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Advances in Literary Study (ALS) is an open access journal. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in all areas of Literary Study.All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subjec…
Abdulaziz Al Mutawa
In this paper, I will demonstrate how the gothic genre facilitated the expression of social and psychological issues through the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Franz Kafka. Both authors endured troubled lives, which influenced their creation of masterpieces tha…
Niandou Aissata, Ouarodima Maina
This article analyses a specific arena where women (the friends and relatives of a senior wife) perform songs and dances to “celebrate” the arrival of a new wife in a context where polygamy is culturally and legally allowed. The article analyses f…
Gwynne Ellen Ash
Dystopian tales, both post-apocalyptic wastelands and carefully manicured ultramodern utopias, offer the opportunity to demonstrate what can happen when human rights are not respected and upheld. This paper examines the violations of children’s rights i…
Ping Wei
<i>Sister Carrie</i> is the first novel of Theodore Dreiser. The novel mainly describes the process of how Carrie, a poor country girl, becomes a famous star in Broadway. In the novel, Dreiser describes the living condition and emotional changes of Carrie viv…
Jiayi Duan, Huiyi Lu
In the mid-19th century, the United States published a series of children’s education and enlightenment periodicals, among which The Child ’ s Paper (1852-1879) sponsored by ATS, had a significant impact on domestic and international distribution. In the 1870…
Jamal Assadi
This research project undertakes a comprehensive examination of the intersection between nature and religion in Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Employing an ecofeminist position, the study meticulously analyzes five pivotal poems: “A Bird came down the Walk”, “A Na…
Mohammed Yousef Ibrahim Banat
This study examines the translation of Yahuda al-Kharizi of “Al-Maqamah Al-Baghdadiah” of al-Hariri in an analytic study. The study consists of two sections. The first section is dedicated to comparing al-Kharizi’s translation of “Al-Maqamah Al-Baghdadiah” of…
Craig Potts, Susan Philip
This paper explores the progression of women through the medium of social capital within the extant works of Euripides, with an aim to ascertain the level of influence social capital held in the progression of the Euripidean female. In order to achieve this,…
Victor Strandberg
“Cracking the WASP Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word” is a study in Literature and Language. The “Language” component is the idea of the Soul Word, used here as a generic term for words that represent a code of values and behavior that is admired and aspire…
Nèma Touhou-Diakite, Toualou Stéphane Blimi, 1 1
This research aims to examine the entrenched gender-based violence encompassing issues such as domestic abuse, societal oppression, and the psychological toll of gender-based expectations. Simultaneously, it explores the emergence of a new female archetype wh…
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Advances in Literary Study (ALS) is an open access journal. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in all areas of Literary Study.All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subjec… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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