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ENG 255 - Modern Global Literature: 1800-Present

Department: English

Description: Comparative study of significant texts of modern global literature.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: grade of C or better in ENG 100; ENG 102

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Spring 2025

  • 001 - 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: 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.

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.

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.

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