Obligatory reading

This week I’ve learned from my colleagues that there is a chance of writing the presentation for our English novel of the 18^th century class. In that class, this year we will be talking about several novels such as: Wuthering Heights, Robinson Crusoe, Pride and Prejudice and Great Expectations. There is a possibility  for us to pick one of those novels and to do the presentation about it. We can write about the particular novel in general or we can pick a specific subject and explain how that subject is depicted in the novel that we have chosen. One of the subjects that I would like to write about is the “Role of women in the society”, especially in the time context given in the aforementioned novels. I have not made my choice yet when it comes to novels, but I am thinking to choose “Pride and Prejudice”. I will certainly have to consult with the Assistant Professor about both the subject as well as the novel.

Visit to Mostar

This week, or to be more precise on Monday, I was visiting Mostar. I took a day off from work to check what was going on at the University and, of course, to visit some friends.  

There was nothing special that I learned from University. Our main problem still remains this year’s electives. I specifically have a problem with the second one, because the first elective – German Language - I already chose, but there is still no option for the second elective. I do hope that the professors will make a decision as soon as possible so that I can apply for it.

The second issue I was hoping to be resolved was the exams that we carried over from the past year. In my case it is English Literature up to 1500. We still do not know whether there will be an April exam term or not. I hope they will allow us to apply for and take that exam in April. I also attended classes that we had on that day.

I will have to come to Mostar soon again, probably sometime in April, because there is a presentation that I would have to deliver in our Civilization of the USA class.

 

Best,
Draga

Dear all

Even though I am aware that this blog has to be about our courses and our Department,   I really have no idea what to write about. I am really short of ideas and inspiration. Therefore,  I have to emphasize that it would be much better to have a topic assigned by our Morphosyntax teacher as it was the case in the last semester. I can write about problems we are facing – such as lack of teachers, lack of motivation, lack of modern equipment, no decision about electives yet etc., but I am sure that everyone is aware of those problems and it would be just for the sake of writing.

So this post would be my appeal to our Morphosyntax teacher to assign us a topic to write about. That will give us the opportunity to compare our opinions about the same issues and might be helpful for finding  solutions to at least some of those problems. 

Regards from Sarajevo!

Draga  

Dear robbers

Robbing anything is a really lousy thing to do but robbing our poor University premises is lowest of the low. I did not know that it took place since I am not in Mostar anymore but when my colleagues told me that a robbery had been perpetrated on our University premises and that our projector had been stolen, I was really speechless. I really wonder what kind of sick mind could come up with such an idea and what is next? Schools, kindergartens, hospitals?  Bear in mind that your children may go to the very same University one day and that they and their professors may find themselves in the same situation if somebody robs the University then.      

Just to say hello.

Hello everyone. This is my first blog ever. You are all welcome to comment on any posts that may appear in the future. Thank you. Best. Draga