Aims and scope

Comparative Literature: East & West is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes research on all aspects of comparative literature. The journal aims to serve as a platform to promote scholarship of comparative literature in the East and West and encourage the exchange of ideas and information.

Comparative Literature: East & West accepts papers on the following topics:

  • Comparative literature
  • World literature
  • Literary criticism
  • Translation studies
  • Media studies
  • Cultural studies
  • Comparative poetics


Comparative Literature: East & West
publishes original contributions to the field of comparative literature. The journal operates on a double anonymized peer review policy.


Comparative Literature: East & West
is sponsored by Research Base of Comparative Literature, National Key Discipline, Sichuan University.

All articles will be made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.