Hello RMST 202, my name is Sarah and I’m a fourth year psychology major here at UBC; however, I will be doing 5 years since I love being a student! While I’m taking this course for a literature requirement, I chose this course over others because I heard how fun the content is to read and learn about. How cool is it that we get to pick our grades on the basis of knowing how much reading we have to do? I appreciate this so much since it will help me manage my time as a full-time student and a part-time worker.<\/p>\n
Some fun facts about me: I’m from Vancouver Island and moved to Vancouver to attend UBC. I enjoy hiking, playing field hockey, and playing video games like Minecraft and The Sims 4. I’ve recently entered the dog sitting business and I love spending time with animals. I also know nothing about romance studies, but I do love romance!<\/p>\n
Anywho, I have some thoughts after listening to the lecture “Inventing Romance Studies” and the conversation video that goes with it, specifically responding to the question, “Where is the romance world?” My first thought was very broad and basic: everywhere. Inspired by Professor Jon’s prodding questions from our introduction class, I feel encouraged to dive deeper and think more critically. So, what does a romance world being everywhere mean? This made me think of the popular Christmas movie (which I watched over the holidays) called “Love Actually.” Its famous line narrated by Hugh Grant came to mind: “If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.” Cue the infamous montage of people reuniting in an airport. How romantic, and sweet! Friends, family, and romantic partners find each other again after some time away from each other. Love seems to be ingrained in all systems. Like International airports, which will have many people speaking different languages…<\/p>\n
…Which is a great segway into the course’s preliminary definition of literature: a form of writing that forces us to pay particular attention to how language works and the mechanisms of representation. As Tim said in the conversation video, interacting with a new language can create new constellations. This phrase is even romantic, talking about the stars in a metaphorical way. As such, it seems as though literature itself is a kind of language: a way for self-expression and connection. Hopefully, comparing novels will allow me to understand perspectives outside of the Western world. As a psych major, I’ve learned this pseudonym to describe samples of people: WEIRD. Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. A very large percentage of participants in psychology research studies consist of WEIRD people, limiting the generalizability of a study to universal populations, because believe it or not, most of the world is not WEIRD. Please, less WEIRDness! I’m looking forward to recognizing any overlap between my psychology classes and the information I learn in this course.<\/p>\n
With love,<\/p>\n
A romantic fanatic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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