The Abyss of the Everyday: “Micro-trauma” Narratives in 21st-Century American Domestic Fiction

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SHEN You. The Abyss of the Everyday: “Micro-trauma” Narratives in 21st-Century American Domestic Fiction[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2026, 26(4): 229-236.

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