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Inventing Romance Studies

Inventing Romance Studies

Written by: Jon Beasley-Murray University of British Columbia
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 This channel showcases teaching and research in Romance Studies, to generate conversation and discussion about the field and about texts written in the Romance languages. We welcome feedback. It is also a place for Open Educational Resources produced as part of the teaching of Romance Studies at the University of British Columbia, though it does not claim to speak for or represent the university or its program in Romance Studies.Jon Beasley-Murray, University of British Columbia
Episodes
  • On Marguerite Duras, The Lover

    On Marguerite Duras, The Lover
    Dec 20 2025

    A Conversation for RMST 202. With Fernanda Negrete (University at Buffalo) and Jon Beasley-Murray.

    #rmst202 #romancestudies

    http://rmst202.arts.ubc.ca
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    24 mins
  • On Joseph Zobel, Black Shack Alley

    On Joseph Zobel, Black Shack Alley
    Dec 1 2025

    A Conversation for RMST 202. With Emily Zobel Marshall (Leeds Beckett University) and Jon Beasley-Murray.00:00 Introduction01:10 Racial Politics and Education in Postcolonial Martinique04:25 Story-Telling and Black Consciousness: Call and Response07:32: Two Worlds in Contrast: Schooling and Exile10:23 Pride, Community, and Recognition13:06 Representing Black Consciousness and Experience14:17 Negritude and Black Pride: Challenging the Colonial Regime18:21 Written on the Body: A Sense of the Material20:24 From Book to Film to Monument: Maintaining the Critique24:03 Credits#rmst202 #romancestudieshttp://rmst202.arts.ubc.ca
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    24 mins
  • On Roberto Arlt, Mad Toy

    On Roberto Arlt, Mad Toy
    Nov 29 2025

    A Conversation for RMST 202. With Ben Bollig (St Catherine's College, Oxford) and Jon Beasley-Murray.00:00 Introduction01:11 A Hybrid Text: Many Novels in One04:29: A Journey to Disillusion: Struggling to Make a Name for Oneself09:30: A Fantasy of Enrichment: Invention and Falsification15:02: Crimes of Betrayal: Snitching and Treason18:14 Credits#rmst202 #romancestudieshttp://rmst202.arts.ubc.ca
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    18 mins
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