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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 poetry, with a study of verse forms. 2. American
essays and orations. 3. American prose narratives, with emphasis on the short
story. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Assistant Professor Gordon.

English B2: The English Comic Tradition: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. Chaucer and mediaeval humor: The Canterbury Tales and
other literature from the middle ages. 2. Elizabethan literature. 3. Certain
Restoration and eighteenth-century comedies and novels. Lectures, collateral
reading, and the study of the texts. In the literature of the mediaeval period
some works will be read in the original and some in translation. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Hench.

English B3: Composition: English A1 or A2 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. Special
kinds of writing; application of the principles studied thus far to more specialized
writing; descriptive narratives, reviews, and the special article. (B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Assistant Professors Gordon and Davis.

English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The English novel of the nineteenth
century. 2. The American novel. 3. The contemporary novel. Professor Wilson
and Professor Metcalf.

English C2: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English prose. 2. Old English
poetry: Beowulf. 3. Beowulf. Professor Hench.

English C3: Middle English; Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools
of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Middle English prose and
verse. 2. Chaucer. 3. Chaucer. Professor Hench.

English D1: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson.

English D2: Shakespeare and his Times. Hours by appointment. Professor
Wilson. (Omitted in 1927-28.)

English D3: (1) Old English: The Cynewulf poems. (2) Early English
metrical romances. Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson. (Given
upon application of four or more graduate studies.)

Linguistics D1.—A sound knowledge of two languages other than English
(e. g. a B1 and a B2 course as given in ancient or modern languages in this university)
essential for profitable work.—1 and 2. A general introduction to the

history and comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages. 3. Gothic,
with special reference to its relation to English. Professor Faulkner.

This course, offered in the School of Germanic Languages, will hereafter be
required, in whole or in part, of candidates for the Ph.D. degree in English who
are specially interested in Philology.