The IUP Journal of English Studies

Volume 21, Issue 2, April-June 2026

ISSN :0973-3728

Impact Factor: 2.33; Acceptance rate: 15%; Turnaround time: 2-2 1/2 years

A 'peer reviewed' journal indexed on Scopus (Elsevier Group) and UGC-CARE List Group-II, and also included in EBSCO and ProQuest (Part of Clarivate) Database

It is a quarterly journal for informed critical evaluations of various areas of Literature, English Language Teaching, Translation studies relating to emerging and established genres. A fresh and invigorating evaluation of the contributions of writers and their significant writings are on offer in the Journal. Also deals with Linguistics and literature, Literary and literary theory, Bhasa studies, etc.

Focus Areas

  • British Literature   |  
  • American Literature   |  
  • Commonwealth Literature   |  
  • Indian Writing in English   |  
  • English Language Teaching   |  
  • Comparative Literature   |  
  • Translation Studies   |  

Current Issue

Volume 21, Issue 2, April-June 2026
Elements of Sociological Naturalism in Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai’s Chemmeen and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea

Author: N Maria Preeti Jose and Arnab Chatterjee

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Sociological-naturalist, Anthropocentric, Sea, Locale, Psychological

Reimagining Mother and Nature: An Ecofeminist Approach to Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness

Author: Anu Kumari and Yeddu Vijaya Babu

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Ecofeminism, New Woman, Cyclical nature, Sustainability, Climate crisis, Ecology

Journeys of Remembrance: Deciphering ‘Traveling Memory’ in Siddhartha Deb’s The Point of Return

Author: Athira Baburaj, Dhishna Pannikot and Kiran Raveendran

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Traveling memory, Archives, Localizing memory, Migration, Internally displaced, Northeast India

A K Ramanujan’s Conceptualization of Poetry and Poetics in the Light of Theory of Embodiment

Author: Sreenidhi S and Maitali Khanna

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: A K Ramanujan, Theory of Embodiment, Embodied cognition, Indian poetry in English, Cognitive linguistics

Insidious and Transgenerational Trauma in Nitasha Kaul’s Future Tense

Author: Swati Patil and Sukanya Saha

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Insidious trauma, Intergenerational trauma, Post-traumatic stress, Kashmir unrest

Identity Fluidity, Hybridity, and Third Space in H M Naqvi’s Home Boy

Author: Yasir Ahmed and Shahila Zafar

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: H M Naqvi’s novel Home Boy recounts the lives of Pakistani immigrants whose diasporic identities change with the changing social and political context around them. Cohen (2008) argues that a diaspora is an emotional and physical intertraverse between two different cultures, i.e., the culture of the homeland and that of the adopted land.

Intertextual and Metafictional Elements in Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel

Author: Aremanda Tushara and Baiju Krishnan

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Indian history, Indian freedom fighters, Mythological characters, Narrative strategies, Postmodernism

Reading the Ritualistic Mime in Act Without Words I Through the Lens of Artaudian Cruelty

Author: Daniel Dabitlang M Cajee and Nabamita Das

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Samuel Beckett, Antonin Artaud, Theater of Cruelty, Act Without Words I, Ritualistic mime, Existential constraint, Cruelty

An Absurd Odyssey: Exploring Sankara Pillai’s Karutha Daivathe Thedi Through the Lens of ‘Theater of the Absurd’

Author: Manu Mohan and Smriti Singh

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Natakam, Theater, Theater of the Absurd, Existentialism, Drama, Performance

Shared and Unshared Verb Phrase-Based Bundles Between L2 and L1 Novice, and Expert Academic Writing

Author: Radika Subramaniam

Published Online: June, 2026

Keywords: Lexical bundles, Verb phrase, Shared and unshared bundles, Corpus linguistics, Academic writing, Engineering

Archives


Volume 21, Issue 1, January-March 2026
The Architecture of Inequality: Assessing the Negative Washback of Colonial Language Policies in India

Author: Katikela Sreeharsha Kishore and Venkanna Ithagani

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: English in India, Language inequality, Social class, Language barrier, British colonialism, Language discrimination, Regional languages, Language policies in India, Language superiority

Identity Crisis and Wrath Against Imposed Identity in Selected Indian Poems in English

Author: Digambar M Ghodke

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Identity, Imposition, Identity crisis, Indian English poetry, Gender, Region, Religion, Language

When the Screen Looks Back: Spectatorship, Shame, and the Ethics of Viewing in Fandry

Author: Girish D Pawar

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Spectatorship, Cinematic gaze, Structures of exclusion, Affect and visual ethics, Politics of pity

Colonial Loyalties and Nationalist Sentiments: An Examination of Ambivalence in M Mukundan’s Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil

Author: Sayant Vijay and Anupama Nayar

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Postcolonial, Nationalism, History, Citizenship

Gender Role Inversion in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Author: Shyamalima Kashyap

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Power, Male subjugation, Female tyranny, Female dominance

Desire or Duty: A Biopolitical Reading of Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Sonali Das

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Duty, Desire, Love, Conflict, Biopolitics

Prevalence of English Verb Errors Among Higher Secondary School Students: A Performance-Based Assessment

Author: Laxmisree Thakur

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Verb errors, English proficiency, Grammar analysis, Error pattern

Foreign Language Anxiety in EMI Classrooms: Teacher Perceptions

Author: Irum Alvi, Indu Prabha Pathak and Manusmriti Sharma

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Teachers’ Foreign language anxiety, English-medium instruction (EMI), Teacher burnout, Role stress, Mental workload, Engagement, Authority, Commitment, Job satisfaction

Unlocking the Potential of ESL Readers: Significance and Methodology of Teaching Reading Strategies

Author: Lakshmana Rao Pinninti

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Reading comprehension, ESL learners, Reading strategies, Autonomous learners, Reading strategy instruction

Shifting Sands in English Language Teaching: An Indian Perspective

Author: Ragasree R and Jasti Appa Swami

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Changing ideologies, Translanguaging, Post-method, Teacher as a theorist, Contextually-responsive pedagogy

Desire or Duty: A Biopolitical Reading of Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Sonali Das

Published Online: March, 2026

Keywords: Duty, Desire, Love, Conflict, Biopolitics