About the Journal

Journal Description

LexiNarra: Journal of Linguistics and Literature is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality scholarly research in the fields of linguistics, literature, translation studies, philology, and textual culture. The journal serves as an academic forum for researchers and scholars to advance critical, analytical, and interpretative studies of language and literary texts.

LexiNarra publishes original research articles written in Arabic, English, or Bahasa Indonesia that address both classical and contemporary issues in linguistic and literary studies. Research related to language education, pedagogy, teaching methodology, curriculum design, or classroom practices falls outside the scope of this journal.

All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process to ensure academic quality, originality, and meaningful scholarly contribution.

LexiNarra: Journal of Linguistics and Literature is published three times a year (July, November, and March) by LPPM Universitas Muhammadiyah Banten.

Aims and Objectives

LexiNarra: Journal of Linguistics and Literature aims to serve as a scholarly forum for the development of linguistic, literary, and textual studies through critical, analytical, and interpretative approaches to linguistic and literary phenomena.

The journal also aims to foster sustained academic dialogue among researchers and scholars in the fields of linguistics and literature, particularly those engaging with texts in Arabic, English, and Bahasa Indonesia, encompassing both classical and contemporary contexts.

To achieve these aims, LexiNarra sets out the following objectives:

1. To publish high-quality original research articles in theoretical and descriptive linguistics, encompassing both micro-linguistic and macro-linguistic studies.
2. To advance literary studies through the publication of research on classical and modern literature, literary criticism, and literary theory using interdisciplinary and text-based approaches.
3. To provide an academic platform for discourse and narrative studies, including analyses of literary, media, religious, and cultural texts.
4. To support the development of translation studies by encouraging research that conceptualizes translation as a linguistic, textual, and cultural practice.
5. To promote philological and manuscript studies, particularly research focusing on textual transmission, historical linguistics, and the interpretation of classical texts.
6. To examine the relationship between language, literature, and culture, with particular attention to issues of representation, identity, ideology, and power within social and historical contexts.
7. To encourage scholarly contributions addressing both classical and contemporary issues in linguistics and literature, grounded in robust theoretical frameworks and methodological rigor.
8. To maintain a clear disciplinary focus by excluding studies related to language education, pedagogy, teaching methodology, curriculum, and classroom practices from the scope of the journal.

The APC is not charged at the submission stage and is payable only after the manuscript has been accepted. This fee is used to support editorial management, peer review, journal system maintenance, and open access publication.

No additional charges are required beyond the stated APC.