Editorial Board:

Editorial Advisory Board

Call for Papers

The 2012 Issue of the Explorations, a literary and research journal

Explorations, a literary and research journal,has been published since 1969 by the Department of English, GC University Lahore. The journal can boast an impressive list of researchers and writers whose writings first appeared in it.

Explorations, now a referred journal, invites submissions for the 2012 issue. Our journal can publish both literary and research writing. The Literary section will/may feature poetry and prose (fiction/non-fiction). Research articles should be of critical nature, which apart from English literature may also examine literatures available in other languages, including local ones. The articles submitted for publication must not be published elsewhere and should follow the latest MLA Formatting and Style Guide.

Literary writings (poems or prose pieces) or Critical articles between 3000 to 5000 wordsprepared in accordance with the MLA style and accompanied by an abstract of 8-10 lines should be sent by June 30, 2012 to:

Dr Nosheen Khan, Department of English, GC University Lahore or email: explorations@gcu.edu.pk

Note for Authors
 

Explorations, an annual literary and research journal of the Department of English language and Literature, accepts innovative, research-based articles and book reviews that have not been published previously. In the articles submitted for publication, the latest MLA documentation style is to be followed with parenthetical citations in the text and an alphabetical list of “Works Cited”.  The maximum word limit for an article is 5000 words with an abstract of up to 500 words. The author must also give written consent to publish his/her article in Explorations and the permission to re-edit the submitted article as per policies of the publication. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that the information and references included in the article are correct.
 

A Literary and Research Journal Volume 21, 2010

Table of Contents

1.    Neither Internee nor Informer: Seamus Heaney - the Poet, the Public Spokesman and the Anthropologist in North, P-1-16

     Dr. Haris Qadeer

2.   Innovations in Dramaturgy: A Study of O’Neill’s Strange Interlude, P-17-40

     M. Siddique Awan

3.    Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad as Postmodern Fiction, P-41-54

    Saman Khalid

4.      A Post-Structuralist Analysis of Some of Wilfred Owen’s War Poems, P-55-66

     Rubina Shaheen

5.      Research in Bilingualism: A Dilemma!, P-67-79

     Saima Jabeen

6.      Reworking of Fable in Vikram Seth’s Beaslty Tales from Here and There, P-80-85

     Madiha Inam Pal

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