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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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Zombies and Readers

Zombies and Readers

vides on zombies, and zombie readers

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The Harsh Realities of the Early Twentieth Century – Black Shake Alley

For this week’s reading, I read the novel “Black Shack Alley ” by Joseph Zobel. Before choosing this novel, I read a preface on it which deeply caught my attention and interest. I enjoy reading novels about real-life events/ history which is what this story entailed. The novel truly lived up to its expectations making […]

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The Case of a Dysfunctional Family – Nada by Carmen Leforet

For this week’s reading, I read the novel “Nada” by Carmen Leforet. I would like to start by saying, wow what a journey this book was to read. This book was dark and far from being light-hearted as it focused on gut-wrenching issues that families faced after the Spanish Civil War such as domestic struggles, […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with blog post, book review, europe, love, nada, novel, reading, romance

Ana Maria – A Glimpse of her Life

To begin, “The Shrouded Women” by Bombal has been my favourite novel thus far in the course. Although it might be too early to claim a favourite (it is only the third novel I have read), I think this is going to be a hard one to compete with. The reason I say this is […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with #romantic, blog post, book review, love, novel, reading, romance

Week 3 – Nadja

The beginning of the novel was a little confusing to me. Right from the very start, it was explained to the reader why the narrator felt that the only way to fully understand a person is by comprehending what they haunts. Moreover, throughout the novel, the narrator uses several complex words. He also uses  sentences […]

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Mad toy by Roberto Arlt

Mad toy, I’d say is an easy read that hooks you with the dialogue and imagery. Nonetheless, its value should not be underestimated. The literary text is filled with all types of experience, unfolding numerous adventures and stages in the life of Silvio, the main character. We are immersed in the nuanced development of Silvio’s […]

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Nadja; Surrealist Dream or Actual Person?

The second French book of the course, Nadja by André Breton is a short surrealist novel. It was a very fast and interesting read but took me a minute to get into. At first, Breton talks about the theatre and his inability to recognize actors. Upon meeting Nadja however, things become much more interesting. Nadja […]

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Analyzing “Combray” by Marcel Proust

To begin, “Combray” by Marcel Proust, as previously mentioned by my other classmates, was not the easiest read. As I started reading the novel I quickly realized that the story is written in very fine detail as every scene is described in depth. This made the story a bit hard to follow and stay in […]

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Introduction to RMST 202

 A. A bit About myselfHey everyone! My name is Andrew and I am a second year statistics student intending to minor in data science. Fun fact about me is that I do not have a last name. I was brought up halfway across the world in Jakarta and it is…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Latin, reading, romance languages

Introduction to RMST 202

 A. A bit About myselfHey everyone! My name is Andrew and I am a second year statistics student intending to minor in data science. Fun fact about me is that I do not have a last name. I was brought up halfway across the world in Jakarta and it is…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Latin, reading, romance languages

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