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Discourse and Madness in Shadows in the Sun 阳光下的阴影》中的话语与疯狂

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0437

Srijani Nag, Sayan Chattopadhyay

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Women’s Dilemma of Love: An Ethical Literary Interpretation of Miss Sophie’s Diary by Ding Ling 女性的爱情困境丁玲《苏菲小姐日记》的伦理文学解读

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0462

Xinxin Qi

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Negotiating Demons of the Mind: Psychological Distress, Social Apathy and Victimhood in Tagore’s The Garden (Malancha) 与心魔谈判：泰戈尔《花园》（马兰恰）中的心理困扰、社会冷漠和受害者身份

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0414

Argha Kumar Banerjee

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The “kala–admi” and the “golden-haired, fair-complexioned hero”: Racial Othering and the Question of the Aboriginals in the Fairy Tale Collections of Colonial Bengal 卡拉阿德米 "和 "金发碧眼的英雄"：殖民时期孟加拉童话集中的种族他者化和原住民问题

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0476

Sarani Roy

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The Weather Is Dirty: Jane Austen’s Use of Nature as a Social Agent 天气很脏简-奥斯汀利用自然作为社会媒介

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0403

Monika Z. Moore

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Improvisation in Jack Kerouac’s “Jazz” Writing: Intersubjectivity, Authenticity, and the Collectivist Utopia 杰克-凯鲁亚克 "爵士 "写作中的即兴创作：主体间性、真实性和集体主义乌托邦

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0497

Talal Hochard

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A Review of Psychoanalysis and Literary Theory: An Introduction 精神分析与文学理论》评论：导论

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.4.0523

A. Arsene

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“Half Savage and Hardy, and Free”: The Search for Self in Wuthering Heights “半野蛮，半野蛮，半自由”:《呼啸山庄》中的自我追寻

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.3.0293

Emily Crider

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The Literary Critic and Creative Writer as Antagonists: Golding’s The Paper Men 文学评论家与创意作家的对立:戈尔丁的《纸人》

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.3.0338

Arya Aryan

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Retransmission of Culture through Literary Translation: Turkish–Ukrainian Interliterary Contact 文学翻译中的文化再传播:土耳其-乌克兰文学间接触

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.25.3.0354

I. Prushkovska

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