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Hi all, this is Tsuyoshi from Japan. I preferred to be called Yoshi as the pronunciation of the sounds of “tsu” is kind of hard and don’t want to make it a burden. Anyway, I’m in my third year and majoring in Sociology here at UBC. I am taking this course for literature credit and […]

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RMST 202 INTRODUCTION

Hello Everyone! My name is Sophia Cinelli and I am a second-year student, majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology. I am from Vancouver BC and I really enjoy skiing and hiking. I decided to take this class as I am interested in romance literature and assumed that is what we would be learning about. …

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Hello everyone! My name is Eliza Jackson and I am a second-year Arts student majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology. Truthfully I took this course to fulfill my final literature requirement, however, I am really looking forward to learning in this course! I am quite excited to take a deep dive into the romance …

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Introductory Post

Hello! My name is Jenna and I am currently in my third year of university but my second year at UBC! I started out my university career at the University of Victoria, which was a lot of fun and I really cherish the memories I made there. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t the right fit for […]

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Week 1 Introduction

Hey everyone, My name is Tiffani and I am a second-year student in the Faculty of Arts, hoping to major in Sociology. I have always been the most interested in English classes throughout secondary school and spent some time contemplating majoring in English Literature. However, I lack strength in my reading abilities due to learning […]

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RMST Introduction

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog (I’ve never done one of these before so this is exciting) I’m Spencer Hunt and I’m a first-year arts student and I am hoping to major in History. I am from Calgary Alberta but … Continue reading →

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Hi everyone, my name is Aliyah (she/her) and I am from Vancouver, British Columbia. I am a third-year student, though I am a transfer student, so this is my first semester at UBC. This course, in both its structure and content, seems very refreshing from my usual classes that involve papers, projects, and exams. The […]

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Week 1 – Introductory Blog 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 […]

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who am i??

Hi everyone!
I’m Deeba, and I made this blog for RMST 202 where I’ll be putting my reflections and thoughts about the books I will be reading for this course. 
In the course introduction it was made clear that the Romance World isn’t a real thing, and therefore it belongs to nobody and everybody at the same time. There also is no indication that the texts will be centred around romance in the feelings-y way either; hence the URL “Romance but not really.” Truthfully, I find the grading structure of this course quite interesting and I’ve always wanted to make a blog but never really had anything to focus it on, so hopefully I’ll be able to take the bull by the horns and carpe diem (insert all other vaguely-romance-derived phrases).
By the way, I’m in first year, hoping to major in International Relations and minor in Commerce. I didn’t want to take a class in English Literature because that’s what I’ve already studied before, and I chose this class because I like the breadth of the novel selection. 
My intentions are to read as many of the books on the list as I can, paying special attention to those that focus on the Spanish Civil War or its aftermath since I find that area of history very interesting. Among the themes that I expect to encounter through reading these books, I think the ones that most pique my interest are globalisation, colonialism and postcolonialism, revolution, and power. 
Going back to Romance Studies, I was very glad to see this course on the literature requirement list because as I said, I like the breadth of the text backgrounds. Having grown up in the UK, and done a couple years of high school here in Canada, I’ve mostly studied texts written originally in English. I imagine that this course will offer some insight into the gateway of translation and how important it can be in expanding your horizons in the literary sense. Either way, I’m definitely looking forward to what this term holds in store.
I hope to write something here worth reading, but realistically I’ll look back in a few years and laugh 🙂

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