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BONUS: A Reflection on Calvino’s “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler”

Posted by: Bilal Bartaai

You thought it was over? read full post >>
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The Finale: A Reflection on Romance Studies 202

Posted by: Bilal Bartaai

So this is it... read full post >>
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time fliesss

Posted by: Angel Manzo

Hey everyone! I can’t believe that we’re wrapping up and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. First things I’ll say are that the books I’ve read in this class definitely challenged me and that the freedom we had in this class was refreshing. Not only were certain vocabulary or syntax […] read full post >>
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Final Blog: farwell

Posted by: Farahnaz

RMST really was a nice change of scenery in place of the usual academic course. I was able to learn while not feel immense pressure from the course matter. I really was surprised by a lot of the books in the course, they covered themes I was not at all expecting. I thought of a […] read full post >>
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Week 13 – Requirement done…on track to graduation now

Posted by: alizey01

Yes yes, I was one of the students who took this class to fulfill my literature requirement. HOWEVER, I also chose this class specifically because after taking SPAN 312C with him (look at me promoting your other courses), I liked professor Beasley’s teaching style. Anyways, I have to say this course went by quite fast. Normally […] read full post >>
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PEACE OUT HOMIES !!!

Posted by: Jivan Cheema

Well folks there we have it, another school year comes to a close!  This course has definitely been one of the more interesting classes I’ve taken in my four years at UBC, and I got to say even though I picked this course because I saw romance in the title and was very intrigued and […] read full post >>
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On the surface: My conclusion. On the inside: IT’S OVER! AHHHAHAHAHAARARAGSHGAHASFKDHAKDHQKDHWKDHPAHFKSHDODHAKDGSKSHS

Posted by: Fiona W

 Welcome to my final blog for this course! Since we are done with the novels and it is almost the end of the semester, I completely expressed my true self in this post. No matter how much rewriting I’ve done to make myself sound a least a bit more... read full post >>
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On the surface: My conclusion. On the inside: IT’S OVER! AHHHAHAHAHAARARAGSHGAHASFKDHAKDHQKDHWKDHPAHFKSHDODHAKDGSKSHS

Posted by: Fiona W

 Welcome to my final blog for this course! Since we are done with the novels and it is almost the end of the semester, I completely expressed my true self in this post. No matter how much rewriting I’ve done to make myself sound a least a bit more... read full post >>
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Posted by: Indra

And here comes the last week of classes of my first year. RMST 202 just may be one of my favorite classes I’ve taken this year, and it was such an eye-opening experience about university level classes in general. I’m not sure if it will be the same in the future for my remaining three […] read full post >>
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See Ya!

Posted by: Lauren Waring

 Hello All, Thanks for reading my blog posts thus far. I had a lovely time in this class and I hope you all did too. This class for real saved me in its flexibility with being able to choose how many books we read. I loved being able to plan ... read full post >>
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