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Shaping the Canon. The International Profile of Viața Românească (1906-1916) 塑造佳能。Viața romascei的国际概况(1906-1916)

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.05

Daiana Gârdan

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Mission Possible: Intercultural Communication and the Quest for Finding Shared Meaning 可能的使命：跨文化交际与寻找共同意义的探索

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.11

Zaher Alajlani

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Crossing Borders in Film Theory and Adaptation Studies 电影理论与改编研究中的跨界

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.09

C. Gheorghe

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Time as the Rhythm of Theoretical Practices 时间是理论实践的节奏

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.12

István Berszán

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Donald W. Winnicott’s Theory, Literature, and Migration 唐纳德·温尼科特的理论、文学与移民

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.10

Monica Manolachi

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Fiction May Confront Theories. Locating Determinism of the Newspeak in G. Orwell’s 1984 小说可能面对理论。奥威尔《1984》中新话决定论的定位

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.14

C. Constantinescu

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Switching between Codes, Social Personas and Seminar Activities. A Case Study of Localized Hypersubjectivities Constructing a Laboratory-Based Superdiverse Micro-Community 在代码、社交角色和研讨会活动之间切换。本土化超主体性案例研究——构建一个基于实验室的超多元微观社区

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.15

O. Papuc

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Reconsidering The World Republic of Letters: A Qualunque Community of Literatures 重新思考《世界文学共和国》：一个四方文学共同体

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.06

H. Karaman

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The Vernaculars of No One, Really. The (Un?)Translatable Fictional Languages 《无人的白话》，真的。可翻译的虚构语言

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.08

A. Chiorean

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(Post)colonial Chronopolitics and Mapping the Depth of Local Time(s) in Global Literary Studies: an Itinerary to Guinea-Bissau (后)殖民时代政治与绘制全球文学研究中当地时间的深度:几内亚比绍之旅

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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.24193/mjcst.2021.12.04

Ewa Lukaszyk

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