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Plenitude: Values for a Journal That Speaks to Language, Literature, and Culture Studies 丰富性:一本涉及语言、文学和文化研究的期刊的价值

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1851341

T. Clark, R. Lucas, E. Palmer

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The Subject of the Discourse: Reading Online Activist Discourse for Human Capital Theory 话语主体:人力资本理论的网络行动者话语解读

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1849947

Paddy Gordon

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David Hare’s Fanshen and Hannah Arendt’s Political Views on Action and Public and Private Realms 大卫·黑尔的《范申》和汉娜·阿伦特关于行动和公共领域与私人领域的政治观点

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1735041

Fatemeh Abdous, Fazel Asadi Amjad

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‘Set Me Free': Spaces and the Politics of Creativity in Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed (2016) 《让我自由》:玛格丽特·阿特伍德的《魔女种子》中的空间和创意政治(2016)

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1735037

N. Jayendran

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Becoming Human: Dombey and Son and the Economy of the Pet 成为人类:董贝父子和宠物的经济

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1735038

Kevin A. Morrison

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Parody of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita in Umberto Eco’s ‘Granita’ 翁贝托·艾柯《格兰尼塔》中对弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫《洛丽塔》的恶搞

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1735032

Baole Cheng, Junwu Tian

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Nostalgia as Method: Contamination of Blood and Familial Ethics in Yan Lianke’s Dream of Ding Village 怀旧为法：阎连科《丁村梦》中的血液污染与家庭伦理

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2020.1735039

Haiyan Xie

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Athletic Antagonism in Wilkie Collins’s Man and Wife 威尔基·柯林斯《丈夫与妻子》中的运动对抗

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2019.1679448

Jina Moon

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Enki, Shen Nong, and the Alembic Body 恩基，神农，和阿伦比克体

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2019.1679444

F. Fang, Keith Dickson

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Intertwined Traumas: Narrative and Testimony in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness 交织的创伤:约瑟夫·康拉德《黑暗之心》的叙述与见证

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Journal of Language Literature and Culture Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2019.1679449

Ahmed Ben Amara

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