Ekphrasis, Description and Realism in Ahmad Mahmoud’s The Pilgrim under the Rain by Alireza Omidbakhsh, Razieh Aran, hesam khaloee

“…Zairi Zir Baran story collection includes twelve short stories. These stories, while simple in expression and content, depict the author's descriptive style in expressing his dominant themes and concerns. …”
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Feminism and Faith: Exploring Christian Spaces in the Writing of Sara Maitland and Michèle Roberts by Arina LUNGU-CIRSTEA

“…Nonetheless while Maitland focused on revising Christianity by making it incorporate essential points on the feminist agenda, Roberts felt the imperious need to discard her religious identity in order to become “her own woman”; moreover, in her 2007 autobiography Paper Houses she describes her Catholic upbringing as “authoritarian and misogynistic” (16).My essay addresses questions regarding the challenge of articulating one’s spiritual identity as a concatenation of feminism and faith; with this end in mind, I am drawing a comparative perspective between Maitland’s collection of short-stories A Book of Spells, in conjunction with selected essays, on the one hand, and Roberts” acclaimed novel Daughters of the House, on the other. …”
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Junior high school's EFL teachers' reading habits and literacy practices by Ni Komang Arie Suwastini, Ni Kadek Citrawati, Ni Wayan Surya Mahayanti, Nice Maylani Asril, I Gusti Agung Sri Rwa Jayantini

“…The teachers read a combination of material: online or printed textbooks/modules/articles, online/printed newspapers and magazines, and literary texts such as online/printed novels, short stories, and poems. They mostly read for professional and pleasure purposes, and a small number of teachers reads for test preparation. …”
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The Application of Literary Theories in Literary Texts by Sandy Ferianda

“…The primary source was some of the literary theories in the literary works such as novel and short stories. The secondary source was gathered through reading journals, articles, and books. …”
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Sumber Imajinasi Kreatif Ahmad Tohari dalam Menulis Karya Sastra (Source of Ahmad Tohari's Creative Imagination in Writing Literary Works) by Abdul Wachid Bambang Suharto, Endah Kusumaningrum

“…Ahmad Tohari also tries to continue to search for the meaning of life which is represented in the characters in the short stories. Islam is used as a source of life guidelines for ethics and aesthetics in the texts written by Ahmad Tohari.…”
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Exploraciones personales sobre las condiciones precedentes de la violencia sexual en el marco del conflicto armado enColombia by Paula Natalia Rincón Chitiva, Juan Felipe Monroy Simbaqueba

“…The research invokes the use of literary tools (four short stories written by us) and states through non-academic language of the personal repercussions during the realization of this investigation.…”
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Intersemiotic Translation: From Medieval Poetry to Modern Movie by Leila Nik Nasab

“…In Attar's works, many long and short stories can be found, which have been repeatedly adapted for the stage both inside and outside the country. …”
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Constructing Identities: Amos Tutuola and the Ibadan Literary Elite in the wake of Nigerian Independence by Mackenzie Finley

“…They’re afraid to meet the ghosts from the dead” (emphasis in original).1 Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was recognized globally for his perpetuation of Yoruba folklore tradition via novels and short stories written in unconventional English. His works, especially The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952) and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954), were translated into numerous European languages, including Italian. …”
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