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The Russian Gambit: Boris Akunin Chooses His Own Adventure 俄罗斯的甘比特：鲍里斯·阿库宁选择自己的冒险

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.02.002

Maya Vinokour

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Between Homo and Ludens: The Dichotomy of Subjectivity in The Snail on the Slope 人与人之间:《斜坡上的蜗牛》中的主体性二分法

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.02.003

Phillip A. Lobo

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The Landscape of Durance: Utopianism and Eastern Europe in Video Games 《杜兰斯的风景:电子游戏中的乌托邦主义和东欧

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.02.001

Daniil Leiderman

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This Land Is Your Land: Andrei Bitov Travels Through the Caucasus 这片土地是你的土地:安德烈·比托夫穿越高加索

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.01.003

José Vergara

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The Common Reader in Public Readings with Magic Lantern Slides in Late Imperial Russia 俄罗斯帝国后期公众阅读中常见的魔术幻灯片读者

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2021.12.001

Yana Agafonova

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Ху…лиган и громила: тридцать читательских записок и пять неизвестных “зашифрованных” портретов Маяковского 胡……利根和格罗米:30张阅读笔记和5张未知的玛雅可夫斯基“编码”肖像。

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.01.001

Андрей Россомахин (Andrey Rossomakhin)

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Метафоры рукоделия и проблематика субъектности в женской лирике Серебряного века 白银时代女性抒情作品的创作隐喻与主体性问题

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.01.002

Екатерина В. Кузнецова (E.V. Kuznetsova)

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Mayakovsky’s Neologisms: Word-Formation Models, Functions, Afterlife 马雅可夫斯基的新词:构词模式、功能、来世

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2021.12.003

Jana Kitzlerová

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Место в зверинце: Автографы Маяковского в записной книжке 1921 – 1922 г. 《动物园》中的一个地方:1921年至1922年，玛雅可夫斯基的亲笔签名。

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2022.01.004

Любовь В. Хачатурян (Liubov' Khachaturian)

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Joker as the Servant of the People. Volodymyr Zelensky, Russophone Entertainment and the Performative Turn in World Politics 小丑是人民的仆人。弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基:《俄罗斯娱乐与世界政治的表演转向》

IF 0.2 3区文学

RUSSIAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ruslit.2021.10.001

Konstantin Kaminskij

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