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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.) Associate Professor
Johnson.

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.) Associate 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. The Special Article; with exercises in writing news stories
and reviews.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor
Hench.

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

One of the following courses will be given each year:

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.

English D3.—Old English Epic: Beowulf or the Cynewulf poems.
Early English metrical romances. Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson.
(Given upon application of five or more graduate students.)