Barbara Kingsolver’s. Homeland and Other Stories about Another America by Bénédicte Meillon

“…Dès le titre, le recueil de nouvelles Homeland and Other Stories oriente l’attention du lecteur vers l’importance du traitement de l’espace et des terres d’Amérique à la source de l’imaginaire de Barbara Kingsolver. …”
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Ônibus 174: um olhar sobre a violência urbana e a exclusão social by Joana Maria Eleutério

“…As the discussion progresses, another important character for the analysis emerges: Sandra Mara Herzer (1962-1982), a young woman whose life trajectory allows me to compare the two aiming to understand how these two characters who report a serious context that causes the multiplication of a series of other stories similar to theirs. It is unquestionable that, although both have achieved international visibility, there is a multitude of invisible Sandros and Sandras, living in the streets and "caregivens" institutions for children, going through the same stages of this monstrous metamorphosis that led them desperation in the final scene of their short lives.…”
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Seismic Improvement and Rehabilitation of Steel Concentric Braced Frames: A Framework-Based Review by Atefeh Soleymani, Hamed Saffari

“…On the other hand, conventional CBF constructions exposed to seismic hazards may display an unacceptable soft-story mechanism, in which drift and damage are localized in a single-story, while all the other stories are comparatively unscathed. Several research works have improved CBF seismic behavior, and different strategies have resulted in seismic improvement. …”
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Mia Couto and the enchantment of rain by Myrtle J. Hooper, Isabel B. Rawlins

“…In his preface to Rain and Other Stories, Mia Couto refers to the remaking of the world following the Mozambican civil war: ‘we soak our faces in this rain of hope, this water of benedreamtion’. …”
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The Exordium of Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Poetry by Adedotun Ogundeji

“…The narratives tell interesting stories, some of which are adapted from the Ifá corpus and other stories collected from his father, co-hunters and other sources. …”
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach by Nader Abyar, Mousa Ghonchepour, Zahra Iranmanesh

“…The tale of Hasank-e-vazir, like other stories, is shaped by the society of the time and is embedded in the social institutions of that era. …”
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Lengua y artefactos en la etnografía wichí de Alfred Métraux by Rodrigo Montani

“…This is precisely why an edited and translated version of the myth of « Woodpecker and the daughter of Sun », which Métraux collected during his fieldwork and left unpublished in his field notebooks alongside others stories, is presented. Finally, the importance of this « new » version of the myth is briefly discussed.…”
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Development of interactive learning media based on silayar folklore to improve reading comprehension of elementary school students by Fikri Husin Batubara, Elpina Yanti Hasibuan

“…Suggestions for future research can develop other story-based learning media, not only folklore-based but also Islamic story-based, etc. …”
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