Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature (STTCL) is committed to publishing high quality, anonymously peer reviewed articles written in English on post-1900 literature, film, and media in French, German, and Spanish. The journal is devoted to theory and criticism in the modern languages, and encourages interdisciplinary and collaborative submissions. Each annual issue starts with a guest edited special focus section, with newly accepted general submissions and book reviews published incrementally throughout the year.
Announcement of upcoming issue:
50th anniversary special focus section: Teaching Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Literature, Editor: Kathleen Antonioli (Kansas State University)
Current Issue: Volume 49, Issue 1 (2025) Refugee Voices in Contemporary Literature
Special focus guest editors: Kathryn Sederberg (Kalamazoo College) and Rebekah Slodounik (Bucknell University)Introductory Materials
Special Focus
Special Focus Introduction: Refugee Voices in Contemporary Literature
Kathryn Sederberg and Rebekah Slodounik
Hospitality and Tolerance: Portrayals of Migrant Communities in Jenny Erpenbeck’s Gehen, ging, gegangen (2015) and Saša Stanišić’s Herkunft (2019)
Carol Anne Costabile-Heming
The Art of (Un)Accompaniment: Salvadoran Child Refugee Narratives in the Twenty-first Century
Ana Patricia Rodríguez
