As a senior, I've finally reached that point in my English major career where I must spend copious amounts of time with Shakespeare, but lucky for me, the semester had been enlightened with real British accents and plays come to life. Two of the actors from King Lear, courtesy of Butler's website...
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Hello everyone! What a CRAZY week it has been... I have alternated between nights of almost no sleep, trying to meet deadlines, and then nights when I slept for nine or even eleven hours straight, trying to catch up. Here's is what's keeping me busy: 1) Course scheduling: I think this actually...
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Although I’ve been back in the States for about two months now, I still find myself thinking about study abroad on almost a daily basis. Almost everything reminds me of something from Spain. I talk about my experience in my classes all the time! It is ridiculous how much you can learn about the...
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Dearest readers, before we go on any further, I’m going to have to make a confession to you: I am a huge English major nerd. Last year, I took a Jane Austen seminar class, and I spent the entire fall trying to convince my classmates to come with me and do our reading in the English gardens across the...
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Grades came out yesterday and it looks like I survived my semester of chaos with a 4.0! I am happy that all my late nights and hours at the library paid off, because it was definitely my toughest semester yet. Two really reading intensive classes on the same days of the week meant lots of time hitting...