Nadja, a quicker read for me than Combray was captivating and I found myself having a hard time putting the book down. The dream like state of the surrealism of this book kept me on my toes and forced me during time to rethink what Breton was saying. A lot of the questions Jon asks …
Posted in Blogs, Breton | Tagged with love, madness, Mysterious, nadja, romance, Scandal, Suffering, Surrealism
“Combray” by Proust takes us through the nostalgia trip of our main character. This one was admittedly a harder read for me. I found myself passionately reading on and on with these very descriptive adjectives being thrown at me continuously. There were parts I found to be rather boring and others I found truly captivating. …
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with France, memory, nostalgia, week 2
Hi everyone! My name is Maxene. I go by she/they pronouns. I, like you are taking RMST 202 with Jon and boy am I excited. I am a second-year transfer student from the University of Calgary, I also call Calgary home. I hope to be a sociology major but for now I minor in Law […]
Posted in Blogs, Introduction | Tagged with Week 1