IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
School and Schooling, and the Boundaries of the Human in Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
Author: Nurit Buchweitz, Beit Berl College, Israel Email: nuritb@beitberl.ac.il Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.07 Citation: Buchweitz, N. (2020). School and Schooling, and the Boundaries of the Human in Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.07 Abstract Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go presents an alternative history in …
Centre That Holds: An Inquiry into the Model of Peace and Protection in T.S. Eliot’s Selected Ariel Poems
Author: Kongkona Dutta, Indian Institute of Technology, India Email: shailajadutta@gmail.com Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.06 Citation: Duta, K. (2020). Centre That Holds: An Inquiry into the Model of Peace and Protection in T.S. Eliot’s Selected Ariel Poems. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.06 Abstract As a poet, philosopher and social commentator of the …
Legally Bound: Advancing the Competencies of Academic Law Librarians in the Philippines
Authors: Willian S. A. Frias, De La Salle University, Philippines Kriezel Joy R. Daria, University of the Philippines, Philippines Email: willian.frias@dlsu.edu.ph Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.05 Citation: Frias, W. S. A., & Daria, K. J. R. (2020). Legally Bound: Advancing the Competencies of Academic Law Librarians in the Philippines. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, …
Investigation into the Challenges Associated with the Delivery of Library Services on Mobile Technology Platform
Authors: Ebenezer Acheampong, University of Cape Coast, Ghana De-Graft Johnson Dei, University of Ghana, Legon Email: ebenezer.acheampong@ucc.edu.gh Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.04 Citation: Acheampong, E., & De-Graft, J. D. (2020). Investigation into the Challenges Associated with the Delivery of Library Services on Mobile Technology Platform. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.04 Abstract Challenges …
The System of Gaps and Alerting the Reader in Modern Arabic Literature
Authors: Mohammad Hamad, Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education, Israel Mahmoud Kabha, Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education, Israel Email: hamadm33@gmail.com Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.03 Citation: Hamad, M., & Kabha, M. (2020). The System of Gaps and Alerting the Reader in Modern Arabic Literature. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.03 Abstract This article discusses …
Wrestling with the Angel: Maurice Dantec, God, and Deleuze
Author: Gilles Boileau, Tamkang University, Taiwan Email: boileau@mail.tku.edu.tw Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.02 Citation: Boileau, G. (2020). Wrestling with the Angel: Maurice Dantec, God, and Deleuze. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.02 Abstract Maurice Dantec (1959-2016), Canadian-French novelist, was a cyberpunk author with a strong interest in Science, Christian theology and the philosophy …
Sustainable Preservation of Lanna Palm Leaf Manuscripts Based on Community Participation
Author: Piyapat Jarusawat, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Email: p.jarusawat@gmail.com Published: July 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.01 Citation: Jarusawat, P. (2020). Sustainable Preservation of Lanna Palm Leaf Manuscripts Based on Community Participation. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1.01 Abstract Palm leaf manuscripts (PLMs), with their strong bond to Buddhism, are one invaluable symbol of the Lanna …
Welcome to Volume 9 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the Editor-in-Chief to introduce Volume 9 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received though open submissions directly to our journal. This is the second issue under my editorship, this time with the precious help …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 9 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 9 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Rachel Franks, University of Newcastle / University of Sydney, Australia Published: July 27, 2020 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.9.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 9 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Bernard Montoneri, Editor-in-Chief Articles …
Creation, Creator and Causality: Perspectives from Purānic Genre of Hindu Literature
Authors: Sivaram Sivasubramanian, Jain (deemed-to-be-university), India Rajani Jairam, Jain (deemed-to-be-university), India Email: sivr.sss30@gmail.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.08 Citation: Sivasubramanian, S., & Jairam, R. (2019). Creation, Creator and Causality: Perspectives from Purānic Genre of Hindu Literature. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.08 Abstract Inspirited by a growing recognition of the need for an …
Symphony of the Oppressed: Intertextuality and Social Realism in Osundare and Sow Fall’s Aesthetics
Author: Jamiu Adekunle Olowonmi, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education Oyo, Oyo state, Nigeria Email: adeolowonmi@gmail.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.07 Citation: Olowonmi, J. A. (2019). Symphony of the Oppressed: Intertextuality and Social Realism in Osundare and Sow Fall’s Aesthetics. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.07 Abstract Among many social theorists and development strategists …
Urban Malaise: Women and the Discourse of Desire in Pan Xiangli’s Shanghai
Author: Giulia Rampolla, University of Naples L’Orientale and University of International Studies in Rome (UNINT), Italy Email: rampolla.giulia@gmail.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.06 Citation: Rampolla, G. (2019). Urban Malaise: Women and the Discourse of Desire in Pan Xiangli’s Shanghai. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.06 Abstract This paper deals with the portrayal of …
Subverting the Traditional Elements of Drama in Henry James’s Fiction: Upturning the Spectacle and Boosting the Female Acting
Author: Nodhar Hammami Ben Fradj, University of Kairouan, Tunisia Email: nodharhammami@yahoo.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.05 Citation: Fradj, N. H. B. (2019). Subverting the Traditional Elements of Drama in Henry James’s Fiction: Upturning the Spectacle and Boosting the Female Acting. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.05 Abstract The present paper attempts to reveal …
Hindi Haiku: A Study of Shifts in Moods
Author: Mallika Tosha, Delhi Technological University, India Email: mallikanatyam@gmail.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.04 Citation: Tosha, M. (2019). Hindi Haiku: A Study of Shifts in Moods. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.04 Abstract Making a grand breakthrough in the eighth century, Japanese poetry remains one of the earliest boons for the world of …
The Politics of Space and Heterotopia in the Works of W. G. Sebald
Author: Richa Gupta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India Email: rcha.gupta@gmail.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.03 Citation: Gupta, R. (2019). The Politics of Space and Heterotopia in the Works of W. G. Sebald. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.03 Abstract This paper will attempt to read how history and space are informed …
Riding the Centaur Metaphor from Past to Present: Myth, Constellation and Non-gendered Hybrid
Author: Jeri Kroll, Flinders University, Australia Email: jeri.kroll@flinders.edu.au Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.02 Citation: Kroll, J. (2019). Riding the Centaur Metaphor from Past to Present: Myth, Constellation and Non-gendered Hybrid. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.02 Abstract Tracking the ancient centaur as myth and metaphor through cultural history to the twenty-first century reveals …
Negotiating Identity: Sexuality and Gender in Olumide Popoola’s When We Speak of Nothing (2017)
Author: Nurayn Fola Alimi, University of Lagos, Nigeria Email: fnurayn@unilag.edu.ng Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.01 Citation: Alimi, N. F. (2019). Negotiating Identity: Sexuality and Gender in Olumide Popoola’s When We Speak of Nothing (2017). IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.01 Abstract “Sexuality” and “gender” are two cultural indexes regarded by gender and culture …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 8 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 8 – Issue 1 Editor: Bernard Montoneri, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Published: December 24, 2019 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1 Articles Negotiating Identity: Sexuality and Gender in Olumide Popoola’s When We Speak of Nothing (2017) Nurayn Fola Alimi Riding the Centaur Metaphor from Past to Present: Myth, Constellation and …
William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!: A Narrative of Inexhaustible Word and Unfathomable Past
Author: Djamila Houamdi Email: houamdi.dj@gmail.com Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.06 Citation: Houamdi, D. (2018). William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!: A Narrative of Inexhaustible Word and Unfathomable Past, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.06 Abstract The purpose of the present paper is to cast light on William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! in terms of its linguistic and communicational woes. A proliferation of …
Body and Gender Expressed by the Cross-Dressing of Hannah Snell in Eighteenth-century Naval Culture in The Female Soldier; Or, the Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell
Author: Yoriko Ishida Email: yoriko@oshima-k.ac.jp Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.05 Citation: Ishida, Y. (2016). Body and Gender Expressed by the Cross-Dressing of Hannah Snell in Eighteenth-century Naval Culture in The Female Soldier; Or, the Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.05 Abstract Hannah Snell is arguably considered the most famous woman who embarked …
Green Gowns and Crimson Petticoats: Prostitution and the Satire of Material Desire in Middleton and Jonson
Author: Elyssa Y. Cheng Email: elyssacheng@yahoo.com.tw Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.04 Citation: Cheng, E. Y. (2018). Green Gowns and Crimson Petticoats: Prostitution and the Satire of Material Desire in Middleton and Jonson, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.04 Abstract This paper explores representations of prostitution and the satirical criticism of material desire in Thomas Middleton’s Michaelmas Term (1604) and …
Marguerite Yourcenar, from Japan to the Motherland: The Oceanic Lack and the Wave of Time
Author: Alessandro Giardino Email: agiardino@stlawu.edu Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.03 Citation: Giardino, A. (2018). Marguerite Yourcenar, from Japan to the Motherland: The Oceanic Lack and the Wave of Time. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.03 Abstract Marguerite Yourcenar’s reputation was built on philologically inspired novels featuring heroes of the Western tradition, such as …
The (Hi)story of the Encounter: The Historical and the Personal in Nicolas Bouvier’s The Japanese Chronicles
Author: Halia Koo Email: hkoo@mun.ca Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.02 Citation: Koo, H. (2018). The (Hi)story of the Encounter: The Historical and the Personal in Nicolas Bouvier’s The Japanese Chronicles. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.02 Abstract The Japanese Chronicles is a travel narrative by Swiss writer Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998), who uses a …
British Romanticism in China: Revised in Reception
Author: Li Ou Email: liou@cuhk.edu.hk Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.01 Citation: Li, O. (2018). British Romanticism in China: Revised in Reception. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.01 Abstract This paper first looks at the etymology and definition of the term ‘Romanticism’ in English and Chinese respectively to show their considerable disparity, and then …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 7 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 7 – Issue 1 Editor: Richard Donovan, Kansai University, Japan Published: December 1, 2018 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1 Articles British Romanticism in China: Revised in Reception Li Ou The (Hi)story of the Encounter: The Historical and the Personal in Nicolas Bouvier’s The Japanese Chronicles Halia Koo Marguerite Yourcenar, from …
The Influence of Arthur Rimbaud on Dai Wang Shu and Nakahara Chūya’s Poetry— The Construction of their Poetic Decadent World
Author: James Kin-Pong Au Email: sciencecourt0080@gmail.com Published: November 30, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.01 Citation: Kin-Pong Au, J. (2017). The Influence of Arthur Rimbaud on Dai Wang Shu and Nakahara Chūya’s Poetry—The Construction of their Poetic Decadent World IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.01 Abstract This article argues both Dai Wang-shu (戴望舒, 1905–1950) and Nakahara Chūya …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 6 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 6 – Issue 1 Editor: Richard Donovan, Kansai University, Japan Published: November 30, 2017 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1 Articles The Influence of Arthur Rimbaud on Dai Wang Shu and Nakahara Chūya’s Poetry—The Construction of their Poetic Decadent World James Kin-Pong Au More Than a Historical Novel: Women, History, and …
Asia Poems
Author: A. Robert Lee Email: arobertlee24@gmail.com Published: November 30, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.05 Citation: Lee, A. R. (2017). Asia Poems. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.05
Circle within Walls: A Comparative Study on Poets of Leprosariums
Author: Robert Ono Email: robert@jcsw.ac.jp Published: November 30, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.04 Citation: Ono, R. (2017). Circle within Walls: A Comparative Study on Poets of Leprosariums. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.04 Abstract Many forms of literature are nurtured in circles or salon-like environments, where participants with mutual interests serve alternately as creators, readers, and …
Murakami and the Celebration of Community
Author: Andrew J. Wilson Email: awilson@harpercollege.edu Published: November 30, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.03 Citation: Wilson, A. J. (2017). Murakami and the Celebration of Community. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.03 Abstract In An Account of My Hut, a 13th-century classic of Japanese literature, Kamo no Chōmei honors the Buddhist practice of non-attachment, of stripping down …