CUNY Academic Commons | Nikola Durkovic | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ndurkovic/activity/ Activity feed for Nikola Durkovic. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 b51260926c6ba2026726ed1135f045ba Nikola Durkovic joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/261441/ Tue, 25 Mar 2014 01:50:19 -0400 5922c7846b9001758fed108294df34eb Nikola Durkovic wrote a new post on the site Approaches to Life Writing, Fall 2013 http://lifewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/19/thinking-about-the-year-of-magical-thinking-by-joan-didion/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 01:42:39 -0500 I am in the middle of the process of writing my final paper and some thoughts and questions are going through my head so I wanted to share them.

Although “The Year of Magical Thinking” speaks of terrible […]

]]> 223b5ff2324069fede9c803f912ff21b Nikola Durkovic wrote a new post on the site Approaches to Life Writing, Fall 2013 http://lifewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/19/the-year-of-magical-thinking-by-joan-didion/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 01:20:13 -0500 In “The Year of Magical Thinking”, Joan Didion writes about the year she tried to come to terms with twin calamities of December 2003: the life threataning sickness of her daughter and death of her husband. This […]

]]> 6fc7054ea78af3d62249d75910e4cb85 Nikola Durkovic wrote a new post on the site Approaches to Life Writing, Fall 2013 http://lifewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/26/suggested-reading-to-go-along-with-sylvia-plaths-the-bell-jar/ Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:40:08 -0500 Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault
 

French philosopher is exploring what does it mean to be mad?

“Foucault traces the conception of madness as it […]

]]> e381e9edb27d6d4400362db68c2ccdf9 Nikola Durkovic wrote a new post on the site Approaches to Life Writing, Fall 2013 http://lifewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/26/discussion-questions-for-sylvia-plaths-the-bell-jar/ Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:04:48 -0500 1. Is “The Bell Jar” a novel? Why?

2. Is Plath’s portrayal of mental illness convincing?

3. How does our knowledge that Plath eventually killed herself affect our reading of the book?

4. What does the […]

]]> 6f1082beec1b5770b8f912666910769d Nikola Durkovic changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/217305/ Sat, 31 Aug 2013 02:05:50 -0400 1f6fb537a782bd8a71350f95c30d433d Nikola Durkovic became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/217304/ Sat, 31 Aug 2013 02:02:20 -0400