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Future present: cli-fi’s representational challenge 未来的现在：Cli-Fi 在表现形式上的挑战

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00755-8

Simon C. Estok

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Representing stream of consciousness in comics: definition and categorization 在漫画中表现意识流：定义与分类

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00744-x

Xu Lian

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Electronic literary creation: dialogues through cultural recycling 电子文学创作：通过文化再循环进行对话

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00749-6

Laura Sánchez Gómez

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The time of data. theoretical thinking, statistical thinking 数据时代。理论思维、统计思维

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00743-y

Alexandre Gefen

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Past present: Coal and Hard Times 过去现在煤炭与艰难岁月

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00747-8

Z. Gizem Yιlmaz

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“Give me the blade. Some things are worth spilling blood for.” Madeline Miller’s Circe and the issue of claiming agency "把刀给我有些东西值得我们为之抛头颅洒热血"。玛德琳-米勒（Madeline Miller）的《西尔塞》（Circe）与主张代理权的问题

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00735-y

Zuzanna Raczyńska

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Historical fiction: From historical accuracy to prosthetic memory 历史小说：从历史准确性到义肢记忆

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00740-1

Alicja Bemben

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Always needed, always hunted. Witches, female healthcare, and the need for a female history in Ami McKay’s The witches of New York 总是被需要，总是被追捕。阿米-麦凯的《纽约女巫》中的女巫、女性保健以及对女性历史的需求

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00739-8

Nina Marie Voigt

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“You are the spawn of Cain!” Grendel’s mother’s literary appropriations "你是该隐的后代！"格伦德尔母亲的文学侵占

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00732-1

Katarzyna Myśliwiec

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Robin Hood and resistance: the spatial ethics of “felaushyp” in A Lytell Gest of Robyn Hode 罗宾汉与抵抗：《罗宾-霍德的莱特尔盖斯特》中的 "feraushyp "空间伦理

IF 0.2 4区文学

NEOHELICON Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11059-024-00738-9

Christian Beck

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