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Journal of Narrative and Language Studies, NALANS (ISSN: 2148-4066), is a peer-reviewed international academic journal welcoming manuscripts from the fields of Literature, Narrative and Language studies. Established in 2013, the journal is published biannually. The primary aim of the journal is to provide an avenue for scholars and researchers in order to publish and share their studies through an open-access environment.

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International Collaboration | CFP | Precarious Migrants, Racial Borders and Liminal Margins

2024-11-29

Precarious Migrants, Racial Borders and Liminal Margins  

Special Issue Editors: Om Prakash Dwivedi, Binayak Roy and Mustafa Zeki Çıraklı 


Call for Papers

Please read more below for the CFP contents.

 

Timelines:

Abstract submission: January 10, 2025

Intimation of selected abstracts: January 31, 2025

Submission of full article: August 20, 2025

Publication of the Special Issue: April 20, 2026

Contact Editor: om_dwivedi2003@yahoo.com

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Current Issue

Vol. 12 No. 25 (2024): International Collaboration: Melville, Media and Narratives (Special Issue)
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October 18 serves as a perfect date for this collaboration, aligning the release with the publication of Herman Melville’s The Whale by the author’s publisher in London on this very day in 1851.

173 years later, we are delighted to present this special issue of our journal, Vol. 12, No. 25, Special Issue: Melville, Media, and Narratives, which brings together a collection of scholarly articles exploring the enduring legacy and multifaceted adaptations of Herman Melville's works.

This compilation highlights the diverse ways in which Melville's narratives continue to resonate with contemporary issues in literature, film, visual arts, and culture, igniting new ways of thinking about the novel. 

Collectively, these articles underscore the relevance of Herman Melville's work and its capacity to inspire diverse forms of artistic and scholarly expression.

From cinematic reinterpretations and graphic novels to animated films and visual arts, the contributors demonstrate how Melville's narratives continue to provoke thought and engage audiences across different cultures and mediums.

We hope this special issue offers readers fresh insights into Melville's legacy and stimulates further exploration of his profound impact on literature and the arts. Special thanks go to The International Melville Society, The Austrian Association for American Studies and The Association of Adaptation Studies.

Issue editors: Martina Pfeiler, Don Dingledine, Kyle Meikle, Paolo Simonetti, Mustafa Zeki Çıraklı, Soner Kaya

Published: 2024-10-17

Articles

  • "He would do nothing in the office”: Work and Alienation in Cinematic Adaptations of Herman Melville’s Bartleby

    Alexandra Mueller (Author)
    104-118
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.46
  • José-Luis Munuera’s Anti-Capitalist Graphic Novel as a Creative Response to Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener”

    Daniela Jose Cid Opazo (Author)
    119-133
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.47
  • As Light as a Whale: Roberto Abbiati’s Una tazza di mare in tempesta and the Presence of Moby-Dick in Contemporary Italian Arts

    Federico Bellini (Author)
    134-149
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.48
  • “Boggy, Soggy, Squitchy Pictures”: Adaptations of Moby-Dick in the Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Antonella Rossini (Author)
    150-167
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.49
  • Monsters or Victims? An Ecocritical Reading of Samson and Sally and Dot and the Whale, Retellings of Moby Dick

    Nibedita Bandyopadhyay (Author)
    168-182
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.50
  • A Modern Peep at the South Seas: Melville’s Presence in some Hollywood Films from 1920s to the 1940s

    Jaime Campomar (Author)
    183-203
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.51
  • The Geopolitical Imaginaries in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale and Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick

    Mikayo Sakuma (Author)
    204-214
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.52

Editor's Note

  • Preface: “Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory” Herman Melville's resonating narrative legacy

    Martina Pfeiler; Mustafa Zeki Çıraklı (Author)
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2024.53
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