he first issue of this journal was published in spring 1965, under the title of “Journal of Mashhad Faculty of Letters”, directed by Dr. Javad Heydari (PBUH), and from the 17th issue in 2005, it changed its name to “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad”. This journal was published as “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad” from spring, 1974 (37th issue), as “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, University of Mashhad” from issue 57 to 64, as “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad” from spring, 1984 (65th issue). Considering university journal ranks, the journal was published as a peer-reviewed one from 76th-77th issues in spring and summer, 1987 and was published as such until winter, 2002 (139th issue). Due to specialization of journal scopes, the journal’s name was changed to “Journal of Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters and Humanities” from spring, 2003. Based on the rules regulated by Ministry of Sciences, Research, and Technology to specialize journals according to university fields, this journal was entitled as ‘Literary Studies” from 2005 (164th issue), and publish articles in the field of Persian language and literature