My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is a novel about the friendship between the narrator Elena and Lila. This novel follows many themes that we have noticed in previous readings such as childhood and memory. Although it seems like Elena is in competition with her best friend Lila, I believe Elena does care and looks …
This was a great course for me. I felt like this gave me great insight on some classics which will make for good discussions over dinner. I have always loved literature classes because I think it is imperative to discuss other people’s takes on texts. I really appreciated having deep contexts for the novels and […]
I have to say, this course, which I mostly took to fulfill the lit requirement, ended up being one of the more enjoyable courses I’ve taken so far. Like most, I think that the course surprised me in what it … Continue reading
It feels so weird finally ending this semester. It’s as if we have only been reading for a couple weeks and not 13. There is so much to write down about this course but I want to start off with saying how this is totally not what I envisioned this course to be at all. […]
Wow! I can not believe how fast this semester has gone. For the final week, I chose to read The Society of Reluctant Dreamers. This was surely one of the longest reads and once again, I am not too knowledgeable of the history of the Angolan Independence which does add a level of complexity when […]
This week I chose to read my Brilliant Friends. I really enjoyed this week’s reading and can say that it was really interesting to me. I felt that the story flowed really well and it was a pretty captivating story. … Continue reading
Hi everyone, this is the last Blog for this course. Registering for this course, I believe is a big step forward in my career development. At least in the past few days of my previous life, I never imagined that I would be a serious reader, and at least in those days, I did not […]
When reflecting back on this class and all the novels I had the pleasure of discovering and reading I find myself a bit awestruck by the sheer amount of incredibly diverse, yet astoundingly reminiscent of one another these various works were. While I do love reading I found this class a tad challenging in that […]
I truly loved this class. I am a Psychology major minoring in Creative Writing, so this class itched the nerve that’s been left neglected for a long time. It gave us openings to history, narratives, validating reflections, and many more. My favourite aspect of this class was our ability to speak freely with no censorship. […]
Before taking Romance Studies 202, I had previously taken Romance Studies 201, so I was prepared to continue furthering my interest in the literature of the Romance world. When I was first introduced to this course, I was excited to to read more literature, as what most I had been reading late, were essays and […]
