Focus and Scope
The Journal of the English Literator Society is dedicated to covering a broad range of topics within the field of English Studies. Our main areas of focus include:
- Postcolonial Narratives and Resistance
- This section examines how literature and cultural texts articulate resistance, hybridity, and decolonization in postcolonial societies.
- We welcome papers on subversion of colonial discourse, indigenous epistemologies, and the reclamation of marginalised voices.
- Gender and Sexuality in Literary Discourse
- Contributions may explore feminist, queer, and non-binary perspectives in literature, analysing how language constructs or challenges gender norms.
- Topics include intersectionality, erotic literatures, and gendered power dynamics in texts.
- Digital Humanities and Literary Studies
- This theme investigates the intersection of technology and literature, including digital archives, algorithmic criticism, and hypertext narratives.
- Papers may address AI-generated literature, digital storytelling, or computational analysis of texts.
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Writing
- We invite analyses of how literature engages with climate change, ecological crises, and human-nature relationships.
- Submissions may focus on eco-poetics, speculative eco-fiction, or indigenous environmental thought.
- Translation Studies and Cross-Cultural Exchange
- This section explores the politics, aesthetics, and challenges of literary translation.
- Contributions may discuss untranslatability, translator visibility, or adaptations across linguistic and cultural borders.
- Diaspora Literature and Transnational Identities
- Papers may examine displacement, nostalgia, and cultural hybridity in diasporic writing.
- Themes include migrant narratives, globalization’s impact on identity, and intergenerational memory.
- Oral Traditions and Folklore in Modern Contexts
- We seek studies on the revival, adaptation, or subversion of oral narratives, myths, and folk arts in contemporary media.
- Topics range from digital folklore to the commodification of traditional storytelling.
- Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism
- This theme analyzes how language diversity shapes urban/rural spaces, education, and cultural policies.
- Submissions may explore code-switching, language endangerment, or visual semiotics in public texts.
- Trauma and Memory in Literature
- Contributions may investigate representations of collective or personal trauma, from war narratives to testimonial literatures.
- Approaches include psychoanalytic readings, Holocaust studies, or post-memory in fiction.
- Popular Culture and Literary Adaptations
- This section examines adaptations of literature into film, graphic novels, or streaming series.
- Papers may analyse fan cultures, transmedia storytelling, or the commodification of classics.
- Caste and Class in Literary Representation
- We invite critiques of how caste hierarchies and class struggles are depicted in regional and global literatures.
- Submissions may address Dalit writing, proletarian literature, or subaltern voices.
- Philosophical Undercurrents in Literature
- Papers may explore existentialism, absurdism, or Eastern/Western philosophical dialogues in literary texts.
- Themes include ethics of storytelling, metaphysics in poetry, or literature as moral inquiry.
- Children’s and Young Adult Literature
- This theme interrogates ideology, pedagogy, and evolving trends in literature for young readers.
- Topics include dystopian YA fiction, posthumanism in children’s books, or censorship debates.
- Disability Studies and Narrative Representation
- Contributions may analyse how disability is constructed in literature, film, or cultural discourse.
- Submissions on crip theory, inclusive language, or neurodiverse narratives are welcome.
- Satire, Humour, and the Carnivalesque
- This section explores subversive humour, parody, and grotesque realism across cultures.
- Papers may examine political satire, dark comedy, or the liberatory power of laughter.
