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So… this has been romance studies. To be honest with you, it is not really what I expected, but I don’t know if I had any expectations coming into the class. I do know that I had NO idea about what romance studies would be and what type of literature it encompassed, which I now […] read full post >>

This week I got the chance to read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and can I just tell you that I made a phenomenal choice in doing so! I am so glad that this novel was chosen for this class, cause I had read this book a while ago, and was able to approach […] read full post >>

I’m really glad I had the opportunity to take Romance studies and learn about the romance world. We read a lot of great novels and to be completely honest, I have never read that much in my life before. However, I am happy that I did because at the beginning of the semester I had … read full post >>

I’m not sure how to write this. I’m not sure what the correct wording to use here is because how do you write a concluding blog post? To begin with, I enjoyed this course (really mundane start but hey! gotta begin somewhere!) especially because we learnt a lot about literature in the romantic era. I […] read full post >>

I am a bit surprised that I actually enjoyed this course so much considering that I mostly just took It to fulfill my literature requirement. It was a great opportunity for me to read so many books because if I hadn’t taken this course I honestly probably wouldn’t have read any this term at all. […] read full post >>

When I first signed up for this course, like others in the class, I was taking it as a literature requirement that sounded somewhat interesting. It ended up being my favourite course I was in this semester. Firstly, I really enjoyed the format of this course. It made me feel like everything I was doing […] read full post >>

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 … read full post >>

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 […] read full post >>

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 → read full post >>

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. […] read full post >>

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 […] read full post >>

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 → read full post >>

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 […] read full post >>

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 […] read full post >>

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. […] read full post >>