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To begin reading Marcel Proust’s “Combray,” I am experiencing feelings of anxiety that I will not make it through. The opening paragraph of part 1 speaks of going to bed, with a candle, and a nice book. I would be doing that now if I could find myself a hard copy of this novel. I […] read full post >>

 Hi everyone!! My name is Taia and i am a first year student here at UBC in the faculty of arts. I am from Vancouver, British Columbia and have lived here my whole life. I enjoy going to the gym and listening to music in my free time. My greatest passion is competitive cheerleading which I have done for over six years now. I have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to represent Team Canada through competitive cheerleading, so when I am not studying, I am at practice. Although I was born and raised in Canada, I come from several different cultures and ethnicities, which I take pride in learning about. I am excited to learn about the literature that was written originally in different languages, throughout this course. It was interesting to learn that most of the literary texts or novels that we will be studying and reading in this course are originally written in different languages. I think it is really cool to see how the texts are when translated into English from their original languages and how it may differ from texts written originally in English. Literature is something that really interests me as well as reading so I am very excited for this course. I am excited to learn how to properly read texts well and really absorb the impact and understanding of these specific texts. I think this will help me in the future and give me a better understanding of literature as a whole. Something that I found interesting in this week's lecture is that the "Romance World" is not a specific place, country, or area, but it is something that is imagined or created. It is interesting that it is something based on people and cultures versus specific places. I am looking forward to learning more about romance studies and literature in general. I am also looking forward to the assessment method of this course and I am excited to see how it turns out. I have not experienced a grading method like it before, but I think it is really great that there is so much certainty with the grade that you are given and that the assessment method is very self reliant, unique when compared to other courses. I think this will be a great experience to apply myself more and dedicate that work that goes in to getting the specific grade that I want.

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 Hi everyone!! My name is Taia and i am a first year student here at UBC in the faculty of arts. I am from Vancouver, British Columbia and have lived here my whole life. I enjoy going to the gym and listening to music in my free time. My greatest passion is competitive cheerleading which I have done for over six years now. I have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to represent Team Canada through competitive cheerleading, so when I am not studying, I am at practice. Although I was born and raised in Canada, I come from several different cultures and ethnicities, which I take pride in learning about. I am excited to learn about the literature that was written originally in different languages, throughout this course. It was interesting to learn that most of the literary texts or novels that we will be studying and reading in this course are originally written in different languages. I think it is really cool to see how the texts are when translated into English from their original languages and how it may differ from texts written originally in English. Literature is something that really interests me as well as reading so I am very excited for this course. I am excited to learn how to properly read texts well and really absorb the impact and understanding of these specific texts. I think this will help me in the future and give me a better understanding of literature as a whole. Something that I found interesting in this week's lecture is that the "Romance World" is not a specific place, country, or area, but it is something that is imagined or created. It is interesting that it is something based on people and cultures versus specific places. I am looking forward to learning more about romance studies and literature in general. I am also looking forward to the assessment method of this course and I am excited to see how it turns out. I have not experienced a grading method like it before, but I think it is really great that there is so much certainty with the grade that you are given and that the assessment method is very self reliant, unique when compared to other courses. I think this will be a great experience to apply myself more and dedicate that work that goes in to getting the specific grade that I want.

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 Hello everyone! My name is Breanne and I am a third year student majoring in fine arts. I'm from/ living in Surrey, which is a city roughly 30 minutes from UBC. I have always really enjoyed drawing and painting but in my last year of high school i decided to take it a bit more seriously, which is why I have decided to pursue art as my degree! My goal is to one day teach art in high school and even university if I decide to pursue a masters. In the winter, I spend most of time snowboarding with my friends as this has become my absolute favourite thing to do over the past few years. Aside from snowboarding, I also play ultimate frisbee! I have been playing since grade 9 and it has definitely been one of the funnest and most competitive sports i have ever played! I also love going on hikes and exploring the outdoors 🙂

Unfortunately there's no particular reason as to why i chose to take this class aside from the need to fill my literature requirement. I guess you could say I chose it because "Romance Studies" sounded like one of the more interesting options! Before our first zoom meeting, I honestly had no idea what the course structure or content would be like. After hearing about how the course is structured/ how we are graded, I am very excited to read and expand my knowledge on the various topics. I am very interest in history, as well as art history so I feel as though I will truly enjoy this class. 

The first lecture provided some food for thought regarding what most people know as the "romance languages". I also find it very interesting that the goal of this course is to study literature from other languages, yet we will be reading everything in english! Nonetheless I am looking forward to taking this course. 

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 Hello everyone! My name is Breanne and I am a third year student majoring in fine arts. I'm from/ living in Surrey, which is a city roughly 30 minutes from UBC. I have always really enjoyed drawing and painting but in my last year of high school i decided to take it a bit more seriously, which is why I have decided to pursue art as my degree! My goal is to one day teach art in high school and even university if I decide to pursue a masters. In the winter, I spend most of time snowboarding with my friends as this has become my absolute favourite thing to do over the past few years. Aside from snowboarding, I also play ultimate frisbee! I have been playing since grade 9 and it has definitely been one of the funnest and most competitive sports i have ever played! I also love going on hikes and exploring the outdoors 🙂

Unfortunately there's no particular reason as to why i chose to take this class aside from the need to fill my literature requirement. I guess you could say I chose it because "Romance Studies" sounded like one of the more interesting options! Before our first zoom meeting, I honestly had no idea what the course structure or content would be like. After hearing about how the course is structured/ how we are graded, I am very excited to read and expand my knowledge on the various topics. I am very interest in history, as well as art history so I feel as though I will truly enjoy this class. 

The first lecture provided some food for thought regarding what most people know as the "romance languages". I also find it very interesting that the goal of this course is to study literature from other languages, yet we will be reading everything in english! Nonetheless I am looking forward to taking this course. 

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Hello everyone! My name is Lynette and I’m in my third year at UBC, majoring in Media Studies. I’m from Vancouver and I’m interested in art and photography. I have a great passion for European literature and have read a lot throughout my childhood, and by taking this course I’m hoping to read more and […] read full post >>

Hello, friends! My name is Neko Smart and I am a second year Arts student. I grew up in Victoria, B.C., and am now residing in Vancouver with my cat, Gremlin, an adorable yet thoroughly messy roommate. I am an avid reader and writer; in high school, I started a slam poetry team on a […] read full post >>

My name is Muskan Shukla (she/her), and I am a second-year student planning to do a major in English and a minor in History. I am from India, but I have lived in Latin America for 13 years of my life, in which I spent my last two years of schooling in India. I have […] read full post >>

Hello, It is I a 4th-year student that’s majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Creative Writing. Still have no idea what to do just yet but am very excited about where life takes me. Maybe something to do with sports, or maybe in movies, or maybe with the wild animals. The possibilities are endless. Although […] read full post >>

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