{"id":59,"date":"2022-04-04T23:11:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202biancafasciani\/?p=59"},"modified":"2022-04-04T23:11:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:11:54","slug":"concluding-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202biancafasciani\/2022\/04\/04\/concluding-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Concluding Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was by far the most interesting literature course I have taken so far. The format allowed me to be flexible in the way I was reading the novels. While in previous literature classes I have taken I was required to focus on methodical and technical skills while reading, I finally felt like I could enjoy the novels in RMST 202. Instead of looking for literary patterns or hunting for specific themes, I really felt like I was able to just focus on what the authors were trying to express in the books we’ve read. I didn\u2019t feel like I had the pressure to identify specific concepts and, instead, I was able to write about what struck me about the stories. This was extremely beneficial in terms of my understanding and my contribution to the class. The discussion-oriented classes and blog posts were very stimulating. I learned a lot about other people’s perspectives by commenting on other people’s posts and about my own biases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of the contents of the course, reading books from Italian, Spanish, and Mexican authors was fascinating. We are so used to reading books written by English-speaking authors that we often forget to expose ourselves to different cultures. Learning about different countries, societies, characters, places, and more was refreshing and I’m very grateful that I was able to do that through literature. Especially since we live in an age where we can learn about any culture on the many media platforms at our disposal, I loved re-discovering literature as a way of knowing. Lastly, reading novels written by Italian authors in English was very interesting for me. As an Italian native speaker, I was able to put myself in the shoes of non-native speakers who have to be translated versions of Italian novels. This was extremely thought-provoking and taught me how beneficial yet tricky translation can be.<\/p>\n

To answer the question with which we started the course, I definitely noticed some differences as well as similarities between the different books. We read stories told by different authors treating different themes, but what I found all books had in common was a romantic type of storytelling. We had established at the beginning of the course that the class would have little to do with romance as in a love story fairytale type of thing. However, ironically, there was a romantic quality to all the novels that captivated me. A sort of dream-like mood and the blurry line between reality and imagination were common denominators in almost every book we read. I don’t know if that could be associated with the fact that these are novels originally written in romance languages, but I personally feel like this could be a partial answer to the purpose of this course.<\/p>\n

My question for the class is: did you find a dream-like quality to be recurrent in the novels or do you feel like that is just the common feeling we get when reading stories?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to Professor Jon, Jennifer, and Patricio for this wonderful course!<\/p>\n

– Bianca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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