ENG 125 - Literary Narrative

Department: English

Description: Critical reading and analysis of a variety of literary narratives that reflect on human experience. Equivalent course, offered as ENG and LAN 125; repeat policy will apply. Not for credit major/minor.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: COM 110 and ENG 101 or concurrent registration

General Education: LH - Language in the Humanities

Current Offerings

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Spring 2025

001 - Lecture (Internet): M W F 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM , Instructor to be announced 3.00 hour(s)
002 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM , Instructor to be announced 3.00 hour(s)
003 - Lecture (Internet): M W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM , Instructor to be announced 3.00 hour(s)
004 - Lecture (In Person): M W 12:35 PM - 1:50 PM , Instructor to be announced 3.00 hour(s)
005 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 12:35 PM - 1:50 PM , Instructor to be announced 3.00 hour(s)
006 - Lecture (In Person): M W 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Instructor to be announced 3.00 hour(s)
007 - Lecture (In Person): M W 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM , Christopher Breu 3.00 hour(s)
008 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM , Susan Kalter 3.00 hour(s)

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Online

Instructor: To be announced

Class Notes: Synchronous Online

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 211 (STV 211)

Instructor: To be announced

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Online

Instructor: To be announced

Class Notes: Synchronous Online

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 211 (STV 211)

Instructor: To be announced

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 212 (STV 212)

Instructor: To be announced

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Williams Hall 111 (WIH 111)

Instructor: To be announced

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 232 (STV 232)

Instructor: Christopher Breu

Book Title

ISBN

Author

Edition

Publisher

MSRP

Notes

Benito Cereno and Bartleby the Scrivener (Required)

ISBN9780486264738

AuthorHerman Melville

Edition

PublisherDover Thrift

MSRP N/A

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Required)

ISBN9780593230367

AuthorHarriet Jacobs

Edition

PublisherModern Library

MSRP N/A

SOUND & THE FURY (Required)

ISBN9780679732242

AuthorFAULKNER

Edition

PublisherRANDOM

MSRP $14.00

I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM (Required)

ISBN9780813927671

AuthorCONDE

Edition

PublisherVIRGINIA

MSRP $16.50

The Underground Railroad (Required)

ISBN9780345804327

AuthorWhitehead

Edition

PublisherDoubleday

MSRP N/A

Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025

Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 350A (STV 350A)

Instructor: Susan Kalter

Class Notes: We will be looking at major Caribbean authors such as Cesaire, Carpentier, Lamming, Vieux-Chauvet, Schwartz-Bart, Walcott, Kincaid, Conde, and Danticat.

Textbook Special Instructions: Students may obtain editions of the textbooks listed that have a different ISBN as long as that book is essentially the equivalent of the book listed here. Please obtain the books well before the scheduled dates on the syllabus when the book is assigned.

Book Title

ISBN

Author

Edition

Publisher

MSRP

Notes

Sab and Autobiography (Recommended)

ISBN9780274693986

AuthorGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

Edition

PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: This is only a suggested textbook. Also available as a free e-book through Milner.

Breath, Eyes, Memory (Required)

ISBN9781616955021

AuthorEdwidge Danticat

Edition

PublisherSoho Press

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable.

Texaco (Required)

ISBN9780679751755

AuthorPatrick Chamoiseau

Edition

PublisherVintage

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov translation.

Omeros (Required)

ISBN9780374523503

AuthorDerek Walcott

Edition

PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Also available as a free e-book through Milner. Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable.

CROSSING THE MANGROVE (Required)

ISBN9780385476331

AuthorCONDE

Edition

PublisherDOUBLEDAY

MSRP $15.00

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Richard Philcox translation.

At the Bottom of the River (Required)

ISBN9780374527341

AuthorJamaica Kincaid

Edition

PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable.

Macho Camacho’s Beat (Required)

ISBN9781564782588

AuthorLuis Rafael Sánchez

Edition

PublisherDalkey Archive Press or Random

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Gregory Rabassa translation.

Dézafi (Required)

ISBN9780813941394

AuthorFrankétienne

Edition

PublisherUniversity of Virginia Press

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Also available as a free e-book through Milner. Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Asselin Charles

The Bridge of Beyond (Required)

ISBN9781590176801

AuthorSimone Schwartz-Bart

Edition

PublisherNYRB Classics

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Barbara Bray translation.

Crick Crack, Monkey (Required)

ISBN9781478606598

AuthorMerle Hodge

Edition

PublisherWaveland Press, Inc.

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable.

Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Triptych (Required)

ISBN9780812976922

AuthorMarie Vieux-Chauvet

Edition

PublisherModern Library

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokur translation.

The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories (Required)

ISBN9780192802293

AuthorEd by Stewart Brown and John W

Edition

PublisherOxford University Press

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Check stories listed on the syllabus before ordering any used books, e-book editions, or older editions. These are acceptable, but you will want to make sure they have all the stories we are reading

In the Castle of My Skin (Required)

ISBN9780241296066

AuthorGeorge Lamming

Edition

PublisherPENGUIN POPULAR CLASSICS

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable.

Kingdom of This World (Required)

ISBN9780374537388

AuthorAlejo Carpentier

Edition

PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Pablo Medina translation.

Masters of the Dew (Required)

ISBN9781626325739

AuthorJacques Roumain

Edition

PublisherEduca Vision

MSRP N/A

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook translation.

NOTEBOOK OF RETURN TO NATIVE LAND (Required)

ISBN9780819564528

AuthorCESAIRE

Edition

PublisherWESLEYAN

MSRP $17.95

NotesTextbook/Material Note: Also available as a free e-book through Milner. Used books and e-book editions or older editions are acceptable. Must be the Clayton Eshleman

Summer 2025

001 - Lecture (Internet): Online , Gabriel Gudding 3.00 hour(s)

Dates: 05/19/2025 - 07/11/2025

Location: Online

Instructor: Gabriel Gudding

Class Notes: Asynchronous Online

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.