NALANS: Journal of Narrative and Language Studies

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Narrative and Language Studies (NALANS, ISSN: 2148-4066) is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarship in narrative studies, literature, linguistics, and language education. The journal provides a platform for innovative, diverse, and interdisciplinary research and welcomes submissions from scholars worldwide. NALANS publishes high-quality original research written in English. The journal particularly welcomes studies that focus on narrative and language from theoretical, conceptual, methodological, empirical, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives. Scope of Submissions NALANS considers manuscripts that: develop theoretical, conceptual, or methodological frameworks in narrative studies, literature, linguistics, and language education; present empirical research that advances understanding in these fields; examine issues of current and emerging significance through critical, analytical, or interdisciplinary approaches; explore innovative educational policies, programs, practices, and evaluative strategies; contribute to the study of language, literature, narrative, culture, translation, and pedagogy. The journal’s major areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Narrative Studies Narratology Semiotics Urban narratives Architecture and literature Narrative sociology and social narratives History and medieval studies Philosophy and post-truth narratives Narratives across melancholy studies Literature Poetry and prose criticism Drama and dramaturgy criticism Literary criticism Contemporary literature studies Classical literature studies Medieval and Renaissance literature studies Literature and history studies Language, power, and ideology Language, identity, and culture Language and Popular Culture Literature, adaptation, and film studies Cinematic narratives Media studies Postcolonial studies Women, gender, and queer studies Postromanticism and posthumanism studies Literature, translation, and artificial intelligence Language Studies and Language Education Applied linguistics Language teaching Corpus linguistics Cognitive stylistics Language and media studies Language, culture, and translation Language and literature teaching Creative writing and creative poetry writing Language and literature classrooms as learning spaces Interdisciplinarity in language teaching and learning Collaborations in language teacher education Practices of language teacher education Translation criticism studies

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