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Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Video Game Narratives: Pandemic Themes in Covid Times Bram Stoker的《德古拉》和电子游戏叙事:新冠时代的流行主题

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.5

Vanessa L. Haddad

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Paralipomena of a Pandemic 流行病的副现象

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.8

Roberto Marchesini

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Facing the Black Death: Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter in Times of Pandemics 直面黑死病：Sigrid Undset的Kristin Lavransdatter在大流行病时代

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.6

Sissel Furuseth

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Rituals of Coexistence: Bodies and Technology during Pandemics 共存的仪式:流行病期间的身体和技术

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.9

Yvonne Förster

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Physical Isolation and Viral Information in Mira Grant’s Newsflesh Stories 米拉·格兰特新闻报道中的物理隔离与病毒信息

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-08-24 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.4

Jenni G. Halpin

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Gothic Elements in Representations of a Pandemic: Borislav Pekic’s Rabies 流行病表现中的哥特式元素：博里斯拉夫·佩基奇的《狂犬病》

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-08-24 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.3

Ana Kocić Stanković, M. Mitić

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Introduction. Pandemics in the Western Literature and Culture (20th–21st centuries) 介绍。西方文学和文化的大流行(20 - 21世纪)

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2022-08-24 DOI: 10.12697/il.2022.27.1.2

Peggy Karpouzou, Nikoleta Zampaki

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Who’s Afraid of the Werewolf? An Imagological View of Kitzberg’s Play 谁害怕狼人?基茨伯格戏剧的意象观

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Interlitteraria Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI: 10.12697/il.2021.26.2.10

Anneli Niinre

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Introduction: Texts and Theories of Travel 引言：旅游文本与理论