Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities最新文献

The Self-made Victim in the Crosshairs of East-West Confrontation: Ravi’s Odyssey in O V Vijayan’s The Legends of Khasak 东西方对抗中的自作自受者：O V Vijayan 的《卡萨克传奇》中的拉维奥德赛

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.05

Jerome Vadackel

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Victimhood Self-construal, Irony of Tears and Melancholy amid Wealth: Critical Assessment of Select Literary and Visual Metaphors on the Niger Delta Environmental Despoilment 受害者的自我概念、眼泪的讽刺和财富中的忧郁：对尼日尔河三角洲环境破坏的部分文学和视觉隐喻的批判性评估

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.14

Thank-God I. Igwenagu, Alphonsus C. Ugwu, Norbert O. Eze, Emeka Aniago

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Construction of Ideal Self in Salman Rushdie’s Victory City 萨尔曼-拉什迪《胜利之城》中理想自我的构建

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.15

V. R. Amirthavarshini, R. Bhuvaneswari

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Portrayal of Patriarchal Subjugation of Women in the Selected Works of Anita Nair 阿妮塔-奈尔作品选》对父权制压迫妇女的描绘

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.08

Divyani Sharma, Swati Chauhan

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Poetics of Self in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus: A Postcolonial Bildungsroman Study 阿迪契《紫色木槿花》中的自我诗学：后殖民童话研究

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.06

Nitisha Seoda, Devendra Kumar Sharma

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The Narrative Construction of National Identity in Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People 纳丁-戈迪默《七月的人们》中的国家认同叙事构建

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.12

Aparajita Dutta Hazarika, Smita Devi

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Postcolonial Trauma in the Lives of Indian Tribes 印第安部落生活中的后殖民创伤

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.11

Nihal Zainab, H. Sofia

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Exploring Black Writers’ Literary Strategies for Interdependence and Global Solidarity 探索黑人作家促进相互依存和全球团结的文学策略

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.10

Ananya Buragohain, Lakshminath Kagyung

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Identity versus Identity Crisis: An Analysis of Erikson’s Epigenetic Principle in Isabel Allende’s Daughter of Fortune 身份认同与身份危机：伊莎贝尔-阿连德《命运的女儿》中的埃里克森表观遗传学原理分析

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.04

P. Sarojini

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Patient’s Consent and Autonomy in Jerry Pinto’s Em and the Big Hoom 杰里-平托的《小艾和大胡姆》中的病人同意和自主权

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v15n4.18

Nimisha Tiwari, Aratrika Das

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