World literature forum

World Literature Forum — 98 members — Last Activity Apr 10, 2023 05:43AM
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World Literature Forum is a Group for Worldwide Authors, Readers and Scholars to divide ideas, recommend and review books, and share professional problWorld Literature Forum is a Group for Worldwide Authors, Readers and Scholars to share ideas, recommend and review books, and share professional problems and help with regard to Our Emerging World Literature in the Age of the Global Internet, Cross-border e-Book and our e-Global Villiage!

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Submissions

Forum for World Literature Studies welcomes contributions in area of literature including cultural studies. We are particularly interested in articles which engage with those literatures written in Non-English languages. It is a condition of publication that on acceptance of the paper by the journal editors the copyright must be assigned to Forum for World Literature Studies. We only accept the original papers written in English or Chinese not under consideration of acceptance elsewhere. Contributors should submit their papers by email and send to: [email protected].

Format

All articles will be anonymously refereed so personal details (name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address and contact details) should be separated from the article and abstract. Articles should be written in MLA format and no more than 8,000 words including endnotes. Abstracts should be 150-200 words and summarise the contents of the paper with 3 and 6 key words.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the author to ensure their submission without any problem of copyright and ethics (including plagiarism). Strong policies in these areas protect the r

Forum: Chauvinism, Indian Literature, World Literature

Our first forum appeared in August 2012 in The Journal of Contemporary Thought.  It was conceived and edited by Mukoma Wa Ngugi and Prafulla Kar.

This forum consists of a series of essays inspired by an interview with Satya P. Mohanty that was commissioned by South Asian Review, where it appeared in the summer of 2012.  The interview was also published in condensed form in the Indian magazine Frontline.

An international group of writers and scholars responded to the issues raised by the interview,  especially the version that appeared in Frontline, in the process drawing on their own cultural and intellectual contexts.  Several themes are raised by the interview, chief among which are: (1) alternative, non-Western forms of modernity, (2) literary criticism and cultural chauvinism, (3) the idea of “world literature,” and (4) the relative status of oral vs. written cultures.

Forum participants discuss these themes in different ways and we invite readers to write to us about these ideas as well as about their suggestions for future forums that build on this one.  (

About

Forum for World Literature Studies (Print ISSN: 1949-8519; Online ISSN: 2154- 6711), published by Knowledge Hub Publishing Company Limited, is a peer- reviewed academic journal sponsored by Shanghai Normal University, Purdue University and the Wuhan Institute for Humanities, and co-edited by Professor Huang Tiechi of Shanghai Normal University, Professor Nie Zhenzhao of Central China Normal University and Professor Charles Ross of Purdue University. This journal provides a forum to promote diversity in world literature, with a particular interest in the study of literatures of those neglected countries and culture regions. With four issues coming out every year, this journal publishes original articles on topics including theoretical studies, literary criticism, literary history, and cultural studies, as well as book review articles.

Forum for World Literature Studies accepts submissions in English or Chinese by authors from all over the world. The manuscript is expected to be of about 5000-8000 words and must follow the MLA style. Submission should be made including an abstract of about 200 words, a short biography of the author, and three to five keywords