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The Historical Novel: Past, Reality and Future from Interpretation to Sociological Analysis 历史小说：从解读到社会学分析的过去、现实与未来

IF 0.9 2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2024.a916604

Paweł Ćwikła

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“Nothing was solved, only accelerated”: Contemporary Berlin Novels as Gentrifictions "没有解决，只有加速"：作为城市化的当代柏林小说

IF 0.9 2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2024.a916605

Hanna Henryson, Maria Sulimma

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Bibliographic Metaparatexts and the Author Function of Librarians 书目元文本与图书馆员的作者职能

IF 0.9 2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2024.a916606

Rob E. King

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The Ethics of Animal Excess: Violence and Bataillean Vigilance in Ian McEwan's Black Dogs 动物过度的伦理:伊恩·麦克尤恩的《黑狗》中的暴力和警惕性

2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.a908404

Ian Tan

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The Neuroscience of Literary Time Travel: How Literary Works Cross Historical Distance 文学时间旅行的神经科学:文学作品如何跨越历史距离

2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.a908405

Paul B. Armstrong

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Thematic Abstraction at Work in the World: A Case Study from China with Global Implications 主题抽象在世界上的作用:一个来自中国的案例研究与全球影响

2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.a908402

Jianlin Song, Qing Archer Zhang, James Paul Gee

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Proximities and Cross-Species Empathies in Laura Jean McKay's The Animals in That Country 劳拉·简·麦凯的《那个国家的动物》中的亲近感和跨物种共情

2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.a908401

Jessica Phillips

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The Narrative Features of Involuntary Time Loops 无意识时间循环的叙事特征

2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.a908403

Wibke Schniedermann

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"It Is Enough": St. Ogg and Caring Through the Gap “够了”:圣奥格和跨越鸿沟的关怀

2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.a908400

Heidi L. Pennington

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Toni Morrison's Authorial Audience and the Properties of Black-Centered Imaginative History 托尼·莫里森的权威受众与以黑人为中心的想象历史的性质

IF 0.9 2区文学

NARRATIVE Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/nar.2023.0013

David Witzling

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