Stories have to start somewhere, but even stories have stories. To answer the question of “backstories”, and how important they are to novels, well they are quite significant, even if not directly shown. For example, to understand the atrocious history of the Spanish Civil War, we find a backstory to give context to Andrea, our […]
Defamiliarisation and multiple points of views are used to create a modernism text. Maria Luisa Bombal ran with the slogan “make it new”, and created a novel with the perspective of a literal corpse?! That’s definitely unfamiliar. But the novel is not solely from the perspective of a corpse, but also of her living moments, […]
When I read novels, I expect to be immersed, anxiously turning the page to know what happens next. Not even just pertaining to novels, but video games too. Otherwise I just drop it. I can’t quite do that to Marcel Proust’s “Combray”, and I never expected to feel that immersion with the book. I was […]
Hello!! I’m Radha, and I’m a third year student. I am majoring in International Relations, and pursuing a minor in Commerce. So yes, I’m also taking MATH 100 this semester (yikes). I joined this class late, and as you already know, there’s a lot to set up in the first few weeks of class. I’m […]
