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The Academic Conference in Fiction 小说学术会议

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0011

Merritt Moseley

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On Writing and College Life: Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl as a Campus Novel 写作与大学生活:作为校园小说的Rainbow Rowell的fanggirl

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0005

Petr Anténe

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Fictional Campus: Its People and Their Lifestyle 虚构的校园:人们和他们的生活方式

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0006

Marzena Kraszewska

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Contemporary Black Campus Novels: Between Nostalgia and Counter-Nostalgia 当代黑人校园小说:在怀旧与反怀旧之间

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0007

F. Bacci

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Nostalgia in Dark Academia 黑暗学术界的怀旧

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0003

Maryann Nguyen

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Campus/Academic Novels and “Built-In” Nostalgia 校园/学术小说与“内在”怀旧

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0010

Corina Selejan

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“What is up With the Dude Wall?”: An Examination of Academic Portraiture, Race, and Gender in Dear White People, The Chair, and Master “Dude Wall是怎么回事?”:《亲爱的白人》、《椅子》和《大师》中学术肖像、种族和性别的考察

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0001

Laura Wright

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Academic Nostalgia in Mystery Novels Celebrating Old Polish Universities 神秘小说中的学术怀旧之情——纪念古老的波兰大学

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0004

Oksana Blashkiv

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“Oh to Be Twenty-one, Reading Greats at Oxford!”: What Happens in Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love “哦，21岁，在牛津读书很棒!”:汤姆·斯托帕德《爱的发明》中的故事

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0002

R. Cotterill

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Reviews: Julia May Jonas, Vladimir. New York: Avid Reader Press, 2022, 256 pages, ISBN 978-1982187637, paperback, USD 17.85. 评论:Julia May Jonas, Vladimir。纽约:Avid Reader出版社，2022,256页，ISBN 978-1982187637，平装本，17.85美元。

East-West Cultural Passage Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/ewcp-2022-0012

Merritt Moseley

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