Hi! My name is Doris and I am a third year student. I study math and data science but I am not committed to both of them, so I study actuarial science in my spare time. I passed my first actuarial exam last year, which was said to need about 300 hours of study. Since I did it along with a full course load, I am so proud of my multitasking skills that I never noticed before LOL. If you are on the same boat, feel free to talk to me! Maybe we can do exam prep together HEHE.
I have a very fluffy cat, his name is Tutu. Here is a pic of him:
I am very excited about this class because it has been a while for me to be guided to read and write. I would say I love reading but the genre I was reading was so limited and they all served for my personal entertainment. Therefore, I would love to read, feel, and experience in this course to share my thoughts, and listen to other people’s perspectives.
In the first lecture, we discussed the definition of literature. I really appreciated how one of the classmates said literature stood over time, and I am curious about what make those text not outdated as compared to others. Is it the message? Or the beauty of language? Or the great fame the authors have? I don’t have an answer to this question. BUT, what I have noticed is that literature always takes me twice or more amount of time to read through!
As I watched the Inventing Romance Studies video, I surprisingly found out that this course is somehow comparative literature related, which is a field I am always interested in, but never have the opportunity to interact with. The obstacle that prevents me from diving into this field is language. I used to think it is necessary for me to learn the language before starting to analyze the literature, or some of the hidden meanings will never been unfold due to the translation. Aside from language, I am also afraid of lacking knowledge of the culture and history of the literatures I would like to do comparative analysis. As it is exhausted just to think of these difficulties, I have never give it a try. But as suggested by the video, all the text we are going to read are translations, so it’s a great opportunity for me. I am so happy to do comparative literature this term!
Nice to meet you guys! Hope to have a wonderful semester!