At last, I have finished Marcel Proust’s Combray. Forty-nine pages felt like a lifetime, and I attribute this to there being sentences that went on for longer than this blog post. Apparently, using periods wasn’t common practice in early 20th century France and semicolons were all the rage. I did enjoy it though I think, […]
Hi hi hi. I’m Shreya, and this is me thinking out loud in real time. I’m a 4th-year Psychology major, and it’s my last semester here, which is exciting, terrifying, and makes my nervous system go a little haywire if I think about it for too long. But that’s a later-me problem. For now: WOOOOO […]
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Hi everyone, my name is Muhtadi, and I am an international student from Sudan. I am a 4th year IDST major with a focus on Economics, Computer Science, and Commerce. It might seem like I am taking this course simply to fulfill a literature requirement, especially since its content feels far removed from my academic […]
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At first, reading the beginning of Proust had me confused but after listening to the lecture video, I realized that reading it is like you are following the ins and outs of someone’s memory and different sensory triggers trigger different m…
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At first, reading the beginning of Proust had me confused but after listening to the lecture video, I realized that reading it is like you are following the ins and outs of someone’s memory and different sensory triggers trigger different m…
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Getting into the flow of this book was difficult. I struggled with understanding the metaphors that were being used to describe the quality of his sleep. However, as this scene proceeded, I found myself empathizing. The interrupted sleep, the nightmare that was his great-uncle pulling his curls, this was all relatable on some level –though […]
Greetings fellow classmates! My name is Adrian, and I’m a fourth-year student pursuing a combined degree in Economics and Statistics, with a minor in Data Science. While my primary academic focus revolves around quantitative analysis and predictive modeling, I have always been deeply fascinated by the qualitative narratives that shape human societies. This is what […]
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The Ridington Room has great reading chairs with an outside view, an old school room with imposing portraits and silence!
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Hi! Welcome to my first blog for RMST 202. We read Combray by Proust this week. As the recorded lecture spends most of its time explaining what modernism is, I did not recognize that during my entire time reading it 🙁 When I was reading it, I found myself unconsciously skipping the paragraphs written under […]
Hi everyone, My immediate reaction post-Proust reading is that I’m confused but I think I understand the gist of it. Throughout the text, I found myself lost at many points and when I thought I was getting into a flow, I would realize I was completely misinterpreting or missing details. So I ended up circling … Continue reading proust
