Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Chestnuts Roasting




When its a brisk, cool day in Bologna after having a day filled with classes- buying a bag of roasted chestnuts and sitting on the steps of San Pietro looking out over Piazza Maggiore is just the right thing to do.



As for classes, this semester I'm taking:
Cinema Italiano
Letteratura Francese
Filologia ed Esegesi Neotetaentaria (Study of the New Testament)

I'm enjoying my classes and have dived head into studying. Unlike in the States, there isn't assigned daily/weekly homework. You show up to class, listen, take notes, and on your own time you read the books that are listed in the syllabus in and out, backwards and forwards.

My reading list now consists of:
Antique Christian, Greek, and Latin Literature Manual- Moreschini and Norelli
The Bible- New Testament
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle of St. James- Hort
Le Rêve - Émile Zola
Nana - Émile Zola
La Bête Humaine - Émile Zola
Le Tour de Monde en quatre-vingts Jours- Jules Verne
Salammbô- Gustave Flaubert
Cronologica della letteratura francese- Campagnoli
History of French Literature- Brunel




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