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  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 11 No. 1 (2024)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a bi-annual, print and online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission. 

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

     

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

     

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility.

     

    The Editors:

    Dr. Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

    Dr. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08066181358

  • AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission.

    AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 9 No. 2 (2023)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a bi-annual, print and online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 13 No. 2 (2026)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a quarterly production of online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar but print copy will be on special edition and on demand. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission.

     

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility. 

    Department of English Language & Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

    Email: [email protected]

     

    CONTACTS:

    The Editor: 

    Dr Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

    The Editor:

    Dr Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

     08066181358

    Editor-in-Chief:

    Prof Chinwe Ezeifeka

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University

    Awka

    08035427698

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 12 No. 3 (2025)

     

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a quarterly production of online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar but print copy will be on special edition and on demand. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission.

     

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility. 

    Department of English Language & Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

    Email: [email protected]

     

    CONTACTS:

    The Editor: 

    Dr. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08066181358

    The Editor:

    Dr. Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

    Editor-in-Chief:

    Prof Chinwe Ezeifeka

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University

    Awka

    08035427698

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 11 No. 2 (2024)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a bi-annual, print and online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission. 

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

     

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

     

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility.

     

    The Editors:

    Dr. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08066181358

    Dr. Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a bi-annual, print and online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission. 

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

     

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

     

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility.

     

    The Editors:

    Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies

    Department of English Language & Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

    Anambra State, Nigeria

     

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS) SPECIAL EDITION
    Vol. 13 No. Special Edition (2026)

    EDITORIAL NOTE

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal published in both print and online mode by the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is indexed on Google Scholar and enjoys online visibility, making its scholarly contributions accessible to the global audience.

     This Special Edition of AJELLS emerged from the Department's commitment to mentoring young academics in research writing and scholarly collaboration. The initiative, introduced by the current Head of the Department, as “Research Collaboration and Mentoring Teams”, was designed to forge research collaboration teams that have a mix of elderly and young academics in a symbiotic relationship aimed at fostering research excellence among academic staff members in the Department. The teams collaborate at various stages of research design, problem formulation, theoretical and empirical procedures, data collection and analysis, with each team presenting its research report before the Department for rigorous critical review, which takes place every fortnight. The papers underwent several stages of revision, incorporating constructive feedback at every stage until the papers were developed into publishable scholarly works.

     We express our sincere appreciation to all the contributors whose papers successfully reached this final stage, as well as to everyone whose dedication, support, and commitment made this special edition a reality. AJELLS remains committed to publishing high-quality, original research founded on sound theoretical and empirical frameworks. As a publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, the journal places a high premium on grammatical accuracy, logical organization, coherent presentation of ideas, effective paragraphing, and error-free writing. Authors whose works are in this edition are therefore expected to have passed through the rigours of peer-review before final publication to ensure the journal's standards of scholarly excellence.

     Prof. Chinwe Ezeifeka (Editor-in-Chief)

    Professor of Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University

    Awka, Nigeria

     

    EDITORIAL BOARD

     

    Editor-in-Chief

    Prof Chinwe Ezeifeka

    Dept. of English Language and Literature

    Faculty of Arts

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

     

    Editors

    Rev Canon Dr. Sylvanus Onyeachulam

    Dept. of English Language and Literature

    Faculty of Arts

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

     

    Dr. Oziomachukwu Akunna Ajemba

    Dept. of English Language and Literature

    Faculty of Arts

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

     

    Chidiebere Evans Akalawu

    Dept. of English Language and Literature

    Faculty of Arts

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 12 No. 4 (2025)

    Vol. 12 No. 4 (2025): AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)

     

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a quarterly production of online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar but print copy will be on special edition and on demand. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission.

     

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility. 

    Department of English Language & Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

    Email: [email protected]

     

    CONTACTS:

    The Editor:

    Dr. Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

    The Editor: 

    Dr. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08066181358

    Editor-in-Chief:

    Prof Chinwe Ezeifeka

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University

    Awka

    08035427698

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025)

     

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a quarterly production of online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar but print copy will be on special edition and on demand. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission.

     

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility. 

    Department of English Language & Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

    Email: [email protected]

     

    CONTACTS:

    The Editor:

    Dr. Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

    The Associate Editor:

    Dr. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08066181358

     

    Editor-in-Chief:

    Prof Chinwe Ezeifeka

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University

    Awka

    08035427698

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 10 No. 2 (2024)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a bi-annual, print and online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

     

    AJELLS insists on quality, originality and sound theoretical and empirical bases in all papers. Emanating from the Department of English Language and Literature, a high level of grammatical constructions, proper organisation and presentation of facts, good paragraphing and error-free write-ups are germane. Authors are expected to properly self-edit their papers before final submission. 

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

    Contributors are expected to write their names, institution affiliation and their mailing address with brief bibliographical profile of not more than five lines. They should also keep copies of the materials sent.

     

    Length: Articles should be within 5,000 and 6,000 words.

     

    Format: The article should be double spaced written on one side A4 paper and should be numbered.

     

    Copyright: The contributor should ensure clear permission as the editors will not take responsibility.

     

    The Editors:

    Dr. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08066181358

    Dr. Uche Nnyagu

    Department of English Language and Literature

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University,

    Awka

    08038685779

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023)

    The Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies (AJELLS) is a bi-annual, print and online, peer-reviewed publication of the Department of English Language and Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal is visible online, indexed by Google Scholar. The multidisciplinary focus of AJELLS enables it to draw contributors not only from language, literature, literary criticism, linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, but also welcomes researches from allied disciplines such as gender studies, critical discourse analysis of media, political, medical, religious, ecological, and other discourses, psychoanalysis, philosophy of language and language therapy. Papers from Theatre and Film Studies, Modern European Languages, Igbo, African and Communication Studies and Chinese Studies are also welcome.  In fact, the journal accepts language/literature-related researches in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and other related areas of specialization.

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 13 No. 1 (2026)

  • AWKA JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES (AJELLS)
    Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025)