Announcements
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Inquire is a new peer-reviewed international journal of Comparative
Literature to be published online by the graduate students of the Program of
Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta beginning January 2011.
"Inquire" aims to build upon the successes of Comparative Literature as a
multifaceted discipline that emphasizes the study of minor literatures and
languages, translation, and literary theory by providing the space for
informed discussion and creative research by graduate students. Accordingly,
the first issue is titled Bold Inquiry: New Directions in Comparative
Literature.
We are looking for essays that clearly strive to reconsider traditional
topics in new ways or to take up less canonical forms, genres, and
methodologies. An investigation of poetry, drama, short stories, or novels
might emphasize epic or performance poetry, tragedy or melodrama, fables or
abridgments, the historical novel or speculative fiction. A study of
non-fiction could include the almanac, biography, travelogue, textbook,
criticism, etc. Emphasis might be on writers or readers, publishers or
sellers and involve the book, chapbook, pamphlet, journal, magazine,
newspaper, theater, film, website, etc. Methodologies of interest include,
but are not restricted to: (1) rhizomatic research, the tracing of literary
connections not restricted to traditional means or areas of investigation;
(2) book history, the description of print artifacts as material,
historical, social, and cultural objects; (3) digital humanities, the use of
multimedia technologies to research, present, and compare languages and
literatures. In short, we encourage submissions that take an
interdisciplinary and innovative approach to describe and discuss the
production, dissemination, and reception of literature in all forms across
languages, cultures, and national borders.
All submissions: original work not submitted elsewhere, complete essays in
English, 5-7,000 words (including bibliography and endnotes), MLA format,
.doc (if possible), 12-pt font, double-spaced throughout, include a separate
cover sheet with name, institutional affiliation, email, an abstract (200
words), and a short biography (100 words). Submissions will be received from
graduate students only until September 10, 2010. All submissions accepted
for review will be read anonymously. Further information about the journal
is available at
http://www.ualberta.ca/~inquire. Or http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Einquire
Please send queries or submissions to inquire@ualberta.ca
Conference: Myth, Literature and the Unconscious
2-4 September, 2010
Venue: University of Essex, Colchester, UK
An international conference organized by the Centre for Myth Studies at the University of Essex, supported by the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies and the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies.
Comma Press are delighted to announce the launch of five new titles in their Imprint for Short Fiction in Translation, beginning with Madinha: City Stories from the Middle East, featuring translations from the Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish (ed. Joumana Haddad) and continuing with Long Days by Maike Wetzel (translated from the German by Lyn Marven). Further information about other forthcoming titles can be found at this link.
