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Destitutionalised Reading of Gender and Caste in Baburao Bagul’s Short Stories 巴布劳·巴古尔短篇小说中性别与种姓的贫困解读

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i1.001

Kavita Patil

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The Posthuman in Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri and Agantuk- Embracing the Redefined Self 雷的Aranyer Din Ratri和Agantuk中的后人类-拥抱重新定义的自我

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i2.013

Shreosi Roy Chowdhury

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Negotiating Gender and Sexuality: A Study of Preeti Shenoy’s The Rule Breakers 性别与性的谈判:普里蒂·谢诺伊的《规则破坏者》研究

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i1.008

Mousumi Kundu

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Voices of the Marginal: Comparative Analysis of Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi” and Asit Rai’s Yantrana 边缘的声音:马哈维塔·德维的《德拉帕迪》与阿西特·拉伊的《扬特拉纳》比较分析

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i1.010

Rathika Subba

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Longing for Possibilities: A Learning and Literacy of Love 渴望可能性:爱的学习和素养

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i2.015

Shyam Patel

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(Re)fashioning the Tribal Self-image: Reading Contemporary Tribal Writings from India in Translation (再)塑造部落自我形象:解读当代印度部落作品的翻译

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i2.009

Rishav Dutta

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The Chosen of God: Interrogating Fatherhood, Hegemonic Masculinity and the “Chosen” Family/Nation in Noah (2014) 《上帝的选民:对《诺亚》中父性、霸权男性和“选民”家庭/国家的质疑》(2014)

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i2.016

J. Mishra

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Representation of Migrant Women Workers and their Negotiations with the Nation: A Study of Selected Sri Lankan English Fiction 流动女工的代表性及其与国家的谈判——斯里兰卡英语小说选集研究

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2022.v03i2.011

Merinnage Nelani De Costa

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The Defense of the Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Communication in the Literary Laboratory with a Focus on the Verse Narratives by Heinrich Kaufringer 21世纪人文学科的防御:文学实验室中的交流——以海因里希·考弗林格的诗歌叙事为中心

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2022.v03i2.003

A. Classen

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The Unintended Repercussions of Technological Breakthrough in Satyajit Ray’s The Diary of a Space Traveller and its Implication on the Status Quo of Artificial Intelligence: A Case Study Through the Lens of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle 萨蒂亚吉特·雷的《太空旅行者日记》中技术突破的意外影响及其对人工智能现状的启示——以海森堡不确定性原理为例

New Literaria Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.48189/nl.2023.v04i2.002

Apurba Biswas

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