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Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies, starting in 2024, migrates to better secure itself from various unwanted things, including journal hacking and so on. To submit, the author, please visit the new website page of our journal at the link https://journal.unnes.ac.id/journals/rainbow

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Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies aims to provide a setting for scholars and researchers worldwide to share their experiences and interact on an academic platform. It publishes reports of original empirical studies, theoretical articles, methodological articles, case studies, and reviews under the umbrella of Literary theory, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies. 

Journal Name : Rainbow Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies
Editor in Chief : Henrikus Joko Yulianto, Ph.D.
ISSN : 2252-6323 (print)
    2721-4540 (online)
Frequency of Publication  : Biannually (April and October)
Publisher : Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang
Address : B8 Buliding 1st Floor, Kampus Sekaran, Gunungpati Semarang 50229, Indonesia
Accreditation : Grade 3 (Sinta 3) - Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education
 
Abstracting & Indexing: Dimensions, Garuda, Sinta, DOAJ

Current Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2
Published: 2026-08-03

Articles

  • Diving Into Emotions: An Illocutionary Acts Approach to Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" Song Lyrics

    Intan Ayu Destiani, Mohammad Ikhwan Rosyidi (Author)
    118-124
    Article ID 57024
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57024

  • Indonesian pre-service teachers’ strategy of using English as a medium in teaching a foreign language

    Syakira Mumtaza, Girindra Putri Dewi Saraswati (Author)
    219-228
    Article ID 59242
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.59242

  • The Psychoanalytic Reading on Sexual Obsession  in Nabokov’s Lolita

    Hendriansyah Rafi Prayoga (Author)
    212-218
    Article ID 58287
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.58287

  • The Influence of Id, Ego, and Superego on Love and Sacrifice in Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s Relationship in The Hunger Games

    Fidela Larissa Evelina Valda (Author)
    198-211
    Article ID 57502
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57502

  • Exploring Human Natures in The Contemporary Society through the Representation of the Characters in The Little Prince Novel

    Satria Aji Saputra, Imas Istiani S.S, M.A (Author)
    185-197
    Article ID 57339
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57339

  • Questioning Social Expectation towards Masculinity in Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill

    Khalilah Aisyah Maharani (Author)
    175-184
    Article ID 57425
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57425

  • Class Anxiety: A Marxist Analysis of Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice

    Davina Putri Wiendien, Thohiriyah S.S M.Hum (Author)
    163-174
    Article ID 57496
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57496

  • Internalization of Barongan Art Values in Stimulating Children's Expression and Creativity

    Hartono Hartono (Author); Agus Cahyono, Wahyu Beny Mukti Setiyawan, Siti Aesijah (Translator); Halimah Agustina, Fitrah Cyntha Dirna (Author); Vini Viodita, Saiful Fallah (Translator); Yudhistira Yossa Aidrajasa (Author)
    147-155
    Article ID 58232
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.58232

  • Women’s Psychological Resilience Against Intergenerational Trauma in Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s The Mountains Sing

    Sabrina Aulia Putri, Sri Sumaryani (Author)
    156-162
    Article ID 58019
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.58019

  • Politeness Strategies to Express Emotion in Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Naura Makiya Faily, Almira Irwaniyanti Utami (Author)
    138-46
    Article ID 57601
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57601

  • The Virtue of the Green: Plant Agency and Interspecies Communion in Mary Oliver’s Devotions (2017)

    Thi Thai Ha Dang (Author)
    125-137
    Article ID 56527
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.56527

  • The Culinary Construction of Identity: Negotiating Korean American Immigrant Subjectivity in Zauner’s Crying in H Mart

    Meylani Meylani, Sri Sumaryani (Author)
    1-9
    Article ID 57319
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57319

  • Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity: The Resistance of Black Woman Battalion in The Six Triple Eight (2024) Film

    Za'imah Afifah Marzuqah, Thohiriyah (Author)
    106-117
    Article ID 57459
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57459

  • The Depiction of Grief and Its Articulation in Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

    Febrian Rahmadani, Dr. Karina Hanum Luthfia, S.S.,M.A. (Author)
    95-105
    Article ID 57351
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57351

  • Relation Maxim Flouting as an Avoidance Strategy Signaling Geralt's Moral Stance in "The Lesser Evil"

    Farrel Maulana Azhani, Almira Irwaniyanti Utami, S.Hum., M.Li. (Author)
    87-94
    Article ID 55688
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.55688

  • Internalization of Racial Discourse in Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis

    Fatchudin Rosyid, Ruly Indra Darmawan (Author)
    75-86
    Article ID 57317
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57317

  • Flouting Maxim as Social Criticism: Rhetorical Manifestations in Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

    Silva Rani, Almira Irwaniyanti Utami (Author)
    63-74
    Article ID 57513
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57513

  • The Struggle of Women Leadership in Intersectional Roles During World War II in Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale

    Fanny Marizka (Author)
    52-62
    Article ID 57512
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57512

  • Emotional Denial as a Self-Defense Mechanism in Daisy’s Character in Picking Daisies on Sundays

    Tyana Putri Utami, Thohiriyah, S.S., M.Hum (Author)
    41-51
    Article ID 57497
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57497

  • Duality of Ernest Burhart in Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

    Ringgo Ageng Pramana, Thohiriyah (Author)
    31-40
    Article ID 57479
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57479

  • Deconstructing Moral Responsibility in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913)

    Wisnu Aji Prasetyo (Author)
    20-30
    Article ID 57440
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57440

  • The Persistence of Social Power in Post-Catholic Ireland: A New Historicist Study of Sally Rooney's Normal People

    Husein Asadus Shahra, Karina Hanum Luthfia (Author)
    10-19
    Article ID 57332
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57332
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