IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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 …
Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 10 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 already the fifth issue of the journal under my editorship; once more, …
Cebuano Poetics: Deciphering the Advice of Maria Kabigon’s Column in Bisaya
Author: Cindy Arranguez Velasquez, University of San Carlos, Philippines Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.07 Citation: Velasquez, C. A. (2021). Cebuano Poetics: Deciphering the Advice of Maria Kabigon’s Column in Bisaya. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.07 Abstract Maria Alcordo Kabigon’s column “Ang Panid ni Manding Karya” in Bisaya from the …
X-Raying the Million-Point Agenda of the Nigerian Government by Library and Information Professionals in the Country
Authors: Ogagaoghene Uzezi Idhalama, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Angela Ishioma Dime, Niger Delta University, Nigeria Kingsley Efe Osawaru, College of Education Library, Nigeria Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.06 Citation: Idhalama, O. U., Dime, A. I., & Osawaru, K. E. (2021). X-Raying the Million-Point Agenda of the Nigerian Government by Library and Information …
Politically Marginalized Female Figures: Female Grassland and Celestial Bath
Author: Katherina Li, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.05 Citation: Li, K. (2021). Politically Marginalized Female Figures: Female Grassland and Celestial Bath. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.05 Abstract Yan Geling’s early work Female Grassland雌性的草地 (Yan, 1989) is a novel published in 1989, while Celestial Bath …
Negotiating Cultural Identity in The Inheritance of Loss
Author: Chiou-Rung Deng, Tamkang University, Taiwan Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.04 Citation: Deng, C.-R. (2021). Negotiating Cultural Identity in The Inheritance of Loss. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.04 Abstract This paper seeks to explore three modes of cultural identification presented in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss. With three …
Subjectivity and Revenge in Karen M. McManus’s One of Us Is Lying
Author: Darintip Chansit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.03 Citation: Chansit, D. (2021). Subjectivity and Revenge in Karen M. McManus’s One of Us Is Lying. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.03 Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore the issues of peer rejection and revenge among …
Violent Memory: Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Author: Netty Mattar, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.02 Citation: Mattar, N. (2021). Violent Memory: Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.02 Abstract Modern information technologies have radically transfigured human experience. The extensive use of mnemonic devices, …
Postcolonial Gothic Elements in Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels
Author: Mohammad Hossein Abedi Valoojerdi, University of Perpetual Help System Dalta, Philippines Email: [email protected] Published: December 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.01 Citation: Abedi Valoojerdi, M. H. (2021). Postcolonial Gothic Elements in Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.01 Abstract Nick Joaquin (Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín, (1917-2004) is known for …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 2 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Rachel Franks, University of Newcastle, Australia Published: December 15, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Bernard Montoneri, Editor-in-Chief Articles Postcolonial Gothic Elements in …