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A Maddening Infatuation— “Nadja” by André Breton

Posted by: Gurman Lohcham

On the matter of surrealism, love, and destruction... read full post >>
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A Whole Day of Arlt

Posted by: Jennifer Kim

I genuinely spent almost the entirety of yesterday reading Mad Toy by Roberto Arlt. To my surprise, I actually fairly enjoyed this piece of literature. However, one thing I struggled with was the number of characters that were introduced in the first couple pages. It normally takes me a lot of time to remember character […] read full post >>
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An Introduction About me!

Posted by: zmirza01

Hello everyone, I’m Zahra Mirza, and I’m excited to be in this class RMST 202 with you! I am international student from Mumbai, India and I am pursuing a major in Economics in my third year. I am extremely passionate about financial markets, international economics and trade! Apart from my studies, I find myself immersed […] read full post >>
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Hello world!

Posted by: zmirza01

Welcome to UBC Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! read full post >>
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Introduction

Posted by: tylerw03

Hello, My name is Tyler Wu. I am born and raised from the Philippines, and decided to move here to Vancouver for university. I am currently a 5th year student and I am on my last semester, so hopefully I am able to graduate after this semester. Im currently in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, primarily […] read full post >>
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Hello world!

Posted by: tylerw03

Welcome to UBC Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! read full post >>
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hello!

Posted by: Alivia S

jan 14, 2026 Hello RMST 202, my name is Liv and I am a first year engineering student taking this class as one of my humanities electives. I chose this course primarily because I loved reading and literature, up until moving to Canada four years ago and finding myself slacking on reading anything that is […] read full post >>
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on Proust!

Posted by: Nerissa Lin

Combray took me quite a while to finish reading. read full post >>
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touché combray…

Posted by: amandacarr

Alright! I have my thesaurus open and I’m ready to overuse it. My first impressions reading ‘Combray’ is that I find myself re-reading a lot. Maybe i’ve fallen out of practice but if so, i’m glad this is the start of me rebuilding my trains of thought. Note 1 – The authors writing feels more […] read full post >>
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Hrooonk, mimimimimimi… or not?

Posted by: jumarkakis

Hello again blog :)) So….. Combray huh….. When I read the part of the introduction that says Proust’s texts are known to be complex because of his “famously long sentences”, I braced myself for a text full of sentences that an English teacher would be disappointed at. But reading this book and seeing one sentence […] read full post >>
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