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5 August 2020 | This is my first time reading Arthur Miller's work. Death of A Salesman is so good! I feel like I am so gonna cry if I were to watch this on-stage :')

Last minute reading because I thought we are not going to cover this one but apparently... yep. Exam on Sunday :)

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[vincethetriceratops]

Shared Interests

There is not much people who have a degree in English literature that aren’t teacher. I feel lucky to have a family where literature and arts are an important part of our education. My aunt studied English literature at the University of Montreal many years ago. I knew that, but I never really asked her what she was doing for a living. When I got this assignment, I figured it would be a great opportunity to bond a little bit more with my godmother and learn new things about her job and her life. I learned that she also did a degree in education, so that she could teach. She used to be an English teacher at the École National de cirque in Montréal, Québec for a few years. She used to be a school tutor for the teenagers participating in a kids’s talent show based in Montréal called Mixmania. As of now, my aunt mostly works as a translator and corrector for well known magazines such as National Geographic and Nature. She is a freelancer, which means she decides on the contracts she wants to work on and has a saying on the time she has to do to complete them. Her work gave her the chance to travel to a lot of places in the world, but mostly in the United States and in France. She says she doesn’t miss being a teacher, although she did love it, but she prefers her job as a freelance translator, because she gets to work on various subjects and learn new things every time, rather than always teaching the same subject. She is also someone who prefers to work alone, so having her own office at home works best for her, instead of travelling to the same office every day. I thought it was really interesting to learn more about my aunt’s life and career, and it gave us the chance to realize that we have more in common than what we thought. I found out a new kind of career that I could do after the end of my education and discovered that there is more to do with an English degree than just teaching or journalism. I really liked that moment I got to share with her and enjoyed that I got to know her better, as well as talking about our mutual passion for writing. It was a great experience to have.

#universityofmontreal #studyliterature #student life

[dimitrioswriter]

Δεν χρειάζεται να κοιμηθείς, Τα πανώρια όνειρά σου πήραν θέση στην πραγματικότητά σου. Δεν χρειάζεται... . . . . #poetquotes #youngpoets #readpoetry #readliterature #studyliterature #authors #instgrampoems #bestpoems #dreamsbecomereality #smileagain #smiletome #dimitrioswriter #dimitrios #dimitriosquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhXMDnJnIj/?igshid=182k1cdnrckhz

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[dimestorebookgirl-blog]

Today's INCREDIBLE read. How have I never spent time with Mina Loy before? Y'all. You guys. I LOVE POETRY. And also, I freaking love a good cappuccino. 📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️ Mina Loy - The Lost Lunar Baedeker ☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚☕️📚 #minaloy #thelostlunarbaedeker #poetsofinstagram #poems #poetry #poets #book #books #bookish #read #reader #reading #readpoetry #bibliophile #booklove #booklover #study #studying #studyliterature #gradschool #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookworm #booknerd #bookcover #bookgeek #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabook #booksandcoffee #cappucino #microfoam (at Lake Oswego, Oregon)

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[writingsitehomeworkhelp]

How the Arab Spring impacts the political regime in Kuwait How the Arab Spring impacts the political regime in Kuwait How the Arab Spring impacts the political regime in Kuwait The 2011 Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa was a transformative event in most Arab nations and the regional politics. The events in numerous countries ushered in an uncertain political era challenging authoritarian regimes that had held power for several decades. The purpose of the uprising was to rid the region of dictators and establish liberal systems of governance. However, the Arab Spring did not achieve the expected objectives as the governments used the oil wealth to remain in power. Therefore, there is a positive relationship between oil riches and the stability of the nations, although some of them are still dictatorial monarchs. Outline AbstractIntroductionBackground of the StudyLiterature ReviewPolitical LeadershipForeign Policy StanceDomestic

#internationalrelations

[ultimoannodidottorato]

18 Settembre 2017 - Riusciranno i nostri eroi - e con eroi intendo me stessa e il mio piccolo amico Isaac Asinov (😂) - a consegnare la tesi entro la fine del mese? Ci proviamo, ma nel frattempo andiamo a pranzo! Buon lunedì a tutti! ❤️ #phd #phdlifestyle #phdthesis #study #studyliterature #studygram #studing #writing #studydesk #desk #isaacasinov #postgrad #postgradlife #dottorato #dottoratodiricerca #notes #filofax #filofaxdomino #filofaxcommunity #mac #macbookpro #apple #lunedì #monday #piano #pianoforte

[fulltime-literature]

12-01 // literature and friends 93/100 days of productivity

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[vincethetriceratops]

Work and Meditate

I am not someone who likes to meditate, because focusing on my breathing causes me, don't ask me why, more anxiety. At first, I thought of doing 30 minutes of homework and then meditating for 10 minutes, but as I was starting to write my project, I realized I wouldn’t be able to have much work done if I kept interrupting myself to focus on my breath or clear my head for several minutes at a time. When I need to clear my head, usually it only takes a few seconds out of focus and then I’m ready to work again. Since I actually wanted to finish my homework, I decided that I would work for a full hour, without interrupting myself, and then take a small meditation break of about 15 minutes to both clear out my head and sort my ideas. Also, that was my assignment. I really wanted to experience the whole thing for a while, in order to understand it and to oblige myself to get some work done, so I decided to test it for 3 hours, which means that I worked for an hour, took a 15 minute break, worked a while again and so on, so that I’d have three full hours of work and three breaks as well. I activated a timer on my phone, so that I’d know when to stop or get back to doing my homework again. The first hour, I was getting anxious as if I’d miss the timer and reck my schedule, so I couldn’t focus on my paper and almost didn’t write anything. The pause arrived and I took that time to calm myself down, remind me that nothing was set in stone and that it was just an experiment, my life wasn’t depending on it. Who would have thought that trying to meditate during the finals would be so stressful... For the next part, I really got to focus on what I had to do and finally I managed to move forward on my paper. I enjoyed the second break, though I mostly used it so organize my ideas and think about other things in general, since yoga and deep breaths are still not my cup of tea. In the end, after those three hours of work and overall 30 minutes of rest, I had finished most of the paper due and I was feeling mostly at peace. I granted myself a bigger recess and enjoyed a new Netflix Christmas movie, because, well, I can’t wait for this semester to be over. On this note, yoga. 

#student life #studyliterature #universityofmontreal

[vincethetriceratops]

Career Goals 101

It took me a while before I could answer the second most common questions ever asked when I tell people I’m studying English literature. The first one being “What kind of job can you end up doing with that degree?”. The answer is easy: there is a ton of possibilities. The second “What do you want to do as a career?” is a bit tricky. I’ve never thought of studying in anything else than literature. Reading and writing always have been my forte, so that path was clear. I’ve studied General French literature in cegep and was determined to follow that road in college, but I never had a perfect goal set as to what my career would be. As I’m finishing my first semester of my second year of bachelor, my idea is defined: I want to teach. I love working with kids, but I can’t see myself teaching in elementary or high school, I need a different kind of challenge and energy in my class. I plan on teaching in cegep or university. There are a few advantages to teaching in higher education, for example, there is no need to do a degree in education, which is four years long. Although, a bachelor’s degree is not enough to teach in most schools, so there is the obligation to do a master’s degree or a doctorate. As of right now, I’m still trying to finish my bachelor without drastically failing my classes, so I’m not thinking about a PhD yet. I found out while reading articles that I could do a certificate in education or pedagogy to raises my chances of finding a job after my studies. I also found out that before becoming a teacher in college, it’s better to apply as a lecturer at first, to earn experience and to really make sure that it’s a job meant for us. I mostly read about things I already knew about, but I found interesting elements and clarifications on them. I know that teachings tests patience and as technology continues to evolve, it also teaches to adapt ourselves to it and set boundaries with the students about this ever growing way of communicating. Even thought it’s not a quota program, there are still expectations required to pursue one’s studies into the master’s degree, such as a global GPA of 3.3. The main thing I’d have to do before the end of my bachelor is to raise said GPA by a couple of points, and expect the best out of it.

#universityofmontreal #student life #studyliterature

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Alice in the Wonderland of Our World

Courtesy of Centaur Theater Company

Everyone knows the story of Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland, but the adaptations in the 21st century are pretty uncommon. What’s sadly not uncommon anymore are terrorists attacks all around the globe. In large gatherings of people, around monuments or in calm places, just to set their foot. This version of Alice is one of those. A woman, Alice, lost her husband to a terrorist attack in the grocery store of their cozy neighbourhood. She goes on the Italy trip they planned together, and her husband, Ever, appears to her as an entity. The design of the set was meant to represent the narrow path on the side of the mountain Alice was visiting, so the actors didn’t have a love of space to move around. To me, the lightning used didn’t match well the plot, since it was a dim light, like if it was meant to pretend a sundown, but it was repeated multiple times that it was the early afternoon. The amount of space between the  stage and the audience was especially small, as well as the room itself. It did made the audience feel closer to the actors, but so did it made an unappreciated proximity in the audience. Every single sound, laugh or commentary expressed by the people in the room were really disturbing, which made me lose my focus on the play in multiple occasions. Although, a big thumbs up to the actors who, I don't know how, managed to remain unbothered by the people constantly talking during their performance. The play itself was disturbing in some ways. It engaged with difficult subjects, such as terrorism, death of a loved one, grief and the confrontation of one’s fears. There were beautiful metaphors within the play to illustrate these difficult subjects. Basically, Alice’s path was to go from one side of the mountain to the other. She stopped in the middle of her journey, and that is were Ever started to appear to her. The character is reminded frequently, first by the spirit of Ever and then by a bypassed later on, that at this point, going back was as long as going further on. The trip represented her journey with the grief of her husband. With all the progression she has made so far (leaving her home, travelling, etc.), she is at the “middle” of her grief. If she started to isolate herself again, fear everything and living with the constant thought of “what if”, she’d be going back on the same path she has already taken. Of course, it is also reminded that a grief doesn’t really have an ending, the loved one will always be missed, but life still goes on for the living. I really like that metaphor, because it made a valid point and was expressed really well, even thought death is a rather difficult subject.

#studyliterature #montreal #alice in wonderland #student life

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The Handmaid’s Tale

An unique story. Feminist in some ways, very oppressed in others. A dystopian world, where only a country experience this crumbling way of living. Much of the elements of the Handmaid’s Tale, written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, are difficult to transpose into imagery. The American website Hulu, a streaming video service, owns the rights for the adaptation into a television show. In terms of clothings, scenery and visual effects, since it is set as if the characters were in the nineteenth century, because of the Republic of Gilhead, the book is fairly easy to set into a movie or television show. The movie industry has proven that it has always been easier to recreate the past than to try to imagine and adapt futuristic ideas into imagery. As I read the book, it was way easier to imagine the scenes than the characters themselves. First, because they are not actually described physically and are identified almost solely by their clothing. Second, I really just could not put facial traits onto the names, they were what the government (in the book of course) made them: different coloured dresses. When I first saw the show, I was not disappointed by the actors chosen, because I had no expectations. The locations and the ways scenes were portrayed were not deceiving in themselves, they reflected the book pretty well I think, but they were obviously not exactly how I imagined them. Of course, nothing is perfect in life and being able to represent perfectly a novel into a movie is honestly impossible. I disliked that some scenes were recreated entirely, because it changed some parts of the plot significantly. I understand that the T.V. show has to have a little more action than the book and  the events have to chain one another rather quickly, which is not the case in at least the first half of the book. I still think it caused significant plot holes from parts that were kept in the show, as well as creating new ones. I liked that the show was rather transparent. What I mean is that there was various crude elements and it wasn’t really censured, which I appreciated. I gave a sense of “truth” to the what the characters were living. To sum up, I was pretty happy with how the novel was adapted into the Hulu show. I still have to admit that I enjoyed the book more though, it was more detailed and calmer than the T.V. show. Good work though. 

#margaret atwood #montreal #the handmaid's tale #student life #studyliterature

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Studying English Literature in a French University

I always have been someone more comfortable reading and writing my ideas and some concepts than doing calculus and science experiments. Don’t get me wrong although: I can write a five page essay on a given science subject with ease and explain every single detail with actual scientific information, but do not ask me to do all the other parts of the experimentation or give out the necessary mathematic formulas to do it, I’ll fail. So when my high school years were over and I had to find a field of study in my higher education, there was not a very various range of programs to chose from. That’s when I decided to go in General Literature in a French CEGEP. But even though my first language is French, I always preferred English, but my parents wouldn’t want me to go to an English CEGEP, so there I was. When it was time to go to university, I had a bit more choices, but literature was still my destiny. I started in the bi-disciplinary bachelor program of French and English Literature Studies, but soon realized that English literature was my one true love. Then, I stayed in the same French university —simply called Université de Montréal, in Montréal, Québec (who would have thought?)—, but pursued my academic studies solely in Shakespeare’s native language. Why though? Of course, it mostly was because I had way better grades in English than French for some unexplainable reason, then because literature was the only field of study I could really picture myself in and lastly, because of the diversity of content. In English, maybe just because of the professors, the students get to express their opinions on the texts and authors seen in class and share their thoughts collectively. The points of view are much more diverse in this environment from what I noticed, and they are an important part of the general curriculum. Also, English literature itself is more varied, because it is found all around the globe and not just in France and Quebec, unlike French literature. Then, it is possible to observe different cultures, norms and habits from the writers anywhere in the world. It is also in constant expansion, with English being the usually preferred language of literature. To study any form of literature in any language, the main point in common, as well as the most important to my opinion, is to be passionate about it. Why chose to study literature? Because it really fulfills the mind and the heart with beautiful writings from everywhere on Earth and it is a cultural and spiritual enrichment for everyone involved. It really is worth the work.

#montreal #studyliterature #universityofmontreal #english literature