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How to begin a sequel? 如何开始制作续集?

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0005

P. Hajdu

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The scope of empirical narratology 经验叙事学的范围

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0008

Andreas Wirag

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Virtual labyrinths: Nancy K. Miller’s and Susan Gubar’s narratives of cancer 虚拟迷宫:南希·k·米勒和苏珊·古巴对癌症的叙述

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0015

R. Baena

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Viewing the world through Lucy Corin’s “Eyes of Dogs” 通过露西·科林的“狗的眼睛”看世界

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0013

Nathan D. Frank

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Frontmatter

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-frontmatter2

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Narrative instabilities 叙述不稳定

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0011

John Pier

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Re-living the city: The urban time-loop of Russian Doll 重新生活的城市:俄罗斯娃娃的城市时间循环

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0014

Orin Posner

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Playing stories? 玩的故事呢?

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0012

Bettina Bódi, Jan-Noël Thon

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Literature as an experience of globalisation: An interview with Svend Erik Larsen 文学作为全球化的一种体验:采访斯文·埃里克·拉森

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0010

Li Shuling, Svend Erik Larsen

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The shapes of stories: A “resonator” model of plot structure 故事的形态:情节结构的“共鸣器”模型

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Frontiers of Narrative Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI: 10.1515/fns-2020-0016

Steven Brown, Carmen Tu

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