IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 12 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions directly to our journal. This is the eighth issue of the journal under my editorship (the 21st for …
Awareness and Utilization of E-Resources to Support Academic and Research Activities
Authors: Shahzadi Humbhi, University of Balochistan, Pakistan Shabbir Tareen, Law & Parliamentary Affairs Department Balochistan, Pakistan Abdul Raheem, University of Balochistan, Pakistan Alia Humbhi, Government Inter College Match Balochistan, Pakistan Email: shahzadihumbhi@gmail.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.08 Citation: Humbhi, S., Tareen, S., Raheem, A., & Humbhi, A (2023). Awareness and Utilization of E-Resources to Support …
The Quest for Ultimate Truth in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “In a Grove”
Author: Eugenia Prasol, Nagasaki University, Japan Email: prasol.yevheniia@nagasaki-u.ac.jp Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.07 Citation: Prasol, E. (2023). The Quest for Ultimate Truth in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “In a Grove”. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.07 Abstract The paper focuses on Akutagawa’s story “In a Grove” and examines it through the framework of literary modernism …
The Death of Fanny Godwin in Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley
Author: Jessica Zhu, Dulwich College Suzhou, China Email: jessica.zhu0324@gmail.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.06 Citation: Zhu, J. (2023). The Death of Fanny Godwin in Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.06 Abstract Fanny Godwin, as the daughter of renowned writer and activist Mary Wollstonecraft and stepdaughter of political philosopher William …
Apotheosizing Rain: An Eco-Critical Reading of Select Indian Folktales
Authors: Deborah Ann P. Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India Stephen Foster Davis, Scott Christian College, India Email: debiann95@gmail.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.05 Citation: P., D. A., & Davis, S. F. (2023). Apotheosizing Rain: An Eco-Critical Reading of Select Indian Folktales. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.05 Abstract Short article with no abstract or …
Cultural Implications of Nature and Eco-Consciousness in Select 21st Century Indian Retellings of the Mahabharata
Authors: Rashmita Devi, Rajiv Gandhi University, India Prachand Narayan Piraji, Rajiv Gandhi University, India Email: devirashmita2@gmail.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.04 Citation: Rajiv, R., & Piraji, P. N. (2023). Cultural Implications of Nature and Eco-Consciousness in Select 21st Century Indian Retellings of the Mahabharata. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.04 Abstract Ecology and …
Coronavirus: A Literary Perspective from the Arab World
Author: Manal Almehaidly, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Email: malmuhaidly@ut.edu.sa Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.03 Citation: Almehaidly, M. (2023). Coronavirus: A Literary Perspective from the Arab World. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.03 Abstract The Coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including the way we experience …
A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines
Authors: Rajbir Samal, Indian Institute of Technology, India Binod Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology, India Email: samalrajbir@gmail.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.02 Citation: Samal, R., & Mishra, B. (2023). A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.02 Abstract Widowhood, in Indian …
Disemboweled Tradition in Seishi Yokomizo’s The Honjin Murders (1946)
Author: Xinnia Ejaz, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan Email: xinnia.ejaz@yahoo.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.01 Citation: Ejaz, X. (2023). Disemboweled Tradition in Seishi Yokomizo’s The Honjin Murders (1946). IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.01 Abstract This research paper examines Seishi Yokomizo’s first postwar detective novel, The Honjin Murders (1946), which scrutinizes Japanese culture …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 2 Chief Editor: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published: November 24, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. Dr Bernard Montoneri, Chief Editor Articles Disemboweled Tradition in …
Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 12 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions on the theme of “World Fairy Tales and Folklore”. This is the seventh issue of the journal I …
Rabbit, Rabbit: Analysing the Hare/Rabbit Characters in Ukrainian and English Fairy Tales
Authors: Iryna Morozova, Odesa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine Olena Pozharytska, Odesa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine Email: morpo@ukr.net Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.08 Citation: Morozova, I., & Pozharytska, O. (2023). Rabbit, Rabbit: Analysing the Hare/Rabbit Characters in Ukrainian and English Fairy Tales. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.08 Abstract Artistic images of animal characters …
Niabai, the Weaver: Omitting More Than Just Violence
Author: Widjati Hartiningtyas, Independent Researcher, Indonesia Email: widjati@gmail.com Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.07 Citation: Hartiningtyas, W. (2023). Niabai, the Weaver: Omitting More Than Just Violence. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.07 Abstract Short article with no abstract of keywords.
Archetypal Analysis of H. C. Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling: Turning a Loser into a Winner
Author: Anna Toom, Touro University, USA Email: annatoom@gmail.com Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.06 Citation: Toom, A. (2023). Archetypal Analysis of H. C. Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling: Turning a Loser into a Winner. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.06 Abstract The current article is devoted to the study of H. C. Andersen’s fairy tale …
Trauma and Fairy Tales in Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
Author: Yevheniia Prasol, Nagasaki University, Japan Email: eugenia.prasol@gmail.com Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.05 Citation: Prasol. Y. (2023). Trauma and Fairy Tales in Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.05 Abstract This article deals with the metaphoric representation of childhood traumatic experiences through references to European fairy …
Perception through the Personified: A Study of Children’s Folklore from Bihar, India
Authors: Mallika Tosha, Delhi Technological University, India Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, Delhi Technological University, India Email: mallikanatyam@gmail.com Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.04 Citation: Tosha, M., & Dwivedi, R. R. (2023). Perception through the Personified: A Study of Children’s Folklore from Bihar, India. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.04 Abstract The research explores the children-related …
A Treatise on the Unpublished Manuscript of The Little Prince Discovered in 2012
Author: Bernard Montoneri, Independent Researcher, Taiwan Email: montoneri@aol.fr Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.03 Citation: Montoneri, B. (2023). A Treatise on the Unpublished Manuscript of The Little Prince Discovered in 2012. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.03 Abstract Short article with no abstract of keywords.
Understanding Eco-Sustainability through Lotha Naga Folktales: Analyzing Jasmine Patton’s A Girl Swallowed by a Tree
Author: Panchali Bhattacharya, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), India Email: panchalibhattacharya1990@gmail.com Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.02 Citation: Bhattacharya, P. (2023). Understanding Eco-Sustainability through Lotha Naga Folktales: Analyzing Jasmine Patton’s A Girl Swallowed by a Tree. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.02 Abstract The Lotha Nagas are one of the major Indigenous …
The Monstrous Feminine: Politics of Gender and Fear in the Adaptation of “Tejeemola” in Kothanodi
Authors: Sruthi B Guptha, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India Sandhya V, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India Email: bg_sruthi@cb.students.amrita.edu Published: June 7, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.01 Citation: Guptha, S. B, & Sandhya, V (2023). The Monstrous Feminine: Politics of Gender and Fear in the Adaptation of “Tejeemola” in Kothanodi. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1.01 Abstract Contemporary folklore …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published:June 7, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This is a themed issue: World Fairy Tales and Folklore Dr …
Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 11 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions directly to our journal. This is the sixth issue of the journal under my editorship, this time, with …
Migration and Oil-Centric Life: A Study on Ghassan Kanafani’s Men in the Sun
Authors: Jeyasiba Ponmani Sami, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, India Narasingaram Jayashree, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, India Email: sibasami2814@gmail.com Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.08 Citation:Sami, J. P., & Jayashree, N. (2022). Migration and Oil-Centric Life: A Study on Ghassan Kanafani’s Men in the Sun. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.08 Abstract …
Followership Complicity in Insecurity in Nigeria: A Case in Femi Osofisan’s Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen
Author: Oyewumi Olatoye Agunbiade, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa Email: oyebiade@gmail.com Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.07 Citation: Agunbiade, O. O. (2022). Followership Complicity in Insecurity in Nigeria: A Case in Femi Osofisan’s Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.07 Abstract Insurgency, kidnap for ransom, banditry, herdsmen-farmers clash, and gruesome …
The Early Phase of Japanese Literature in Bangla in Periodicals
Author: Tiasha Chakma, Islamic University, Bangladesh Email: tiashbangla@gmail.com Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.06 Citation: Chakma, T. (2022). The Early Phase of Japanese Literature in Bangla in Periodicals. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.06 Abstract Many Japanese literary texts have been translated recently into Bangla. However, nobody has yet identified the first translation …
Navigating the Antiheroine’s Internalised Misogyny: Transformative Female Friendship in Cat’s Eye and The Robber Bride
Author: Eleanore Gardner, Deakin University, Australia Email: e.gardner@deakin.edu.au Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.05 Citation: Gardner, E. (2022). John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace: Navigating the Antiheroine’s Internalised Misogyny: Transformative Female Friendship in Cat’s Eye and The Robber Bride. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.05 Abstract This paper focuses on Margaret Atwood’s novels, Cat’s Eye …
John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace: A Covert Narrative of the Transition in South Africa
Author: Khadidiatou Diallo, University Gaston Berger, Senegal Email: khadidiatou.diallo@ugb.edu.sn Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.04 Citation: Diallo, K. (2022). John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace: A Covert Narrative of the Transition in South Africa. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.04 Abstract In John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999), some aspects of style are an implicit image …
Reframing the Pillars of Power: The Incarnation of Language and Pleasure in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
Authors: Younes Poorghorban, University of Kurdistan, Iran Ali Ghaderi, Razi University, Iran Email: Younespoorghorban@outlook.com Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.03 Citation: Poorghorban, Y., & Ghaderi, A. (2022). Reframing the Pillars of Power: The Incarnation of Language and Pleasure in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.03 Abstract Atwood’s The …
DLSU Libraries’ Collection Assessment about Philippine Languages Collection and Collection Mapping of Filipino Reference List
Authors: Rosendo S. Rama, Jr., De La Salle University, Philippines Kelvin B. Samson, De La Salle University, Philippines Vivian C. Soriente, De La Salle University, Philippines Email: rosendo.rama@dlsu.edu.ph Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.02 Citation: Rama, Jr., S., Samson, K. B., & Soriente, V. C. (2022). DLSU Libraries’ Collection Assessment about Philippine Languages Collection and …
Confronting Coming of Age and War in Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Author: Xinnia Ejaz, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan Email: xinnia.ejaz@yahoo.com Published: October 28, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.01 Citation: Ejaz, X. (2022). Confronting Coming of Age and War in Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle (2004). IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1.01 Abstract This research paper evaluates how Hayao Miyazaki’s film Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) does …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 11 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 11 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published: October 28, 2022 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.11.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 11 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Bernard Montoneri, Editor-in-Chief Articles Confronting Coming of Age and …