Scope
Aims and Scope
African, World Literature and English Language (AWLEL) is a forum for scholars publishing on the African literary and linguistic experience and on issues in global English language and literary studies. The journal is published by the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Aims
AWLEL publishes rigorous, original scholarship that advances the study of literature and language in Africa and in the wider world. It brings research on African writing, orature and languages into conversation with work on world literatures and on English as a global language.
Scope
The journal welcomes theoretically informed and methodologically sound work across literary and language studies. Articles may address a single text, author, language or tradition, or work comparatively across them. The subject areas listed on this page link to everything AWLEL has published in each.
Types of submission
AWLEL accepts original research articles.
Subject areas
- African Literature1 articleCriticism and scholarship on written literatures of Africa and the African diaspora.
- World Literature0 articlesComparative and transnational studies of literatures beyond Africa.
- English Language0 articlesStudies of English in use, including varieties of English, stylistics and pedagogy.
- Linguistics1 articleDescriptive, theoretical and applied linguistics, including African languages.
- Drama and Theatre Studies1 articleDramatic literature, performance and theatre practice.
- Poetry0 articlesStudies of poetry and poetics across traditions and periods.
- Literary Theory and Criticism0 articlesTheoretical approaches to literature and critical method.
- Oral Literature and Folklore0 articlesOrature, folklore, verbal arts and performance traditions.
- Translation Studies0 articlesTheory and practice of translation between languages and cultures.
- Cultural Studies0 articlesLiterature and language in relation to culture, media and society.