Monthly Archives for September 2013
It Takes All Kinds of Kinds?
Hello everyone, I like the way we’ve been introduced to the world of literary and cultural theory with this first round of readings. The one notion that I find myself thinking about most after completing the readings is one that … Continue reading → Continue reading
The Éffet Foucault
Foucault had me thinking in his highly abstract «Archeology of knowledge». After a few hours of reading and re-reading it, both in French and in English, I am still not sure of what he was saying. Here is what I think I understood: The discourse is a social performative entity and its unification takes place […]
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The Beauty and the Form
In Art as Technique, Viktor Shklovsky asserts that when perception becomes habitual, then everything becomes meaningless: “Habitualization devours work, clothes, furniture, one’s wife, and the fear of war” (16). So, he argued, Art is a way of breaking that state … Continue reading → Continue reading
Hello
Hello everyone, My name is Han and I’m in the French Master’s program. To be honest, since I have little background in literary theory, the amount of reading and the efforts needed to digest all the information are overwhelming this first week. I hope this is only temporary and it gets easier as I read […] Continue reading
Hello
Hello everyone, My name is Han and I’m in the French Master’s program. To be honest, since I have little background in literary theory, the amount of reading and the efforts needed to digest all the information are overwhelming this first week. I hope this is only temporary and it gets easier as I read […]
Continue reading
Exploring Theory
Hi everyone! My name is Liliana Patricia Castaneda Lopez, and I am very exciting (and a bit scared) about this class, I have to confess. I hold a B.A. in Communications and Journalism from Colombia, and have pursued graduate studies … Continue reading → Continue reading
Intro…
My name is Liza Navarro. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. My parents are from Puerto Rico so I grew up in a bilingual household which proved to be very beneficial when learning other languages (ie – French). I started taking French classes when I was in middle school and have had several opportunities to travel to France whether on a grant, trip, or job. My fascination for the language has now led me to UBC where I will be continuing my studies at the graduate level (Masters phase…..and hopefully PHD phase).
I am very excited to be in such a “large” class full of people from different backgrounds, ages, and ways of life. I think it will add to the discussions in class and bring new ideas and topics to the table. Although I don’t have much experience in theory, I hope to learn a lot not only from the professors but from my classmates as well.
Intro…
My name is Liza Navarro. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. My parents are from Puerto Rico so I grew up in a bilingual household which proved to be very beneficial when learning other languages (ie – French). I started taking French classes when I was in middle school and have had several opportunities to travel to France whether on a grant, trip, or job. My fascination for the language has now led me to UBC where I will be continuing my studies at the graduate level (Masters phase…..and hopefully PHD phase).
I am very excited to be in such a “large” class full of people from different backgrounds, ages, and ways of life. I think it will add to the discussions in class and bring new ideas and topics to the table. Although I don’t have much experience in theory, I hope to learn a lot not only from the professors but from my classmates as well.
Hello world!
Hello everyone My name is Sinead and I am very excited to be sharing my first blog with you all! I am in my second semester of the first year of my masters in French here at UBC. I studied at The University of Birmingham in the UK where I completed my BA in French … Continue reading » Continue reading
