Afra Alshiban
Department of English Language and Literature, College of Languages and Translation, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
DOI: 10.4236/ce.2025.169084   PDF    HTML     179 Downloads   1,201 Views   Citations

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Comics, Graphic Novels, Visual Narratives, Literary Appreciation, English Language Proficiency, Higher Education, Saudi Universities

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