EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

§ 1. Metadata

The following metadata should be attached to the text:

1) information about the author(s) (first and last name, affiliation: name of affiliating unit, address of affiliating unit, ORCID ID; author's e-mail address);

3) title of the text in English;

4) abstract in English (200-250 words);

5) keywords in English (a maximum of 5 keywords separated by semicolons).

Note: title, abstract and keywords are not required for Reviews.

 

§ 2. Length of texts

The lenght of texts for the various sections:

1) Articles: 20–40 thousand characters with spaces (counted with footnotes, but without bibliography, keywords and abstracts).

2) Essays: 20–30 thousand characters with spaces (counted with footnotes, but without bibliography, keywords and abstracts).

3) Materials to The Companion of the Literary Genres (entries): 10–20 thousand characters with spaces (counted without bibliography).

4) Reviews: 6–10 thousand characters with spaces.

5) Miscellanea (other texts): up to 25 thousand characters with spaces.

The editors reserve the right to propose abbreviations or additions in the submitted texts.

 

§ 3. Text formatting

  • font: Arial;
  • size: 12;
  • line spacing: 1,5; for notes 1;
  • margins: 2,5 cm;
  • no indentation in the paragraphs following each subtitles (subheadings)

Illustrations: all illustrations (JPG – 300 DPI) should be provided with appropriate captions, in particular: a source of illustration and license (Creative Commons).

Tables and charts: all tables must be numbered, titled and have an information about the source.

In the case of fragments of texts written in Cyrillic or other non-Latin alphabet, a transcription is necessary.

 

§ 4. Quotes and footnotes

  • after each quotation: (Surname[s] Date of publication: pages);
  • short quotations (up to 3 sentences) can be put it in the main text (using quotation marks);
  • the longer ones should be extracted from the main text (font Arial, size 10);
  • no indentation in the new line of the main text after such quotes;
  • quotation in quotation in double angle brackets » «;
  • bibliographic footnotes in the text should be placed in the following way: (Shillingsburg 2006: 35–38);
  • if the publication has two or three authors, give all the names, separated by a commas: (Schreibman, Raymond, and Unsworth 2004);
  • if the footnote reference is made to various works of one author, footnote must be prepared according to the formula: (Turner 2002: 75; 2007: 102);
  • if the footnote reference is made to various works of one author published the same year, an additional information should be placed: (Turner 2002a: 71), (Turner 2002b: 201) – the same notification has to be placed in bibliography;
  • additional notes should be placed on the bottom of the page – font Arial, size 10.
  • we do not use abbreviations, for example: Idem; Ibidem; op. cit.; See, See further; we repeat the author's surname.

 

§ 5. References

  • alphabetical order
  • without numbering

Examples:

  • Shillingsburg Peter L. (2006), From Gutenberg to Google: Electronic Representations of Literary Texts, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Ashcroft Bill, Griffths Gareth, Tiffin Helen (2000), Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts, Routledge, London.
  • Bhabha Homi (1986), The Other Question: Difference, Discrimination and the Discourse of Colonialism [in] Literature, Politics & Theory, ed. F. Barker, P. Hulme, M. Iversen, Methuen, London.
  • Leclercq Guy (1986), Traduire de la poésie, c'est faire de la poésie. Quelques Jalons dans l'approche d'un poème de e. e. Cummings, „Revue d'esthétique (Toulouse)”, no 12.
  • Szymborska Wisława (2009), Rubens’ Women, trans. S. Barańczak, C. Cavanagh, www.inwardboundpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/04/782-rubins-women-wislawaszymborska.html

 

Texts prepared incorrectly will be not accepted.