Hi Romance Studiers, Going into reading “The Lover” by Marguerite Duras, I was warned by my girlfriend who had read it during her IB English class in high school. My takeaway a third into the book was “I cannot believe they made highschoolers read and analyze this text” and it did not get better. Even […]
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Hi Romance Studiers, While I was initially put off by Mercè Rodoreda’s writing style in his story “The Time of the Doves”, as I continued to read I found myself more engaged and captivated by the characterization of Natalie. The transition from depicting a woman going through the process of domestication through patriarchal forces to […]
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