Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
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 …
More Than a Historical Novel: Women, History, and Metafiction in Enchi Fumiko’s Namamiko Monogatari
Author: Ka Yan Lam Email: saikokaren@hotmail.com Published: November 30, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.02 Citation: Lam, K. Y. (2017). More Than a Historical Novel: Women, History, and Metafiction in Enchi Fumiko’s Namamiko Monogatari. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.6.1.02 Abstract The very nature of the historical novel that rests on the ambiguity between history and fiction …
The Relation between Words and Worlds in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Author: Frederik De Vadder, KU Leuven, Belgium Email: frederik.devadder@kuleuven.be Published: November 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.06 Citation: De Vadder, F. (2016). The Relation between Words and Worlds in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.06 Abstract This paper offers an analysis of Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier …
The Neutral View: Roland Barthes’ Representations of Japan and China
Author: Piers M. Smith, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait Email: smith.p@gust.edu.kw Published: November 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.05 Citation: Smith, P. M. (2016). The Neutral View: Roland Barthes’ Representations of Japan and China. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.05 Abstract Roland Barthes visited Japan and China in the 1970s. He recorded his travel …
Celebrating the Power of Literature in African Development
Author: Hellen Roselyne L. Shigali, Moi University, Kenya Email: lungrose@yahoo.com Published: November 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.04 Citation: Shigali, H. R. L. (2016). Celebrating the Power of Literature in African Development. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.04 Abstract The late South African author Lewis Nkosi described history as a hero in African literature in his …
Drum-Taps: Whitman’s Problematic Legacy as a War Poet
Author: Fahri Öz, Ankara University, Turkey Email: fahriozz@gmail.com Published: November 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.03 Citation: Öz, F. (2016). Drum-Taps: Whitman’s Problematic Legacy as a War Poet. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.03 Abstract This paper analyzes Walt Whitman’s American Civil War poems in his collection Drum-Taps in comparison with the poetry written by British …
The Frontier as Masculine Territory: Sam Hawken’s The Dead Women of Juárez in Context
Author: M. Isabel Santaularia i Capdevila, University of Lleida, Spain Email: isantaularia@dal.udl.cat Published: November 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.02 Citation: Santaularia i Capdevila, M. I. (2016). The Frontier as Masculine Territory: Sam Hawken’s The Dead Women of Juárez in Context. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.02 Abstract Contemporary adventure narratives – from westerns and war …
Crime Fiction: A Global Phenomenon
Author: Bill Phillips, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Email: billphillips@ub.edu Published: November 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.01 Citation: Phillips, B. (2016). Crime Fiction: A Global Phenomenon. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.5.1.01 Abstract Crime fiction, if you choose to classify it in its broadest sense, has a very long history. Detectives can be found in ancient …
Consumerism and the Possibility of an Authentic Self in Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Author: Burcu Genç, University of Tokyo, Japan Email: burcu.gnc@gmail.com Published: November 2015 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.4.1.06 Citation: Genç, B. (2015). Consumerism and the Possibility of an Authentic Self in Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.4.1.06 Abstract With reference to Jean Baudrillard’s theory of consumerism embedded in …
The Power of Fiction: The Nameless Book and the Birth of Literary Criticism in Japan
Author: Joseph T. Sorensen, University of California, Davis, United States of America Email: jsorensen@ucdavis.edu Published: November 2015 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.4.1.05 Citation: Sorensen, J. T. (2015). The Power of Fiction: The Nameless Book and the Birth of Literary Criticism in Japan. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.4.1.05 Abstract The Nameless Book (Mumyōzōshi, ca. 1200) is frequently …