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Invisible or inaudible? The representation of working-class immigrants in the short fiction of Junot Díaz 看不见还是听不见？朱诺·迪亚斯短篇小说中工人阶级移民的表现

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00034_1

Mónica Fernández Jiménez

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‘J’ai mon silence’: The interrelations of sound, voice and silence in three short stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner1 西尔维娅·汤森·华纳的三篇短篇小说《我爱你，寂静》中声音、声音和寂静的相互关系

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00036_1

D. Malcolm

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Aural disturbance in the stories of M. R. James 詹姆斯小说中的听觉障碍

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00039_1

Tracy Hayes

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Soundscapes, evocalization and poetics of the everyday in ‘An Epiphany Tale’ by George Mackay Brown 乔治·麦凯·布朗的《顿悟故事》中日常生活的音景、唤起和诗学

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00041_1

Halszka Leleń

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Gothic soundscapes and rhythm in Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories 埃德加·爱伦·坡短篇小说中的哥特式音景与节奏

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00040_1

Lucie Ratail

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‘Shopping List’ '购物清单'

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00017_7

Amy Lilwall, Rupert Loydell

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Editorial 社论

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00010_2

A. Cox

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The short story and the bigger picture: Epiphanic analepses and violence in American literature 短篇小说与大局：美国文学中的主显节狂欢与暴力

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00002_1

Joanna Wilson-Scott

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Happy objects and cruel optimism in Carson McCullers’ story ‘Correspondence’ 卡森-麦卡勒斯小说《通信》中的快乐对象与残酷乐观

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00005_1

E. Bell

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Chekhov’s fiddle: Towards a musical poetics of fiction 契诃夫的小提琴:走向小说的音乐诗学

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/fict_00006_1

Alexander Creighton

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