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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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The Lover – just no

The Lover by Marguerite Duras. I cannot say I enjoyed reading this week’s novel as much as I thought I would. Maybe because it was confusing, with the change of perspectives and no clear chronological timeline throughout the novel but with different paragraphs mentioning different events or people in the girl’s life. One page would […]

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Someone Needs to Put this Girl In Horny Jail – “The Lover” by Margurite Duras

I know I said that “Time of the Doves” was one of the books of all time, but this book is a strong contender for the book of all time. “The Lover” by Margurite Duras was an interesting book to say the least. This book’s subject matter was heavily sexual, which would be eyebrow raising […]

Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with love, loveless, race, sad, sex

The Lover (Week 9)

I’m at a bit of a loss on what to write about this week. I didn’t particularly enjoy this novel very much, if I’m being honest it’s probably one of my least favourite reads of the term so far. I found it a bit confusing, I didn’t really get the point b…

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The Lover (Week 9)

I’m at a bit of a loss on what to write about this week. I didn’t particularly enjoy this novel very much, if I’m being honest it’s probably one of my least favourite reads of the term so far. I found it a bit confusing, I didn’t really get the point b…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with exploitation, power, race, uncomfortable

Must it so be that whatever makes man happy must later become the source of his misery — Marguaret Duras [The Lover]

This book, [The Lover], was more familiar for me than other books, and it is most likely because of the movie released in 1992. It was not a completely different experience with texts, but indeed had a different impression on writings about her youth. Every time I write the blog post, I feel like I […]

Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with love, past, race

Week9:The Lover –regretful adolescent love?

This week I read the book “The Lover”. When I heard the name of the book, I was thinking if it was a happy ending, but actually not… But this is also very realistic, because life is often full of regrets, and regrets about love account for part of it…

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Week9:The Lover –regretful adolescent love?

This week I read the book “The Lover”. When I heard the name of the book, I was thinking if it was a happy ending, but actually not… But this is also very realistic, because life is often full of regrets, and regrets about love account for part of it…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with love, memory, race

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

True Lover…

A moving and powerful book, “The Lover” explores the intricate issues of colonialism, love, desire, and social expectations. The story, which takes place in 1920s French colonial Vietnam, centers on an extramarital relationship between a wealthy Chinese man known only as “the Chinaman” and a young French girl known as “the girl.” It was a […]

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The Lover – Where Does Duras Situate Herself in Her Relationship?

“The Lover” left me in a state of perplexity long after I had finished reading the novel not because of its plot, but because of its power dynamics between Duras and her lover, the Chinese man. I find the title “The Lover” intriguing because it seems to me that Duras refuses to be identified as […]

Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with class, gender, memories, narration, race

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