{"id":69,"date":"2026-04-05T14:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/dorisd\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:03:21","slug":"final-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/dorisd\/2026\/04\/05\/final-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Final blog post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here comes the final blog! I would say most of the books we read in this course are quite interesting, and reading them is a great deal. I learnt a lot about places I never been to, and wish if I am able to visit some of the places in the books, such as the Diamond Square from The Times of the Doves<\/em>, Napels from My Brilliant Friend<\/em>, and Combray from Combray.<\/em> These books are great things to talk about with people outside of the class. Just made them think I am knowledgeable and have a very good taste!!!<\/p>\n

Before I took this class, I had the habit of reading but did not have the habit of writing. Throughout the course, I actually found writing blogs to be quite interesting and fulfilling, I don’t think my writings are entertaining enough for others to read tho.<\/p>\n

Also, thank the teaching team for helping me out during the semester, especially for the time I deleted my blog site:)<\/p>\n

I would like to give out some award to the books I read!<\/p>\n

The most surprising book: \u00a0The Book of Chameleons.<\/em> I don’t understand why. Even though I have not read a lot of books, I always find the books I am reading to be cliche. But it does not apply to this one. I picked this book to read because of the word “Chameleons”, but there is no chameleons in this book.<\/p>\n

The best plot twister: My Brilliant Friend<\/em>. You know what, after the lecture on Wednesday, I read all the spoiler on Wikipedia for the things happened later on. WOW! Never trust Nino. And it is literally breaking the third wall when I read about Lila working at IBM in the IT team. omg this is too close to the reality:(<\/p>\n

The best click-bait title: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler.\u00a0<\/em> Before I read this book, I did not expect it to have so many books embedded.<\/p>\n

I am afraid if “he” will come back: The Time of the Doves.\u00a0<\/em>When I was reading, I was afraid that Quimet will come back and say “Hey! I am still alive!” at the end. Fortunately, it does not happen.<\/p>\n

Let’s go back to the initial question that was asked in the first lecture: What is the boundary between a novel that is only a novel and a novel that can be called as a literature? The pattern I notice is that all the “literature” we read in this class has very obvious “people vs society” kind of conflict, and there are clues of some historical incidents in the books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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