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A Greimassian Reading of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 《古水手诗咏》的格莱马西式解读

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0011

F. Rahmani, Hossein Pirnajmuddin

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The Postcommunist Supplement: The Revision of Postcolonial Theory from the East European Quarter 后共产主义补充:东欧地区对后殖民理论的修正

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0008

B. Ștefănescu

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Abortion Travels in Contemporary American Cinema: Parental Consent and the Bumpy Ride to Termination in Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s Unpregnant 当代美国电影中的堕胎之旅:伊丽莎·希特曼的《从不很少，有时总是》和雷切尔·李·戈登伯格的《未怀孕》中父母的同意和流产的颠簸之旅

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0007

Raluca Andreescu

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The Translatability of Poetry: Phonaesthesia, Sound Iconicity, Orchestration, and Aesthetic Function. A Case Study of Poe’s The Raven 诗歌的可译性:音感、声音象似性、编曲和审美功能。以爱伦·坡的《乌鸦》为例

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0009

Maria-Teodora Creangă

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The Literary Politics of Scottish Devolution: Voice, Class, Nation 苏格兰权力下放的文学政治:声音、阶级、民族

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2021-0023

Raluca-Georgiana Deaconeasa

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The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language 《字典之战:美国人对英语的争夺

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2021-0026

Adriana Neagu

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Homes for Canadians (II) 加拿大人的家园(II)

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2021-0021

David Brian Howard

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Scottish Literature: Representing the Nation in the Age of the Post-National 苏格兰文学:后民族时代的民族代表

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2021-0014

Petronia Popa-Petrar

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“Daft naff Scottish things”: Stuff, Waste and Memory Objects in Jackie Kay’s Trumpet “愚蠢的苏格兰东西”:杰基·凯的小号里的东西、废物和记忆物品

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2021-0015

C. Borbély

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Modernism, Postmodernism and the Nature of the Times: A Conversation with Randall Stevenson 现代主义、后现代主义与时代本质——与兰德尔·史蒂文森对话

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2021-0020

Adriana Neagu

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