Journal of Literary Studies

1.5k citations
666 papers · indexed · active since 1950
Topics
South African History and CulturePostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAfrican history and culture studies

In The Last Decade

Journal of Literary Studies

414 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers

Journal of Literary Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 104
  • Sociology and Political Science 788
  • Literature and Literary Theory 677
  • Anthropology 218
  • Language and Linguistics 143
  • Philosophy 138
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About Journal of Literary Studies

The 666 papers published in Journal of Literary Studies in the last decades have received a total of 1.5k indexed citations . Papers published in Journal of Literary Studies usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (320 papers), Archeology (11 papers) and Anthropology (100 papers) specifically the topics of South African History and Culture (212 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (154 papers) and African history and culture studies (63 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of Literary Studies are Edgar Allan Poë, Leon de Kock, Wendy A. Woodward, Bert Olivier, Tamar Yacobi, Dorothy Driver, Sandra Swart, Annamaria Carusi, Zoë Wicomb and Michael Chapman.

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