Focus and Scope

THE GIST: Jurnal Sastra dan Bahasa is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Faculty of Letters (Fakultas Sastra), Universitas Al-Ghifari (UNFARI), Bandung, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing scholarship in the fields of literature and linguistics.

The scope of THE GIST includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • Morphology and Grammatical Analysis (derivational and inflectional)
  • Semantics and Contextual Meaning
  • Pragmatics and Speech Act Theory
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Language Adaptation and Borrowing in Translation
  • Subtitling and Subtitles Linguistics
  • Literary Analysis and Literary Criticism
  • Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature
  • Language in Popular Media and Contemporary Literary Works

THE GIST welcomes original research articles, review articles, and case studies from academics, researchers, and students in the fields of language and literature from Indonesia and internationally. The journal accepts manuscripts in both English and Indonesian.