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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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Conclusion: Au Revoir!

I can’t believe we’ve made it to the end! At the beginning of this course, I remember looking at the list of novels and wondering how they would shape my understanding of the “romance world.” Now that I’ve experienced such a diverse range of texts, I f…

Posted in Blogs, Conclusion | Tagged with ambiguity, interpretation, manipulation, memory

Conclusion: Au Revoir!

I can’t believe we’ve made it to the end! At the beginning of this course, I remember looking at the list of novels and wondering how they would shape my understanding of the “romance world.” Now that I’ve experienced such a diverse range of texts, I f…

Posted in Blogs, Conclusion | Tagged with ambiguity, interpretation, manipulation, memory

Love Me Tender by Debré: Multifaceted Pain

Love Me Tender is a novel filled with themes like manipulation, homophobia, and despair. Debré, a woman who has divorced her husband and come out as a lesbian, is met with overwhelming challenges. She struggles personally with her identity, emotionally…

Posted in Blogs, Debre | Tagged with despair, Love me Tender, pain

Love Me Tender by Debré: Multifaceted Pain

Love Me Tender is a novel filled with themes like manipulation, homophobia, and despair. Debré, a woman who has divorced her husband and come out as a lesbian, is met with overwhelming challenges. She struggles personally with her identity, emotionally…

Posted in Blogs, Debre | Tagged with despair, Love me Tender, pain

Faces in the Crowd by Luiselli: Fact, Fiction, Ghosts?

Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli centres on the life of a mother living in Mexico, who is reflecting on the period of her life spent in New York. As a homemaker, she finds her desire for self-expression and creativity constrained by her responsib…

Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with Faces in the Crowd, ghosts

Faces in the Crowd by Luiselli: Fact, Fiction, Ghosts?

Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli centres on the life of a mother living in Mexico, who is reflecting on the period of her life spent in New York. As a homemaker, she finds her desire for self-expression and creativity constrained by her responsib…

Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with Faces in the Crowd, ghosts

The Book of Chameleons by Agualusa: Who Even Are We Anyways?

Prior to opening this book, I was very intrigued by its title. Was this going to be a book about actual chameleons? Or were the chameleons going to hold a sort of symbolic significance – like the doves did in The Time of the Doves. First off …

Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with Dreams, history, reality, self-identity, The Book of Chameleons

The Book of Chameleons by Agualusa: Who Even Are We Anyways?

Prior to opening this book, I was very intrigued by its title. Was this going to be a book about actual chameleons? Or were the chameleons going to hold a sort of symbolic significance – like the doves did in The Time of the Doves. First off …

Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with Dreams, history, reality, self-identity, The Book of Chameleons

Money to Burn by Piglia: The Banality of Evil

Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia allows readers to gain insight into the human condition that lies behind devious criminal acts. When we think about criminals (like bank robbers), we often instinctively label them as immoral and dangerous individuals. H…

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with Banality of Evil, crime, human nature, Money to Burn, morality

Money to Burn by Piglia: The Banality of Evil

Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia allows readers to gain insight into the human condition that lies behind devious criminal acts. When we think about criminals (like bank robbers), we often instinctively label them as immoral and dangerous individuals. H…

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with Banality of Evil, crime, human nature, Money to Burn, morality

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