Call for Papers

Litinfinite Journal

July-August 2026

(Vol 8 Issue I)

On

Current Trends in Indian Literary Studies: Style and Contemporaneity

E-ISSN: 2582-0400 | CODEN: LITIBR

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All the manuscripts should be mailed to litinfinitejournal@gmail.com

Deadline for Submission: 2^nd June 2026

Abstract (150-200 words), Keywords – (5-6), and Final research papers of 4000-6000 words (including citations) everything as a complete research paper should be submitted by 2^nd June 2026. The journal does not charge any processing fee or any other type of fee. We are not accepting poems, stories, or any other creative piece at this moment. Plagiarized and AI-generated papers will be summarily rejected.

(The Bengali research manuscripts should be accompanied by English title, author(s) details, keywords, abstracts, and references). We also welcome interviews (3-5 pages, with a 100-word bio of the interviewer and the interviewee) and Book reviews (1200-1500 words) on the given theme. All book reviews MUST have the name of the author, a high-resolution cover photo of the book, year of publication, price, ISBN, and number of pages as per the standard conventions maintained for any book review. It should also contain the complete details of the reviewer/ reviewers including name, an informative title, affiliation, mail i.d., phone number, and address. The research papers, reviews, and interviews should be in Book Antiqua, heading 12 points (bold), body 12 font, and single line spacing.

Litinfinite Journal invites original, research-driven submissions for its upcoming special issue on Current Trends in Indian Literary Studies: Style and Contemporaneity. This issue seeks to critically examine how literary production, interpretation, and circulation in India are being reshaped by contemporary aesthetic, cultural, and theoretical developments.

Theme and Scope

The question of the “contemporary” in Indian literary studies is neither temporally fixed nor critically stable. As Dipesh Chakrabarty argues, “the present is not a homogeneous time but one that is shot through with multiple pasts and futures” (Provincializing Europe, 2000). Indian literary traditions, long characterized by multilingualism and heterogeneity, are increasingly engaging with global frameworks while retaining regionally grounded epistemologies.

In this context, style emerges as a crucial analytical category—not merely as a formal attribute but as a mode of cultural inscription. Aijaz Ahmad reminds us that literary forms are “always already inscribed within histories of class, nation, and ideology” (In Theory, 1992). Similarly, Meenakshi Mukherjee’s reflections in The Perishable Empire (2000) foreground how Indian English literature negotiates its position between colonial inheritances and postcolonial assertions.

Contemporary Indian literary studies also engage deeply with questions of language, translation, and power. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s seminal intervention that translation is “the most intimate act of reading” (1993) underscores the ethical and political stakes involved in cross-linguistic literary practices. This becomes especially relevant in a literary culture where regional languages, oral traditions, and digital forms coexist and interact dynamically.

Recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of new literary voices and forms—Dalit, Adivasi, feminist, queer, and ecocritical writings—that challenge canonical aesthetics and introduce alternative stylistic registers. As Arjun Appadurai notes, “the imagination has become an organized field of social practices” (Modernity at Large, 1996), and literature continues to serve as a vital site where such practices are articulated and contested.

This special issue aims to explore how Indian literary studies today respond to these transformations. It invites contributions that interrogate the intersections of style, ideology, and contemporaneity across genres, languages, and media.

Suggested Areas of Inquiry (indicative, not exhaustive)

• Reconfigurations of Indian literary criticism in the 21st century
• Stylistic experimentation in contemporary Indian writing (regional and English)
• Translation, transcreation, and multilingual literary practices
• Dalit, Adivasi, and subaltern literatures: narrative and stylistic innovations
• Feminist and queer approaches to literary style and form
• Digital literature, social media narratives, and emerging genres
• Ecocriticism and environmental storytelling in Indian contexts
• Archival re-readings and contemporary reinterpretations of canonical texts
• Intermediality: literature and its intersections with film, performance, and visual culture
• Globalization, diaspora, and the redefinition of Indian literary identity
• Translation and Transcreation in India

Submission Guidelines

• Full-length research papers: 4500–6000 words
• Submissions must be original and unpublished
• Manuscripts should follow MLA (9th edition) style guidelines
• Include an abstract (250–300 words) and 5–6 keywords
• All papers will undergo a single-blind peer review process

Important Dates

• Full Paper Submission Deadline: 2^nd June 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: by 30^th June 2026
• Publication of Issue: July 1^st week 2026

Submission Process

Please submit your manuscript, author bio, ORCID ID strictly in MS Word format to:
litinfinitejournal@gmail.com
Subject Line: Submission – Special Issue on Indian Literary Studies

Select References

Ahmad, Aijaz. In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures. Verso, 1992.
Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
Chakrabarty, Dipesh. Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference. Princeton University Press, 2000.
Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in English. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. “The Politics of Translation.” Routledge, 1993.
Gopal, Priyamvada. The Indian English Novel: Nation, History, and Narration. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Nayar, Pramod K. Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory. Pearson, 2010.

Contact – For queries, please write to: litinfinitejournal@gmail.com

We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to contribute to this issue and participate in advancing critical conversations on the evolving landscape of Indian literary studies, with particular emphasis on style and contemporaneity.