france-eesti wrote:Naava wrote:A poem collection "Ariel" by Sylvia Plath. I didn't really like her style and I only read it because I had a literature exam (this morning!). Everything becomes so blaaaah when you're forced to do it. I'm sure that's a real adjective.
Haha indeed!
How did the exam go? When do you expect to get results?
I think it was ok. There were only two questions, one about genres of Candide and The Princess of Clèves, and one about how language was used to create comedy or serious tone in Hamlet and The Miser. I had just read about the genres so I'm somewhat confident about that, but I'm not sure what they'll think about my second answer.
They* should give me a grade within 3 weeks (that's a rule) but the professors don't always care about rules, especially not in summer. But they also said we should take the exam in early June* so that they could check them in time, which sounds like they plan to grade it soon. After all, it was just two questions so it shouldn't take long to read the answers, right?
In other words: no idea. I'll tell you if I ever find out what my grade is.
*We had two teachers.
*It was an electronic exam, which means we could choose the date freely.france-eesti wrote:I kind of liked it when I studied it, may it be classical and supposedly boring! What did you think of this book Naava?
"What a boring book. What did you think of it?"
"Ummmm..."
Well I guess "boring" is mandatory because it is realism. I also read Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and
that was boring. At least Madame Bovary had a surprising end!
Though I did think she was such a drama queen there.I'm used to reading texts I can hardly understand or that are really long and/or boring so the bar is quite low for any book a teacher is asking me to read. Because of that, I liked Madame Bovary. I could understand it (well, I read it in Finnish which helps a lot), the story was easy to follow (and I managed to skip a few pages every now and then because I don't care about descriptions of nature) and I think the plot was, well, ok. Not magnificent, not something I'd read again and again, but it was interesting enough that I enjoyed reading it. I'd say it was well written.
But for some reason I keep mixing up Madame Bovary and The Princess of Clèves. Maybe because both madame Bovary and the princess fall in love with someone else after they're married.
but I kind of liked it when I studied it, may it be classical and supposedly boring! What did you think of this book Naava?
