About the Journal

International Literary Studies Journal


International Literary Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to the analysis, interpretation, and understanding of literature across historical periods, genres, and cultural contexts. The journal welcomes scholarly contributions that explore literary theory, comparative literature, narrative structures, stylistics, discourse analysis, and the relationship between literature and society.

The journal promotes interdisciplinary approaches, integrating insights from philosophy, linguistics, cultural studies, history, anthropology, and the arts to enrich the study of literary texts. It encourages research that examines the role of literature in shaping cultural identity, collective memory, artistic tradition, and social experience.

Scope of the Journal

The journal covers a wide range of literary and cultural studies topics, including but not limited to:

  • Comparative and world literature
  • Modern and classical literary theory
  • Genre studies and narrative forms
  • Intertextuality and adaptation
  • Poetics, rhetoric, and stylistics
  • Literature and philosophy
  • Postcolonial and gender studies
  • Translation studies and multilingualism
  • Literature and visual/performing arts
  • Digital humanities and textual analysis

For more detailed information, see the Aims and Scope section.

Founders

  • International Association for Literary Scholarship
  • NovScience Publishing

Publisher

  • NovScience Publishing

Journal Website

International Literary Studies Journal – NovScience Publishing

Registration

  • Registered by: French National Register of Academic Publishers (Registre National de l'Édition Scientifique)
  • Registration Number: FR10658421
  • Date of Registration: 12 March 2023

Year of Foundation

  • 2023

Publication Frequency

  • Quarterly (4 issues per year)

Language of Publication

  • English

Editorial Leadership

  • Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Eleanor Whitmore
  • Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Alessandro Contini
  • Contact Email: info@novscience.com

The editorial board consists of distinguished international scholars in literature, linguistics, and cultural studies. Full information about the board can be found in the Editorial Board section.

Open Access and Licensing

All materials published in International Literary Studies Journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.