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The Salt of the Earth or the Murderess? The Problem of Femininity in the Novels of Agatha Christie 世上之盐还是女杀手?论阿加莎·克里斯蒂小说中的女性问题

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2021-0001

S. Baučeková

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Strategies of Cognitive Estrangement in Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 金·斯坦利·罗宾逊《纽约2140》中的认知疏远策略

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2021-0007

M. Klata

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“Passing a looped and knotted string between their hands”. The Bible, the Women’s Liberation Movement and Women’s Bonds in Michèle Roberts’s The Wild Girl “在他们的双手之间传递一根打结的绳子”。米歇尔·罗伯茨《野女孩》中的圣经、妇女解放运动和妇女纽带

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2021-0002

Ewa Rychter

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The Seriality of Stephen King’s Overlook Hotel – a Transmedial Maze 史蒂芬·金的《眺望酒店》的连续性——一个跨界的迷宫

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0005

Jovana Vujanov

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Strangers in Togetherville – Women, Physics and Popular Culture 《在一起的小镇——女人、物理和流行文化

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0007

D. Oramus

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The Use of Discourse Markers in Academic Writing by In-Service Primary School Teachers of English 小学英语在职教师在学术写作中话语标记语的使用

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0009

Oleksandr (Alexander) Kapranov

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The Trauma of Loss as a Turning Point in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Works 失去的创伤是伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔作品的转折点

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0002

Blanca Puchol Vázquez

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Representation of Rhetorical Presence in Virginia Woolf’s “Madame de Sévigné” 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫《ssam<s:1>夫人》中修辞在场的表现

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0004

Margarita Esther Sánchez Cuervo

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“Confused Anarchy and the late civil broils”: The Politics of Genre in Milton’s Histories “混乱的无政府状态和晚期的民间动乱”:弥尔顿历史中的体例政治

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0001

S. Dasgupta

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The Power of Recipes: Culinary Practice as a Strategy to Deconstruct Arab-American Identity in Diana Abu-Jaber’s Crescent 在戴安娜·阿布·贾比尔的《新月》中，食谱的力量:烹饪实践作为一种解构阿拉伯裔美国人身份的策略

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2020-0006

Ishak Berrebbah

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