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Re-visiting Sophocles’ Antigone: Dr. Dina Amin’s 2022 Egyptian Version Antigone’s Law 重新审视索福克勒斯的《安提戈涅》：迪娜-阿明博士的 2022 年埃及版《安提戈涅法

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20240902.12

Mariham El-Assal

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A Study on Feminism and Female Consciousness in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple 研究爱丽丝-沃克《紫色》中的女性主义和女性意识

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20240902.11

Priyanka Sharma, Jitendra Sharma

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Subjugation of Indigenous Land: The Geographical Depletion of Place Depicted in Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit 征服土著土地：琳达-霍根的《卑劣的精神》中描绘的地域枯竭

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20240901.14

Xiaofang Sun

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Effects of Applying Problem Based Learning (PBL) Strategy Use on Students’ Oral Vocabulary as One Aspect of Speaking Performance 基于问题的学习（PBL）策略的应用对学生口语词汇量（口语表现的一个方面）的影响

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20240901.13

Fekadu Adam Jeldu, Zeleke Teshome Lucha, Jira Jabessa Feyisa

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Harmonizing Two Horizons: Literature and Medicine in Poetry of John Keats 协调两个地平线：约翰-济慈诗歌中的文学与医学

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.11648/ellc.20240901.12

Yogesh Sumantrao Kashikar

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Harmonizing Two Horizons: Literature and Medicine in Poetry of John Keats 协调两个地平线：约翰-济慈诗歌中的文学与医学

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.11648/ellc.20240901.12

Yogesh Sumantrao Kashikar

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Globalization, Orature and the Preservation of Animal Species: The Example of Conversation on Cross River Gorilla in Bechati Tradition 全球化、文学与动物物种保护：以贝查提传统中关于跨河大猩猩的对话为例

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20240901.11

Tatang Banda

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Allegorical Dissections of Capitalism: A Post-Modern Reading of José Saramago's The Cave 资本主义的寓言式剖析：何塞-萨拉马戈《洞穴》的后现代解读

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20230804.15

Divya Ram Krishnan, M. Dugaje

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The Construction of Female Discourse Authority: An Analysis of To the Lighthouse from the Perspective of Feminist Narratology 女性话语权威的构建：从女性主义叙事学的角度分析《到灯塔去》（To the Lighthouse

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2023-11-11 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20230804.14

Ziying Guan

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The Language of Official Communiques in Cameroon: Interpretations and Attitudes

喀麦隆官方公报的语言：解释与态度

English Language, Literature & Culture Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI: 10.11648/j.ellc.20230804.13

Julius Angwah

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