Hi everyone! My name is Celine Huang, this is my second year at UBC. I am in the faculty of Arts and I intend to major in Psychology. I was planning on minoring in commerce, but I really can’t do math and economics scare me (I really can’t deal with anything that needs to do with numbers). Therefore, I decided to just focus on Psychology for now. I admit that one of the main reasons I choose to take this course is to fulfill my literature requirement for faculty of Arts. However, I decided to choose this course because it seems to be the most interesting and it stands out from many other literature classes.
I did not know anything about Romance studies before taking this course. At first I even thought it would be a course about the ‘love kind of Romance’. From the ‘Inventing Romance Studies’ lecture video, the professor had mentioned how there is no romance world. Romance studies belongs nowhere and it finds a place anywhere, which enables a democratic freedom of expression. I found it super interesting how many texts are somewhat related because they come from and share the common linguistic heritage. After watching the video I kind of have a sense of idea on why it is ‘inventing’ romance studies.
I am really looking forward to this class as it is my first time experiencing this kind of grading/class structure and creating blog posts! Even though I struggled when creating the blog post because I am not a technology person, but it is super nice to be able to see other people’s ideas and thoughts on their posts. We will be reading a lot of readings in this class. However, there is one thing I am worried about. As English is not my first language, I am worries that I will only be able to understand the surface meanings of the text and not the deeper meanings behind it. After the end of this term, I hope my reading skills can improve by all the readings I will read and my writing skills by all the blogs I will be writing. I am super excited to explore and expand my horizon on Romance studies with the books I will be reading and other people’s thoughts and ideas throughout this term! With the grading structure, I wish to use it as a guide and motivation to read as many readings as possible by the end of this term!
Hi everyone! My name is Celine Huang, this is my second year at UBC. I am in the faculty of Arts and I intend to major in Psychology. I was planning on minoring in commerce, but I really can’t do math and economics scare me (I really can’t deal with anything that needs to do with numbers). Therefore, I decided to just focus on Psychology for now. I admit that one of the main reasons I choose to take this course is to fulfill my literature requirement for faculty of Arts. However, I decided to choose this course because it seems to be the most interesting and it stands out from many other literature classes.
I did not know anything about Romance studies before taking this course. At first I even thought it would be a course about the ‘love kind of Romance’. From the ‘Inventing Romance Studies’ lecture video, the professor had mentioned how there is no romance world. Romance studies belongs nowhere and it finds a place anywhere, which enables a democratic freedom of expression. I found it super interesting how many texts are somewhat related because they come from and share the common linguistic heritage. After watching the video I kind of have a sense of idea on why it is ‘inventing’ romance studies.
I am really looking forward to this class as it is my first time experiencing this kind of grading/class structure and creating blog posts! Even though I struggled when creating the blog post because I am not a technology person, but it is super nice to be able to see other people’s ideas and thoughts on their posts. We will be reading a lot of readings in this class. However, there is one thing I am worried about. As English is not my first language, I am worries that I will only be able to understand the surface meanings of the text and not the deeper meanings behind it. After the end of this term, I hope my reading skills can improve by all the readings I will read and my writing skills by all the blogs I will be writing. I am super excited to explore and expand my horizon on Romance studies with the books I will be reading and other people’s thoughts and ideas throughout this term! With the grading structure, I wish to use it as a guide and motivation to read as many readings as possible by the end of this term!
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