The University of British Columbia
UBC - A Place of Mind
The University of British Columbia
RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
  • Home
  • About
    • Trailer
    • Meet your Instructor
    • Aims and Objectives
    • Classroom Etiquette
    • Introduction
    • Conclusion
    • Midterm Evaluation 2022
    • Midterm Evaluation 2024
    • Lecture Feedback 2024
    • Workload/Engagement Survey 2022
    • Workload/Quality Survey 2024
    • Final Survey Results
    • Focus Group
    • Talks and Articles
    • Contact
  • Syllabus
    • Syllabus 2022
  • Authors
  • Texts
    • Choose your Own Adventure
  • Concepts
  • Lectures
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Transcripts
    • PowerPoints
    • Drinks Pairings
    • Lecture Feedback 2024
  • Videos
    • Lecture Videos
    • Conversation Videos
    • Behind the Scenes Videos
  • Blogs
  • Assessment
    • Blogs
    • Midterm
    • Final Exam
    • Broken Contracts
    • Academic Integrity
    • On Ungrading
  • Playlist
Home / week 11

Tags

blog book review books childhood class coming of age crime death desire Dreams family fiction France gender history identity Italy life literature love memories memory Mexico money motherhood perspective politics poverty power questions race reading reality reflection relationships romance Romance Studies sexuality Surrealism time trauma violence war women writing

week 11

Am I The Chameleon ?

Hi everyone!!  I hope you all had a good weekend:) We are so close to being done with this semester, that’s wild HAHA only a couple books to go!! This week I read José Eduardo Agualusa’s The Book of Chameleons. Not going to lie I felt super lost reading this book, I’m not sure if […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with identity, José Eduardo Agualusa, memories, reality, The Book of Chameleon, week 11

Saramago Death with Interruptions

Week 11 yay we’re almost done! For this week I read Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago which I thoroughly enjoyed. I found this story really surprising and unexpected in a good way, truth be told I never really knew too much about the books that I chose to read I kinda picked based off […]

Posted in Blogs, Saramago | Tagged with death, Death with Interruptions, week 11

Death with interruptions

Hello all, welcome back to the blog. This weeks book, Death with Interruptions by José Saramago, covers the topic of death, as you probably already guessed from the name. Death with Interruptions was an enjoyable albeit sometimes frustrating read. The author’s allergy to quotation marks, for example, made certain sections quite difficult to understand on […]

Posted in Blogs, Saramago | Tagged with death, portuguese, week 11

Review of Soldiers of Salamis

  When our original beliefs are defeated by reality, is it that we have changed, or is the society that is the way it is, it is only when we grow up that we realize the most primitive self. “Soldiers of Salamis” is a classic war novel. I like this book very much. Although I … Continue reading Review of Soldiers of Salamis →

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Romance Studies, week 11

Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise noted, this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Romance Studies
Faculty of Arts
715 – 1873 East Mall
Buchanan Tower
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1
Website fhis.ubc.ca/undergraduate/romance-studies/
Find us on
 
Back to top
The University of British Columbia
  • Emergency Procedures |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Copyright |
  • Accessibility