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My name is Coltrane Yan. I am a 4th year student studying Economics and Statistics. This course is my final requirement for graduation which is both exciting and terrifying. That being said, I'm excited to dive into the material. 

A variety of interesting personal points on RMST 202

1. I don't know who Marcel Proust is, but I've heard his name mentioned many times before. That could be a good thing (like Salinger) or a bad thing (like Joyce). 

2. I'm interested to explore a variety of works which I would never read on my own accord. Most specifically translated works, as well as philosophical fiction. Most of my reading is non-fiction, besides Game of Thrones.

3. I have had a tough time reading for pleasure in my past ENGL/LIT courses at UBC, but seeing as we have a lot of novels to get through I will have to learn quickly. I am going to try not having any other personal novels on the go during the semester, hopefully that can help. 

4. I am especially excited to learn reading strategies to decipher meaning from the novels. I don't often take enough time to let what I've read sink in until its time to write an essay or draft, so I will be conscious of learning these strategies and doing them as we read.

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My name is Coltrane Yan. I am a 4th year student studying Economics and Statistics. This course is my final requirement for graduation which is both exciting and terrifying. That being said, I'm excited to dive into the material. 

A variety of interesting personal points on RMST 202

1. I don't know who Marcel Proust is, but I've heard his name mentioned many times before. That could be a good thing (like Salinger) or a bad thing (like Joyce). 

2. I'm interested to explore a variety of works which I would never read on my own accord. Most specifically translated works, as well as philosophical fiction. Most of my reading is non-fiction, besides Game of Thrones.

3. I have had a tough time reading for pleasure in my past ENGL/LIT courses at UBC, but seeing as we have a lot of novels to get through I will have to learn quickly. I am going to try not having any other personal novels on the go during the semester, hopefully that can help. 

4. I am especially excited to learn reading strategies to decipher meaning from the novels. I don't often take enough time to let what I've read sink in until its time to write an essay or draft, so I will be conscious of learning these strategies and doing them as we read.

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Hi everyone!This is my blog for my Romance Studies 202 class, where I will be sharing my views and opinions on the course readings.Now a little about myself. My name is Diya. I am a first-year student at the University of British Columbia. I plan on ma... read full post >>

Hi everyone!This is my blog for my Romance Studies 202 class, where I will be sharing my views and opinions on the course readings.Now a little about myself. My name is Diya. I am a first-year student at the University of British Columbia. I plan on ma... read full post >>

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Hey all! My name is Chiara and I am a second-year student at UBC’s faculty of Arts, majoring in psychology and hoping to minor in creative writing. I will admit, I did take this course mainly to make up my literature requirement [inserts sheepish emoji here], however I’ve always loved reading and writing as well […] read full post >>

I’m Nandita, and I’m a third year Philosophy major who has accidentally finished her major and is now exclusively taking electives until graduation. I think I saw this course in an email sent out by UBC suggesting courses and RMST 202 caught my attention. I don’t know anything about Romance studies, which prompted me to […] read full post >>

Hi! My name is Michael and I am a second-year geography student. I am relatively interested in romance studies and am looking forward to taking this course. To me, the subject is complex and multifaceted. Generally, it can be defined as a discipline that studies romance languages and anything associated with them. However, the definition […] read full post >>

What is someone who would go as far as to say he despises reading doing in a course completely suffocated by infinite texts, novels, novellas, and more. I don’t really know…but I do enjoy learning about things that are not often spoken of in everyday conversation, so maybe that’s what’s keeping me here (for now). […] read full post >>

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Hi everyone! My name is Anna and I am a second-year student hoping to major in Sociology and minor in French. I grew up in Ottawa and went to high school in England and my family now live in Denmark, where I just returned from after spending Christmas at home. I never really enjoyed studying […] read full post >>

Hi everyone! My name is Tamara Vukota and I am in my second year here at UBC. I am the Arts faculty as a Psychology major and am still figuring out what I’d like to minor in. I grew up and have lived in Downtown Vancouver my entire life. I love the city life and […] read full post >>

Hello!! My name is Anna Vukota and I’m a second year student majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Spanish. I love listening to music, languages, and reading. Although I’m taking this course as a requirement, I’ve taken a few Spanish literature courses at UBC and wanted to expand on that through the romance world. Through … Continue reading "Week 1 Introduction" read full post >>

Hello everyone! My name is Arielle and I am a second-year student, majoring in psychology and either minoring in sociology or anthropology. I am from Vancouver, BC and I love Vancouver but I really miss traveling, especially to tropical places. Honestly, I took this course to fulfill the literature requirement but I chose this one …

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