MONOGATARI: Journal of Literature and Culture

About the Journal

MONOGATARI: Journal of Literature and Culture is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that focuses primarily on literary studies, with a strong emphasis on literary analysis in relation to culture. The journal provides a scholarly forum for research that approaches literary works as cultural texts, drawing on literary theory, cultural studies, and relevant interdisciplinary perspectives. Through the publication of rigorous and original research articles, Monogatari seeks to contribute to the advancement of literary studies that are critical, contextual, and grounded in cultural dynamics.

Focus and Scope

MONOGATARI: Journal of Literature and Culture is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that focuses on literary studies and related fields within the humanities. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

- Literary criticism and literary theory.
- Studies of prose, poetry, drama, and oral literature.
- Comparative literature and cross-cultural literary studies.
- Literature and culture, including issues of identity, representation, memory, gender, and power.
- Literary studies in relation to film, adaptation, and other visual or narrative media.
- Film studies and narrative analysis with a clear literary or cultural perspective.
- Literature education and pedagogy, particularly studies related to the teaching and learning of literature.
- Interdisciplinary approaches to literature within cultural, historical, and media contexts.