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Place-Identity, People, and Existence: Reorienting Heideggerian 'Dasein' toward Postmodern Literary Geography of Allahabad City in Neelum Saran Gour's Select Narratives 地点——身份、人与存在:尼勒姆·萨兰·古尔《叙事选集》中海德格尔“此在”对后现代阿拉哈巴德市文学地理学的重新定位

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.4.0463

Chhandita Das, P. Tripathi

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Art as Symptom or Symptomatology? Performative Subjects, Capitalist Performativity, and Performance-Based Therapy in Duncan Macmillan's People, Places and Things 艺术是症状还是症状学?邓肯·麦克米伦的《人、地与物》中的表演主体、资本主义表演与表演疗法

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.4.0503

A. Fakhrkonandeh, Y. Sümbül

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Art à la the Occult: The Literary Esotericism of James Joyce's Ulysses 神秘的艺术:詹姆斯·乔伊斯《尤利西斯》的文学神秘主义

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.4.0573

J. M. George

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"The outward shows be least themselves": Speech Acts, Authority, and Visual Ambiguity in The Merchant of Venice “外在表现是最不真实的”:《威尼斯商人》中的言语行为、权威与视觉模糊

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.4.0437

Jeanette E. Goddard

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Introduction : "Infinite Combinations": Hybridity in Star Trek “无限组合”:《星际迷航》中的混合

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.3.0289

James M. Decker, Jackie Hogan

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"Am I real?": Hybridity, Strategic Multiplicity, and Self-Actualization in Star Trek: Picard “我是真的吗?”《星际迷航:皮卡德》中的混杂性、战略多样性和自我实现

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.3.0338

Kyoko Kishimoto, Matthew D. Barton, Edward M. Sadrai, Michael B. Dando, Sharon Cogdill

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Ethics, Experimentalism, and Hybrid Purpose: Navigating Science and the Military in Star Trek: Discovery 伦理、实验主义和混合目的:《星际迷航:发现》中的导航科学和军事

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.3.0389

O. Cade

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Star Trek: Voyager—The Monstrousness of Humans in "Scorpion, Parts 1 & 2" 《星际迷航:旅行者》——《蝎子》(上、下)中人类的怪物

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.3.0319

Judith Clemens‐Smucker

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Spock's Jewish Hybridity 斯波克的犹太混血

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.3.0407

Eliza Gellis

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A Culture of One: Cultural Homogenization across the Star Trek Universe 一个人的文化:《星际迷航》宇宙中的文化同质化

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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.23.3.0368

Francis Steven Mickus

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