The IUP Journal of English Studies

Volume 21, Issue 1, January-March 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 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

Archives


Volume 20, Issue 4, October-December 2025
Exploring the Role of Mythology in Shaping the Plot of Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf: A Theoretical Inquiry Through Wole Soyinka’s Myth, Literature, and the African World

Author: Uzma Shafi

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.5-14

Keywords: African mythology, Speculative fiction, Wole Soyinka, Narrative structure, African epistemologies, Oral traditions

Magical Realism as a Subversive Strategy in Vijaydan Detha’s ‘The Thakur’s Ghost’

Author: Ritu Sharma

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.15-27

Keywords: Subversion, Transgression, Magical realism, Conventional, Postmodern, Philosophy, Parody

Bara Rani’s ‘Home’ and Bimala’s ‘World’: A Feminist Critique of Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home and the World

Author: Tarala Deshpande

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.28-34

Keywords: Emancipation, Empowerment, Widow, World, Zenana

Buchi Emecheta’s The Slave Girl: The Colonial Legacies of African Women

Author: Siva R and Ramesh M

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.35-42

Keywords: Missionary, Slave girl, African woman, Igbo, Slavery, Postcolonialism

Resisting Amnesia: The Politics of Commemoration in Temsula Ao’s ‘The Jungle Major’

Author: Dharmendra Kr. Baruah

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.43-50

Keywords: The Naga, Amnesia, Memory, Women, Commemoration

A Postmodern Ecocritical Analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes

Author: Asha S and Vineeth Radhakrishnan

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.51-61

Keywords: Native American, Mothering, Culture, Communities, Folktales

Mindful Learning: The Effectiveness of Metacognitive Strategies in Second Language Reading Comprehension

Author: Bonala Kondal and Swamy Bairi

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJEs/2025.20.4.62-85

Keywords: Mindful learning, Metacognitive strategies, Second language reading comprehension, ESL, Cognitive development

Enhancing ESL Students’ Academic Writing Skills Through Collaborative Learning

Author: Amit Kumar

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJEs/2025.20.4.86-110

Keywords: Academic writing, Collaborative learning, Process approach to writing, Peer-feedback

Online Assessment Strategies in English Literature: Challenges and Adaptations in the Covid-19 Era

Author: Ashma Shamail

Published Online: December, 2025

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.4.111-129

Keywords: Online assessments, Adaptations, Challenges, English literature, Covid-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia