A Quick Introduction About Me:
Hi everyone, my name is Tiffany and I am a first-year Arts student planning on majoring in Psychology and minoring in Commerce. I am looking forward to the books I will be reading this term for this course, as they all seem extremely intriguing, which is the main reason why I chose this class. The other reason why I chose this course was to fulfill my literature requirement. I was extremely grateful when I discovered this class was listed as a literature requirement. I am excited to learn about Romance Studies and to read the novels!

I hope to be able to provide interesting insights and thoughts regarding the novels I will read this term.

Reflecting on the First Lecture: 
I find it quite interesting how Romance Studies does not belong anywhere, however, at the same time, it is everywhere. As if Romance Studies itself, does not truly belong to anyone or anything, as nobody truly understands the whole concept of Romance Studies. However, Romance Studies is everywhere despite not being tied to a particular territory. I find it quite ironic in a way that betrayal is common among the Romance Languages, as translating these Romance Studies from its origin of Latin to different languages, such as French and Italian, is a betrayal itself. Since what we read is merely translations, I wonder if any of these translations are able to truly convey what the Romance Language wanted to express. As some meanings and expressions may not be carried over in translations or it may be changed. Perhaps this is the consequence of betraying the Romance Language, that non-Latin speakers will not truly understand what the Romance Language conveys.