Over the course of this Romance Studies course, my understanding of literature has shifted in ways I didn’t initially expect. At the beginning, I approached texts like Combray or Mad Toy as isolated works tied to specific national and cultural niches. Now, I see them as part of a broader, interconnected field that constantly crosses […]
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Apr 4, 2026 Finally (unfortunately) we’ve reached the last book of this course. Despite some horrors I’ve read in the past few months I enjoyed experiencing the books, and what an honor to get the chance to feel all the ranges of human emotion through voices of characters from different places and times. I’m actually […]
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Hi everyone.. To be honest I was kinda dreading writing this last post since I hate writing conclusions and I had no idea what to say, but I’ve finally decided on just trying to remember what happened in each book I read without going back and skimming. Actually, I will probably forget about a book … Continue reading done
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Love Me Tender by Constance Debré left me with a slightly frustrating reaction because it felt like nothing really happened? The narrative drifts rather than builds and it circles the same emotional terrain instead of moving forward in any traditional sense. I suppose the more I reflect on it the more it could be an […]
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I feel like the way I think about literature has changed a lot. At the beginning, I kind of just saw literature as stories. But now, I see it more as something shaped by history, politics, language, and social structures. It is not just about what is written, but also about who is writing, under […]
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When tasked to reflect on this course by writing this final blog, my first thought was to do a ranking of all books I read, but then I thought, no, Sofia, you can’t just regurgitate what you’ve been writing all term, but you know what? Jon said he doesn’t care if our blogs are “hot […]
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This blog post marks the end of my journey in this class! I can finally say I’ve read over 10 new books in the shortest period of time. I’m honestly surprised I pushed through with all these books. I’m proud and relieved. I could probably talk about th…
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This blog post marks the end of my journey in this class! I can finally say I’ve read over 10 new books in the shortest period of time. I’m honestly surprised I pushed through with all these books. I’m proud and relieved. I could probably talk about th…
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Let me begin this blog by saying there was much insight in this book about existentialism, which complemented and helped me think through/work with my recent existential crisis and the issue, the search for meaning. I spent the last few months or so th…
Let me begin this blog by saying there was much insight in this book about existentialism, which complemented and helped me think through/work with my recent existential crisis and the issue, the search for meaning. I spent the last few months or so th…
