Aims & Scope

Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies publishes scholarship in line with the following core objectives and prioritizes original academic works particularly aimed at postgraduate researchers, postdoctoral scholars, and professional academics:

• To support original research that analyzes the structural and semantic specificities of Turkish literature on historical and theoretical levels, focusing on its internal dynamics.
• To bring contemporary debates in literary theory and literary historiography into the academic agenda and to foster a critical, dynamic, and productive engagement with these theoretical approaches.
• To provide a platform for comparative studies that trace the historical and contemporary transformations of literary production, form, and reception practices across different national literatures and to develop an interdisciplinary perspective on the global diversity of literature.

In line with the objectives outlined above, Nesir encourages the following types of contributions:

• Historical, structural, and hermeneutic analyses of poetry, narrative, and prose genres
• Interpretive and critical studies engaging with current theoretical debates in literary theory and historiography
• Transnational and intercultural studies within the framework of comparative and world literature discussions
• Interdisciplinary research exploring the aesthetic, cultural, or historical intersections of literature with fields such as philosophy, history, linguistics, folklore, theater, and dramatic writing