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Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) (ISSN: 2395-2636(Print) : 2321 – 3108 (Online))
an International Journal open access print and online, indexed, peer reviewed and refereed  journal that provides rapid publication (quarterly) of articles in all areas Related to English Language and Literature, Linguistics of the subject.
Philosophy of RJELAL guides it to map new frontiers in emerging and developing areas in research, Teaching, industry and governance as well as to link with centers of excellence worldwide to stimulate young minds for creating knowledge based community.

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updated on 01-08-2015.


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Journal Keywords: English Literature Journal, Print Journal, Linguistics Journal, ELT Journal, International Journal of English Literature, Indian Journal, English Literature Journal, Online English Journal, Indexed journal, English Language Journal, English Journal With Impact Factor
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Please check your article format before submission to RJELAL: Title, Author and Affiliation with email address, Abstract, Key words (4-5), Introduction, Discussion, Acknowledgement (if any) References (not less less than 5, strictly in APA style format,7th edition) Annexure (if any) The Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) is seeking volunteer full and junior members to join its National/International Editorial Board who support our mission, values, and commitment to provide a high-quality experience for our authors.

Volume 14 , Issue 3: 2026 (Under progress)

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1 Reclaiming the Past and Reconstructing History: A Saga of Subaltern Representation in the Selected Dramatic Works of Mahasweta Devi
Dr. Waliul Alam
Assistant Professor, Department of English, S.N.S.R.K.S. College, Saharsa–852202, Bihar, India (A Constituent Unit of B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura) Email: waliulinkh2008@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.1
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1 Neologisms in the English Oral Production of Francophone Students of the Department of Bilingual Studies at the University of Yaoundé I
Alobwede Charles¹*, Tamen Sedryde²
¹ Associate Professor, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon E-mail: calobs@yahoo.com
² PhD Research Scholar, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
E-mail: sedrydetamen@gmail.com
*Corresponding Author: Alobwede Charles

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.13
13-25
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1  Reclaiming the Silenced: A Comparative Study of Urmila, Ahalya, and Surpanakha in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Forest of Enchantments and Kavita Kane's Feminist Retellings
Saranya M¹*, Dr. P. Bagavathy Rajan²
¹ Assistant Professor, Department of English, Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India ² Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Arts College, Tamil Nadu, India
Corresponding Author: Saranya M E-mail: saranyamanickam21698@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.26
26-32
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1 From Sacred Service to Gendered Exploitation: Re-reading the Devadasi System in Amita Trasi's The Colour of Our Sky
Sumitra Sahoo
English Teacher, St. Xavier's Public School
E-mail: sumitrasahoo34581@gmail.com


DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.33
33-35
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1 Ecocriticism in Indian English Poetry: Nature, Culture, and Crisis
Dr. Divya Singh
Associate Professor, C.M.P. Degree College, Prayagraj–211002, Uttar Pradesh, India
E-mail: divyasinghcmp@gmail.com


DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.36
36-45
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1 Fractured Selves and the Politics of Treachery: A Study of Bapsi Sidhwa's The Ice Candy Man
Sanjeev Kumar Bali
Department of English, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada- 520008, India
Email: sanjeevkumarbali7@gmail.com


DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.46
46-52
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1 Urban Life and Rural Ethics in the Works of Sudha Murthy: A Comparative Study of Ethical Values, Ambition, and Human Relationships
Vintee Choudhary¹, Dr. Manisha Luthra²
¹Research Scholar, Department of Languages, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: vinteechoudhary828@gmail.com
²Professor, Department of Languages, Faculty of Science and Social Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.53
53-60
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1 Cognitive Offloading and Critical Synthesis: A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Project-Based Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Secondary English Language Arts
Dr. Sibi Chakaravarty J¹, P. Maheswaran²,
R. Indumathi³
¹Assistant Professor, Department of English, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India Email: sibichakaravarty@gmail.com
²Assistant Professor, Department of English, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
³Assistant Professor, Department of English, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.61
61-70
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1 Voices of Silence and Resistance: A Feminist Study of Selected Novels of Anita Desai and Shashi Deshpande
Suman Devi¹, Dr. Navninder Kaur²
¹Research Scholar, Department of English, Desh Bhagat University, Punjab, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of English, Desh Bhagat University, Punjab, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.71
71-79
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1 Postmodern Tendencies in Indian English Fiction
Prof. (Dr.) Jagdish Batra
Professor Emeritus of English, SRM University Haryana, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Email: drjagdishbatra@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.80
80-91
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1 Contextualizing English Language Proficiency among Students in Rural Schools of India: A Quantitative Examination of Socioeconomic and Educational Determinants
Atul¹, Dr. Vinod Kumar²
¹Research Scholar, Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University Haryana, Haryana, India Email: atulkhurana12597@gmail.com ORCID: 0009-0009-9934-6987
²Assistant Professor (III), Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University Haryana, Haryana, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.92
92-99
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1 Why Does Tagore Oppose Western Model of Political Nationalism?
Dr. Shaikh Mahemud Abdul Raheman
Associate Professor, Department of English, Shri Muktanand College, Gangapur, District Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India Email: smaraheman77@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.100
100-105
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1 Reclaiming Sanskrit as an Indigenous Knowledge Tradition: A Postcolonial Perspective
Dr. Tanu Srivastava
Government Degree College Dadha Bujurg, Hata, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: tanu20srivastava@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.106
106-115
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1 Intergenerational Trauma and Emotional Inheritance in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss: A Psychological Reading
Kulbhushan Rajak
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Government Degree College, Nainpur, District Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, India
E-mail: kb.rajak@gmail.com.
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.116
116-121
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1 Beyond Human Exceptionalism: Identity, Agency, and the Posthuman Subject in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
Krishna Kunjikuttan K
Assistant Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kalamassery, Kerala, India
E-mail: kunjikuttankrishna@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.122
122-127
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1 Beyond Human Exceptionalism: Identity, Agency, and the Posthuman Subject in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
Krishna Kunjikuttan K
Assistant Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kalamassery, Kerala, India
E-mail: kunjikuttankrishna@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.128
128-135
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1 Journeying Beyond Boundaries: Travel and the Construction of Female Subjectivity in Ruby Lal's Vagabond Princess
Nisha¹ & Dr.Pooja Malik²
¹Research Scholar, Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University Haryana, India E-mail: anishasingh.as1996@gmail.com
²Assistant Professor, Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University Haryana, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.136
136-142
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1 The Acoustic Archive: Illiteracy, Perverse Pedagogy, and Gendered Trauma in The Reader and Its Film Adaptation
Abul Hasnat¹, Ziniya Al Baha²
¹²Research Scholars, Department of English, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad, India
Abul Hasnat: hasnatabul861@gmail.com Ziniya Al Baha: ziniyaalbaha@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.143
143-156
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1 Postmodern Pastiche and Narrative Reconstruction in Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead
Dr. Narinder Kumar
E-mail: narinder.jammuuniversity@gmail.com
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.157
157-165
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1 The Derivation of Wh-Interrogatives in Najdi Arabic: A Right-Dislocation Analysis
Sami Alharbi
Independent Researcher
Email: L-se@hotmail.com.

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.166
166-172
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1 The Poetry of Chhayawad—A Thing of Beauty
Ipsa Arun
M.A. English, CGSET Qualified Email: ipsasng28@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.173
173-179
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1 The Poetry of Chhayawad—A Thing of Beauty
Ipsa Arun
M.A. English, CGSET Qualified Email: ipsasng28@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.180
180-187
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1 Vision of Viksit Bharat in Dalit Literature: A Study of Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable
Dr. Shahzad Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: shahzadgfc123@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.188
188-192
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1 Between Choice and Social Expectation: Individual Identity in Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy and An Equal Music
B. Suriya¹ and Dr. P. Santhi²
¹ Ph.D. Research Scholar, PG & Research Department of English, Kandaswami Kandar’s College, P. Velur, Tamil Nadu, India ² Principal and Research Supervisor (Retd.), PG & Research Department of English, Kandaswami Kandar’s College, P. Velur, Tamil Nadu, India Email: suriyainp.297@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.193
193-197
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1 From Humanities Computing to Digital Humanities: The Emergence and Development of a Field
Syed Saqib Anwar¹ and Rahul Vipan²
¹ Department of English, University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Email: saqibanwar15@gmail.com
² Department of English, University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Email: Rahulmahi754@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.198
198-204
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1 Literary Criticism in the Era of Artificial Intelligence with Reference to Agatha Christie’s Works
M. R. Nivas¹ and Dr. P. Santhi²
¹ Ph.D. Research Scholar, PG & Research Department of English, Kandaswami Kandar’s College, P. Velur, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: nivasmr1234@gmail.com
² Supervisor and Associate Professor, PG & Research Department of English, Kandaswami Kandar’s College, P. Velur, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.205
205-211
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1 Reconstructing Identity and Memory in Teju Cole’s
Every Day Is for the Thief
Earnest Paul G.¹ and Marie Evangeline H.²
¹ Research Scholar, Department of English, School of Humanities, Takshashila University, Tamil Nadu, India Email: paulchristi.27@gmail.com
² Research Supervisor, Department of English, School of Humanities, Takshashila University, Tamil Nadu, India Email: thanya2004@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.212
212-219
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1 Education, Cultural Hybridity, and the Future of Punjab: A Comparative Study of Vikram Chandra and Hari Kunzru
Manveer Singh¹ and Dr. Renu Sharma²
¹ Research Scholar, Department of English, Desh Bhagat University, Punjab, India
Email: manimanveer4194@gmail.com
² Associate Professor and Head, Department of English, Desh Bhagat University, Punjab, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.220
220-225
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1 The Kakadu Jarnalis and the Mechanics of Extraction: Crip Linguistic Agency and the Subversion of the Humanitarian Gaze in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People
Raghav¹ and Sadaf Shah²
¹ Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Email: Raghavgupta5224@gmail.com ² Professor, Department of English, University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.226
226-231
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1 Intertextuality of Christianity and Chinese May Fourth Literature: Guo Moruo as an Example
Yao Xiao
School of Foreign Languages, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Email: 1877853158@qq.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.232
232-244
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1 Marriage in Austen’s Novels and Modern India: A Critical Assessment
Mostakin Sarkar
B.A. (Hons.) in English & M.A. in Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: mostakinsarkarjay@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.245
245-254
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1 World-Building as Cognitive Simulation: A Cognitive-Poetic Analysis of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire
S. Karthikeyan¹ and Dr. Sree Sakthi Prem²
¹ Department of English, PERI College of Arts and Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
² Department of English, B. S. Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: uesskaypee8@gmail.com
ORCID: 0009-0001-6246-6557

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.255
255-262
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1 Examining the Maternal Foodscape in Selected Short Stories from Bulbul Sharma’s The Anger of the Aubergines
Avantika Chamoli
University of Delhi
Email: avantikaachamoli@gmail.com

DOI: 10.33329/rjelal.14.3.263
263-270
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Scope of the Journal

Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the rapid quarterly publication of scholarly articles in all areas related to English language and literature.

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Literature written in the English language

  • English linguistics and sociolinguistics

  • Translation studies and related fields

  • African literatures and literature appreciation

  • Cultural studies and literary styles

  • Asian Englishes and Asian literatures in English, including diasporic literature and translated works

  • The interplay between stylistics, critical theory, linguistics, and literary criticism, particularly their application in teaching both native and non-native speakers

  • Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), and Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)

  • Computational linguistics and corpus linguistics

  • Discourse analysis and interlanguage pragmatics

  • Language in organizational contexts

  • ELT (English Language Teaching) materials development and evaluation

  • Globalization of the English language

  • English language teacher education

RJELAL welcomes original research articles, theoretical discussions, and pedagogical applications that contribute to the evolving landscape of English studies.

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As an open-access journal, Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) incurs publication costs. To cover these, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied to each article accepted for publication following a double-blind peer review.

We routinely waive APCs for authors from low-income countries. Authors from other regions may request a waiver or discount during the submission process, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis for those with insufficient funding.

APC Details:

  • Research Articles, Reviews, and Short Communications:

    • ₹2000 for authors affiliated with Indian institutions

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    • ₹3000 for Indian authors

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    • ₹1000 for delivery within India

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Plagiarism Policy (RJELAL)


RJELAL strictly adheres to ethical publishing practices and follows the plagiarism guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software. The journal does not tolerate any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, duplication, or uncredited paraphrasing. Manuscripts with a similarity index above 10–15% (excluding references, quotes, and common phrases) will be returned or rejected. Authors are responsible for ensuring originality and proper citation of sources. Any detected misconduct will result in immediate rejection or retraction of the published article. RJELAL upholds academic integrity and responsible research practices.