Please use categories and/or tags when writing your blog posts. Use categories to indicate the author (e.g. Azuela or García Márquez etc.), and tags for key concepts or topics covered. Remember also to include a question for discussion.
Week 2 – de la Parra, “Mama Blanca’s Memoirs”
Posted by: daniel choi
Teresa de la Parra’s Mama Blanca’s Memoirs was a pleasant read filled with feelings of childhood, memory, and nostalgia. Additionally, the book also fed thoughts on accuracy—and distortion—of representations, different perspectives within narratives, and the nature of storytelling. Lastly, Teresa de la Parra’s book provided an interesting—perhaps inaccurate, to an extent—depiction of the realities of […] read full post >>
Week 2 [Mama Blancas Memoirs]
Posted by: montserrat avendano castillo
Hey! First of all, we started the term strong. I enjoyed this first week’s lecture. The one thing I particularly... read full post >>
Week 2 – De La Parra’s “Mama Blanca’s Memoirs”
Posted by: neko smart
This book was interesting. The writing is quite poetic; A couple of my favourite lines are, “A prayer that was swallowed up in the dark night of unnoticed things” (88) and the idea of being “silent with grief, though bursting with questions” (98). De La Parra wrote, “like poets, we discovered secret affinities and mysterious […] read full post >>
Week 2: Mama Blanca’s Memoirs
Posted by: Julia Tatham
When reading Teresa de la Parra’s “Mama Blanca’s Memoirs” I was struck by its overwhelming theme of memory, and how remembering far away details through a youthful lens (as Blanca’s memories are of childhood) can completely transform the way we remember the truth. More specifically, I was really moved by how the story toys with […] read full post >>
Introduction Post
Posted by: Alison Jones
Hi everyone! My name is Alison and I am a third year psychology student. This is my second semester at UBC as I was currently studying at the University of Calgary for the previous two years. I am not new to taking literature courses as I took GRSJ 224... read full post >>
Introduction Post
Posted by: Alison Jones
Hi everyone! My name is Alison and I am a third year psychology student. This is my second semester at UBC as I was currently studying at the University of Calgary for the previous two years. I am not new to taking literature courses as I took GRSJ 224... read full post >>
Week 1 Introduction Post
Posted by: Elisa
Hi everyone! My name is Elisabeth and I am a third year psychology student. This is my first time taking a literature course at UBC and I am so far very intrigued by both the content and the nature of the course! I love that this course allo... read full post >>
Week 1 Introduction Post
Posted by: Elisa
Hi everyone! My name is Elisabeth and I am a third year psychology student. This is my first time taking a literature course at UBC and I am so far very intrigued by both the content and the nature of the course! I love that this course allo... read full post >>
Week 1: Introduction
Posted by: Cadence
Hello everyone! My name is Cadence, and I am a 3rd-ish year arts student majoring in Psychology. I say ish because I originally spent my first 2 years here at UBC working towards a Bachelor of Science in biology, but, ... read full post >>
Week 1: Introduction
Posted by: Cadence
Hello everyone! My name is Cadence, and I am a 3rd-ish year arts student majoring in Psychology. I say ish because I originally spent my first 2 years here at UBC working towards a Bachelor of Science in biology, but, ... read full post >>
