English Literature->Journals
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English Writing->Creative Writing

“Philippine Literature Portal” describes itself as “an online resources center for Filipino Writers and Readers.” It is a website created as a joint project between the UP Institute of Creative Writing and the National Commissin for Culture and Arts. Its primary goal is “to disseminate Philippine literature online by providing a database of author’s profiles and their works.” The user can find links to various literary genres on the top side of the website, such as “Poetry,” “Fiction,” “Drama,” “Non-fiction,” “Children’s Literature,” “Criticism,” and “Folk Literature,” etc. By choosing the category of interest, the user will find the respective authors of that genre listed in alphabetical order, with the title of their works written underneath them. The full text of each work can be read directly on the computer screen with a simple click. Many of the literary works are written in Filipino, however, so they might not be so accessible to the average reader.

The website also has features such as “Writers Market” (where various job offers are posted for those who are interested) and “News and Events” (where details on upcoming activities and workshops, as well as call for papers are posted). These all aim to stimulate the writer/reader’s interest, so that they will find the motivation to participate in the Filipino literary atmosphere in whatever way they can.

URL : http://panitikan.com.ph/index.htm

Keyword(s) : Philippine literature , Creative writing , Fiction , Philippines , Philipinnes

English Literature->Journals
English Writing->Creative Writing
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This is the official website for the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, otherwise known as QLRS in short. It is an Internet literary journal which promotes the literary arts in Singapore by introducing submitted poetry, short stories, essays, and criticism etc. approximately four times a year—in January, April, July, and October. In their mission statement they write that they aim “to stimulate the feedback mechanisms in the literary scene, and to develop Singaporean writers to international standards.” Their ultimate goal is to help these selected writers improve their writing so that their work will be acknowledged worldwide.

The website itself is easy to navigate. On the left column there are links where the user can choose a particular issue and then the literary genre he/she is interested in. There are a total of 247 poems, 83 short stories, 38 essays, 70 literary critiques, and also various other reading material, such as interviews and letters written by readers, etc. All of the writing is written in English, and each submission includes a brief introduction of the writer as well.

For those who are interested in not only reading other’s works but also publishing their own, QLRS could be a great opportunity. In the submissions policy, it states that anyone can submit their literary endeavors to the journal, heedless of their national descent. QLRS does explicitly explain, however, that they are “keen on writing with Singapore relevance.”

URL : http://www.qlrs.com/default.asp

Keyword(s) : Singapore , Fiction Poetry, Reviews , Books , Short stories

English Literature->Journals

Konch is a free online journal published and edited by Ishmael Reed. It began as a print magazine in 1990 and went online in 1998. This web version of the magazine provides access to the content of the current issue. The content of the magazine is on minority ethnic groups in the U.S and the articles are written from that perspective. In spring 2007, renowned scholar Robert A. Lee was presented in the last updated issue. Samples of interesting and thought-provoking articles include "Alice Walker's Colonial Mind," "Racism in Outer Space?" and "Motherism: The Afrocentric Alternative."

URL : http://ishmaelreedpub.com/

Keyword(s) : minority, ethnic, online journal, journal, magazine, Ishmael Reed, Ethnicity in literature

English Literature->Journals

Literature and Theology is a quarterly peer-review journal published in Oxford University. This journal aims at exploring how religion is embedded in culture by analyzing texts and studying theories. It also aims at understanding and renewing the traditional conversation on the religion and the literature through biblical criticism, literary criticism, philosophy, politics, culture studies, gender studies, artistic theory/practice, and contemporary critical theory/practice. By pressing ‘Current Issue’, you can easily move to the latest issue(volume 22). You can subscribe this paid journal through on-line or by fax or mail but reading critique’s excerpts is free of charge. On search page, through advanced search, in which you can use 5-field categories, you can find information about no more than 220 academic journals published Oxford University.

URL : http://litthe.oxfordjournals.org

Keyword(s) : Theology in literature

English Literature->Journals
English Literature->Prose & Novel->By Period->20th Century
English Literature->Prose & Novel->Ethnics->Others

An online paper concerning the representation of the doubleness of selfhood that can be seen in the protagonists of Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. The writer, Lewis aims to explain how this doubleness is shown, and how both between and within the two novels a “mirroring of double identity” can be seen. Lewis looks into the “duality of the female personae” and how the concept of “doubling” can also be across gender boundaries. This is a scholarly work that enables one to see how the works of Bronte and Rhys can be connected, and in what ways their female characters are similar/different, and this will allow for a more comprehensive understanding of both texts on the reader’s part.

URL : http://www.english-literature.org/essays/bronte_rhys.html

Keyword(s) : English literature,  Women writers, Charlotte Bronte, Jean Rhys, Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, academic paper, doubleness, selfhood, female identity, Postcolonialism, female authors