Hello!
I am Maia (they/she), and I’m in my second year of Arts. I’m very interested in topics related to language and culture, so I am looking forward to learning about Romance Studies as both a subject and a potential main program. As well, I am quite curious about the books we’ll be reading, as I haven’t heard of many of the titles before – I would love to eventually be able to reread a few of them in the original language and compare them with their English translations.
I find it striking that what the “Romance languages” have in common is their “betrayal” of tradition – a powerful theme throughout the world, I think. I hope to learn more about how this concept reveals itself or is reflected in different locations and cultures of relevance.
Hi Maia!
Italian is my first language so I am also looking forward to reading some of the texts in their original language.
I also like how Romance Languages were created as “alternatives” to Latin. This really points to how interesting some of these languages are culturally and I am looking forward to learning more about the Romance world throughout this course.
Hi Maia 🙂
I also hope to possibly reread a few of the book in the original language if I can. While reading in them in English definitely continues the “betrayal” from tradition in a way, I am really curious what difference translation has made and if it would change my opinions.
Hi Maia! I’m also really interested in language and culture which is what drew me to this class! I’m looking forward to see how that theme is applied to the books we will be reading, and if there are any similarities/differences in themes with books from the same language/culture.