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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. 

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 […]

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 […]

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My name is Sidney Grigg. I’m currently in my second year and still have not figured out what I would like to major in. I’m leaning towards Psychology or Sociology but definitely still need some time to decide. I have lived in Vancouver my whole life and do not plan on leaving. Although I live Downtown and not on campus, I’m super lucky to live in a city like this where everything is so easily accessible. I love living downtown and definitely plan to stay here forever. Besides my studies at UBC, my dream career path is to become an actress. I’ve been acting since I was about 12 years old and hope to continue to pursue this dream of mine while still studying at UBC (just incase that doesn’t work out haha!) This passion of mine really came out of nowhere, but I’m so glad I decided to take on the opportunity of getting an agent and started auditioning. As much as an amazing career path it would be, it also has become a hobby of mine. Other hobbies of mine include travelling, trying new restaurants/foods, and honestly just relaxing watching movies or TV shows. 

As I’ve read in many other blog posts, I did decide to take this course to fulfill my literature requirement. I was a little hesitant going into the first lecture yesterday because I had no idea what to expect. I’m so glad I’m not alone when saying I am super excited for this course based on yesterdays lecture. It was so different than what I was expecting, in the best way possible. I was also worried about the structure as I’ve never seen a course done like this, but I’m looking forward to trying something new. I believe this structure will help me hold myself accountable and also push myself to do more than the bare minimum which unfortunately I don’t always do! I was never big on reading, but through the pandemic I’ve read a few books and enjoyed them a lot. None of the books listed for this course is anything like what I’ve been reading so I’m excited to broaden my type of literature. I did french immersion from kindergarten through grade 12 of Highschool so I would say I’m familiar with some aspects of romance languages, but definitely have tons of room to learn more about this topic!