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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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I hate men

Duras you freaky gal (I’m still uncomfortable)- “The Lover” by Duras

Jon actually approached me at the start of the last class as I was reading this book. He asked me how I felt about it and honestly I did not have an answer for him. I kept flip flopping between who genuinely was the problem in this book and I think that’s what Duras wanted. …

Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with addiction, class, coming of age, family, family dynamics, gender, girlhood, I hate men, pedophile, poverty, race, sexuality, youth

Another Sad Poor Woman and Awful Man to Add to this Class (Explosion)- “The Hour of the Star” By Clarice Lispector

“The Hour of the Star,” to use “Gen Z” terms is a book full of “yapping” but in my opinion good and insightful yapping. With a book of many titles Lispector gives a very unique experience to the reader as she writes about an author writing about a girl, named half way through the book, …

Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with class, coming of age, Conflict, Consumerism, I hate men, poverty, Suffering, tragedy, Womanhood

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