a
study of verse forms. 3. American prose narratives, with emphasis on the short
story.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Wilson and Professor
Metcalf.

English B2: The Development of English: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales and other poems with a study
of the origin and growth of the English language. 2. Elizabethan English:
a study of the language of several of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
3. The drama of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Wilson and Associate Professor Johnson.

English B3: Composition: English A2 or A1 or A3 prerequisite.—1.
Current usage in composition: a study of thought expression and the correct use
of English, with reading in current prose and frequent written exercises. 2. Exposition
and narration: a continuation of the course in general composition,
with emphasis on the writing of clear reports and narratives. 3. The Special
Article; with exercises in writing news stories and reviews.—(B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor —.