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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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Ferrante; These two would not pass the buzzfeed friendship quizzes

This week’s reading of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend honestly left me quite confused and a little bit frustrated. Funnily enough, my brilliant friend actually lent me the physical copy of this book when I told her I was reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Ferrante | Tagged with childhood, Envy, friends, friendship, Italy, love, Wealth

‘We Were Girls Together’; A Review of My Brilliant Friend

Welcome to the last book review of the semester! This week I read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and I am so happy this was the last book. It is a coming-of-age book (so on brand for this class) about two girls in a poor neighbourhood in Naples. The story starts with an older […]

Posted in Blogs, Ferrante | Tagged with book review, book-reviews, books, childhood, family, fiction, friendship, Italy, literature, love, money, socioeconomic status

Daniel’s Ferrante slides

Daniel’s Ferrante slides

Daniel’s slides on My Brilliant Friend

Posted in Ferrante resources | Tagged with Italy, language, violence

Ferrante on Class, Capital, and Language

Ferrante on Class, Capital, and Language

Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

Posted in Ferrante lecture, Lecture Videos | Tagged with Bourdieu, C21st, childhood, class, education, habit, Italy, language, school, taste

Ferrante Questions

Ferrante Questions

Questions on My Brilliant Friend

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Ferrante Videos

Ferrante Videos

Videos about Elena Ferrante

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Patricio’s Ferrante Slides

Patricio’s Ferrante Slides

Patricio’s slides on My Brilliant Friend

Posted in Ferrante resources | Tagged with cities, class, geography, Italy

Calvino and the Ends of Discourse

Calvino and the Ends of Discourse

Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

Posted in Calvino lecture, Lecture Videos | Tagged with beginnings, C20th, Deleuze, discourse, endings, gender, Italy, materiality, postmodernism, reading, repetition

Calvino Questions

Calvino Questions

Questions on If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

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Frenemies (My Brilliant Friend) – Elena Ferrante

I loved this book so much, and I will have to read the next ones. I can’t be left in such a cliffhanger! Of course, this book is an coming of age story, a common theme in the course. It takes us on a journey where we can see how a small neighborhood in Italy […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with childhood, COA, coming of age, Elena Ferrante, family, friends, identity, Italy, jealousy, life, love, My brilliant friend, Personal Growth, poverty, Teens

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