Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

Policies

Review Policies

• Peer Review Policy

Information for Authors

• Submission Guidelines
• Style and Formatting Guidelines

Information for Book Reviewers

• Instructions to Book Reviewers

Other Policies

• Open Access Policy
• Copyright
• Content Owned By Someone Else
• Archival Policy

REVIEW POLICIES

Following an internal review, appropriate submissions are sent out for double anonymous peer review..

Peer reviewers should consider the following:

1. Does the author's work represent a significant contribution to knowledge and/or understanding of his or her subject?
2. How significant is the subject?
3. Is the length appropriate to the subject?
4. Is the paper well-organized?
5. Is the style of the paper acceptable? Feel free to make detailed suggestions on the manuscript or on a separate sheet.
6. Are the facts and quotations accurate?
7. What are your suggestions for improving this paper?​

{ top }

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts of 15 to 25 pages (6000 to 8000 words including notes and Works Cited), prepared in accordance with the most recent MLA Style Manual, are welcome. The Journal has no article processing or submission charges. Articles must deal with literature, film, media, and/or theory produced in the 20th-21st centuries in French, German, or Spanish. Interdisciplinary and collaborative submissions are encouraged. Manuscripts must be unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically via New Prairie Press. Essays must be written in English; quotations should be in the original language followed by the English translation. The author's name should not appear on the manuscript. Following an internal review, appropriate submissions are sent out for double anonymous peer review. Unsolicited book reviews are not considered.

{ top }

Style and Formatting Guidelines

Title and author information

1. The title of the article should be centered and not bolded or all in caps.
2. The author should not include their name or other identifying information upon submitting the manuscript.
3. Once the manuscript has passed peer review, the author should insert their name, centered, below the title, and on the next line, also centered, their academic affiliation in italics.

Text formatting

1. Do not use epigraphs. All citations should be considered in the body of the text.
2. Any subheadings should be flush left, not all in caps, not underlined, and not in italics. A blank line should precede and follow any subheading.
3. Double space and size 12 Times New Roman font throughout.
4. The right margin should NOT be justified (this is particularly important in the list of works cited).
5. Use ONE SPACE between sentences. Colons also must be followed by only ONE space.
6. Use “2 em” dashes not preceded or followed by a space, as in the following example: his explanation—which convinced no one—went on for two pages.
7. Italicize titles rather than underlining.
8. Do not use italics or boldface for emphasis. Avoid ‘scare quotes’ whenever possible.
9. Except for colons, semicolons and parenthetical citations, punctuation should be placed within quotation marks: she said his behavior was “bizarre.”
10. Ellipses that appear in the original text should appear as three spaced dots: "Tell me child . . . You haven't been unkind over there?" (Colette 134). Ellipses used to indicate an omission from the source text should be placed in square brackets: "She could not resist a scornful laugh. [...] It was grotesque" (Colette 135).
11. The author is not required to include the date of publication upon first mention of a text.
12. Prefer US spelling conventions (e.g. color, traveler, capitalize).

Foreign language citations and translations

1. All single foreign language words must be in italics.
2. The first appearance of a foreign word must be followed by the English translation in single quotes, separated only by a single space. Foreign-language words common enough to appear in an English-language dictionary (in medias res, bildungsroman etc.) should be in italics, but do not need to be translated.
3. The first appearance of a title in a language other than English must be followed by a translation in parentheses; if the translated title has been published, it should be italicized or placed in quotation marks (depending on what is appropriate for the type of text), and if it has not been published, it should appear in single quotation marks. For example: use Sartre’s Huis clos (No Exit) because the translation has been published; Violette Leduc’s Trésors à prendre (‘Treasures to Take’) because there is no published translation.
4. Foreign language quotations are always followed by English translations, punctuated as follows: “Ich wünschte nicht, Euch irrezuführen” (198) ‘I should not like to lead you astray.’ If quoting a published translation, include the page number in parentheses. If translations are your own, indicate this in a footnote following the first translated quotation.
5. If necessary for clarity when discussing a published translation, include the author's last name and the translator's last name separated by a comma in parenthetical citations: (Rivera Garza, Booker 25)
6. Offset foreign language quotations are followed by one blank line and the translation in normal type (i.e. not in italics), and not enclosed in quotation marks:

MLA style

1. In all stylistic matters, unless otherwise indicated below, we follow the most recent edition of the MLA Style Manual. In particular, please note:
   • Ranges of numbers should be given as 107-09, 211-59, but 198-201.
   • The first mention of a name must include both the first and last names.
2. Parenthetical citations of quotations within the text should be given as follows: “I will be glad to help” (Smith 154). There should be no punctuation between the author’s last name and the page number.
3. In parenthetical citations, the abbreviations “op. cit.” and “ibid.” should not be used. The name of the author may be followed by a short title if necessary to differentiate two or more publications by the same person. The abbreviations “n.p.” and “n. pag.” should not be used in parenthetical citations for texts without page numbers.
4. When slashes are used to separate lines of poetry within the text, the slashes should be preceded and followed by one space: Über allen Gipfeln / Ist Ruh.
5. Offset quotations are indented one tab, but two tabs for poetry. The first line of an offset prose quotation should NOT be indented, even if it is the beginning of a paragraph, unless the quotation includes more than one paragraph.

Footnotes

1. Any notes must be footnotes, not endnotes.
2. Footnotes should be single-spaced, Times New Roman, 10 point font.
3. Footnotes should not be used to provide bibliographic information, which should be included in the works cited.
4. We prefer that authors avoid discursive notes where possible.

Works Cited

1. The list of Works Cited must conform to MLA style and punctuation in all respects.
2. Works cited must include DOIs (digital object identifiers) where available and should be hyperlinked. Use the free DOI lookup, http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/ , on CrossRef's website to check your citations. Include the full URL, e.g., http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521806183.058.

{ top }

INFORMATION FOR BOOK REVIEWERS

Books for Review

1. A current list of books for review is available here.
2. Contact the appropriate book review editor for confirmation before writing a review.
3. Unsolicited book reviews are not considered.

Submission

1. Please respect a turn-around time of 4 months
2. Submit the review electronically at http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/.

Requirements

1. 1,000 word maximum
2. Provide a critical analysis of the work and explain its potential value to its target audience
3. Avoid using quotes unless absolutely necessary
4. Avoid submitting a review that is simply a chapter-by-chapter description of the text

Style and formatting

Title and Author Information

1. Place the full citation of the reviewed work on the first line of the text with no indentation. Example: Paisley Livinston. Models of Desire: René Girard and the Psychology of Mimesis. The Johns Hopkins UP, 1992. 174 pp.
2. If there is a preface or introduction with roman numerals, use the following example: Idelber Avelar. The Untimely Present: Post-Dictatorial Latin American Fiction and the Task of Mourning. Duke UP, 1999. xii + 293 pp.
3. The author’s name and university affiliation appear at the end of the review, aligned on the right-hand side. The author’s name is typed in normal font. The author’s affiliation is underneath the name and italicized

Text formatting

1. Double space and size 12 Times New Roman font throughout. The right margin should NOT be justified (this is particularly important in the list of works cited).
2. Use ONE SPACE between sentences. Colons also must be followed by only ONE space.
3. Use “2 em” dashes not preceded or followed by a space, as in the following example: his explanation—which convinced no one—went on for two pages.
4. Italicize titles rather than underlining.
5. Do not use italics or boldface for emphasis. Avoid ‘scare quotes’ whenever possible.
6. Except for colons, semicolons and parenthetical citations, punctuation should be placed within quotation marks: she said his behavior was “bizarre.”
7. Ellipses that appear in the original text should appear as three spaced dots: "Tell me child . . . You haven't been unkind over there?" (Colette 134). Ellipses used to indicate an omission from the source text should be placed in square brackets: "She could not resist a scornful laugh. [...] It was grotesque" (Colette 135).
8. Prefer US spelling conventions (e.g. color, traveler, capitalize).

Foreign language citations

1. All single foreign language words must be in italics.
2. The first appearance of a foreign word must be followed by the English translation in single quotes, separated only by a single space. Foreign-language words common enough to appear in an English-language dictionary (in medias res, bildungsroman etc.) should be in italics, but do not need to be translated.
3. The first appearance of a title in a language other than English must be followed by a translation in parentheses; if the translated title has been published, it should be italicized or placed in quotation marks (depending on what is appropriate for the type of text), and if it has not been published, it should appear in single quotation marks. For example: use Sartre’s Huis clos (No Exit) because the translation has been published; Violette Leduc’s Trésors à prendre (‘Treasures to Take’) because there is no published translation.
4. Foreign language quotations are always followed by English translations, punctuated as follows: “Ich wünschte nicht, Euch irrezuführen” (198) ‘I should not like to lead you astray.’ If quoting a published translation, include the page number in parentheses. If translations are your own, indicate this in a footnote following the first translated quotation.
5. Offset foreign language quotations are followed by one blank line and the translation in normal type (i.e. not in italics), and not enclosed in quotation marks:

MLA Style

1. In all stylistic matters, unless otherwise indicated below, we follow the most recent edition of the MLA Style Manual. In particular, please note:
   • Ranges of numbers should be given as 107-09, 211-59, but 198-201.
   • The first mention of a name must include both the first and last names.
2. Parenthetical citations of quotations within the text should be given as follows: “I will be glad to help” (Smith 154). There should be no punctuation between the author’s last name and the page number.
3. In parenthetical citations, the abbreviations “op. cit.” and “ibid.” should not be used. The name of the author may be followed by a short title if necessary to differentiate two or more publications by the same person. The abbreviations “n.p.” and “n. pag.” should not be used in parenthetical citations for texts without page numbers.

{ top }

OTHER POLICIES

Open Access Policies

STTCL provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of information that leads to knowledge and progress.

Copyright

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

{ top }

Content Owned By Someone Else

If your manuscript contains copyrighted photos, images, videos, etc. for which you or your co-author(s) are not the rightsholder, and you are unable to rely on a good faith Fair Use evaluation, we will require you to provide us with proof that the owner of the content (a) has given you written permission to use it, and (b) has approved of the publication of such content under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This form can be used to request permissions. If you are relying on a good faith Fair Use evaluation to use the third-party content in your manuscript, we will require you to clearly and explicitly note that that the content is not bound by the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. It is also recommended that you retain documentation of your Fair Use evaluation. Example: In-text or in-caption wording: This is third-party content and not licensed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.* In-footnote: *This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

{ top }

Archival Policy

Contents of the Journal are archived for perpetual access through New Prairie Press' participation in CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and Portico and managed through the Digital Commons Publishing platform. New Prairie Press also participates in LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe). Once published, the contents are never changed .

{ top }