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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.52547/jls.8.22.1

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The Analysis Beauty as Represented in Mawlawī’s Oeuvre: A Plotinusian Reading 毛lawi作品中所表现的美的分析:普罗提诺主义解读

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.52547/jls.8.22.69

Mahsoumeh shakouri, Koros Karimpasandi, naeme kialashaki, Maryam shadmohamadi80@yahoo.com

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.2010930

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.2010934

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Ecocritical Concerns in Select Afrikaans Narrative Works: Critical Perspectives 选择南非荷兰语叙事作品中的生态批评问题:批判视角

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.1997169

Susan M. Meyer

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Intensification of Biopolitical Strategies: Governing Bodies’ Treatment of Apocalyptic Zombification in Max Brook’s World War Z 生命政治策略的强化:马克斯·布鲁克《僵尸世界大战》中管理机构对末世僵尸化的处理

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.1997165

H. Mohseni

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Redaksionele nota Redaksionele注

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.2010931

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The Role of Prostitutes in the Political Economy of Corruption in Ben Mtobwa’s Pesa Zako Zinanuka and Dares Salaam Usiku 妓女在本·姆托瓦的Pesa Zako Zinanuka和dare Salaam Usiku的腐败政治经济学中的作用

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.1997163

Wendo Nabea

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A Weberian Reading of Henry James’s The Ambassadors 亨利·詹姆斯《使节》的韦伯解读

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.1997162

A. Yiğit

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The Witness of Poetry: Holocaust Representation in Abraham Sutzkever and David Fram 诗歌的见证:亚伯拉罕·苏茨凯弗和大卫·弗拉姆的大屠杀再现

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Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2021.1997170

H. Frankel

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