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Violence, relation and beauty in Toni Jensen’s “Women in the Fracklands” 托妮·詹森《荒原上的女人》中的暴力、关系与美

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World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.9

Silvia Martínez-falquina

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Resilience and ethics of care against racial capitalism in David Chariandy’s Brother 《大卫·查里安迪的兄弟》中反对种族资本主义的韧性和关怀伦理

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.7

Vicent Cucarella-ramon

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VINCENT JOUVE: Pouvoirs de la fiction. Pourquoi aime-t-on les histoires? [The power of fiction. Why do we like stories?] VINCENT JOUVE:小说的力量。为什么我们喜欢故事?他的父亲是一名律师，母亲是一名律师。我们为什么喜欢故事?］

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.12

Silvia Rybárová

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Socio-ecological resilience in Sharon Bala’s The Boat People 莎朗·巴拉的《船民》中的社会生态弹性

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.6

Sara Casco-solís

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Robert B. Pynsent’s contributions to the study of Slovak literature 罗伯特·派森特对斯洛伐克文学研究的贡献

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.11

Charles Sabatos

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Re-examining the “Hero’s Journey”: A critical reflection on literature selection for affective bibliotherapy programs on resilience 重新审视“英雄之旅”:关于心理韧性的情感阅读疗法的文献选择的批判性反思

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.10

Kendra Reynolds

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Resilience and healing in the slums of Manila: Merlinda Bobis’s The Solemn Lantern Maker 马尼拉贫民窟的复原力与疗愈:梅琳达·波比斯的《庄严的灯笼制造者》

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.1

Belén Martín-lucas

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ZUZANA KOPECKÁ: Symptómy literárnej moderny v slovenskej a českej medzivojnovej próze [Symptoms of literary modernism in Slovak and Czech interwar prose]

IF 0.2 3区文学

World Literature Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.31577/wls.2023.15.2.14

Ján Gallik

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Nurses, mothers, sisters: Relational resilience and healing vulnerability in Emma Donoghue’s The Wonder and The Pull of the Stars 护士、母亲、姐妹:艾玛·多诺霍的《奇迹》和《群星的吸引力》中的关系韧性和治愈脆弱性