21 Times the Roman de Fauvel Captured what Student Life can be like

27/6/2017

As a playful end to our sneak peeks, and because listicles appear to be all the rage these days, here are 21 moments when the Roman de Fauvel strikingly depicted what student life can be like.

1. When the teacher asks for a volunteer but no one wants to:

"Eh... you go." - "No, you go!"

2. The look on your faces when you and your classmates pretend you love a certain theory because your tutor claims it is awesome:

"Do tell us all about this obscure name no one has ever heard of..."

3. That feeling you get when it’s late in the semester and all your deadlines are catching up to you:

"If I get hit by a car now, would that give me more time to finish all these essays? Asking for a friend."

4. That awkward moment when your friend catches you making selfies during class:

"Oh my God, Karen, you can't just start taking selfies during Bourdieu 101."

5. When the teacher finds out you didn’t do the required readings for their seminar:

"I'll do it next time, pinky swear!"

6. When you obtain your driver’s license and your parents finally allow you to drive their car for the first time:

"You better not spill any beer on the leather seats, boy."

7. When you’re going to order pizza, but none of your friends can agree on what they want:

"Pizza with pineapple on top? What kind of abomination are you?!"

8. That moment when you realise it’s been too long since you last went out for drinks and now you can’t hold your liquor anymore:

"I bet they totally didn't notice that."

9. When the teacher is basically just reading their powerpoint out loud and you start to wonder why you pay so much tuition every year:

"... but I will get back to this later." - *doesn't get back to the subject referenced earlier*

10. When you’re trying to fall asleep, but then you suddenly get visited by a feeling of guilt for not finishing that one deadline yet:

"Here's to another night of insomnia..."

11. When the class doesn't know what to do, but no one wants to ask the teacher for information:

12. When you finally find the time to go to a party and everyone goes crazy:

"Wow, that guy sure does look like he hasn't left his room in a while..."

13. … but then you and your friends get so drunk you need a taxi to get back home:

(I bet you've never felt as miserable as the miscarriages in this infernal cart)

14. That feeling when you sold your soul to write the perfect essay, but your teacher still thought it wasn’t all that great:

"If I could just die now that would be great, thanks"

15. When you try to catch up on course readings but your friends won’t stop asking you to go for drinks:

"Just lemme read, okay?!"

16. When you’re wondering if maybe you should give up higher education and sell your body instead:

17. Trying to balance sleep, academia, and a healthy social life:

Pick 2.

18. When, after the exam, you discuss your answers with your classmates and you start questioning everything you wrote:

"Omg, they all answered A, but I said it was B..."

19. When you’re trying to convince your teacher that the death of your favourite fictional character warrants an extension of your deadline:

"But Ned Stark's death was so unfair!"

20. When you’ve been locked inside for days trying to find a good angle for your research paper and suddenly you get blessed with inspiration:

21. And finally (hopefully), when you present your early findings at a conference and get unexpected approval from all the scholars present:

"This is the best day of my life."

Sven Gins

This post marks the end of our regular sneak peeks. We hope that you have enjoyed them, and that they have persuaded you to attend our conference this Thursday. If you would like to come but haven't registered yet, you can still do so here.

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