Journal of Literary Theory Vol. 13, No. 2 (2019)
Special Issue »Time«
Submission Deadline: 1 March 2019
Call for Articles
The passage of time is a universally acknowledged phenomenon, and it has a profound impact on the arts. Many art forms are deeply shaped by, or deal with, ›time‹ in its multifaceted manifestations: as measured time, experienced time, or transience. Literary texts first and foremost call for a temporally structured reading from start to finish. Especially narratives across different genres are deeply structured by temporariness, and they, like other art forms, may also receive their thematic interest from dealing with matters of temporality. Finally, art in general and the literary arts in particular are sometimes said to be timeless, or to allow for aesthetic experiences removed from temporality.
JLT invites papers on topics that include, but are not limited to:
- narratological conceptions of time (e.g. ›order‹, ›frequency‹, ›duration‹)
- conceptions of time in non-narratives genres or media
- inter- or trans-medial conceptions of time or temporality
- conceptions of (literary representations of) the experience of time vs. objectively measured time
- theories of (literary representations of) time or temporality from the perspective of cognitive science, evolutionary psychology or neuro psychology
- indicators of time in literary texts from the perspective of corpus based studies
- conceptions of (literary) symbolic forms of time, temporality, transience, or of neighboring notions such as acceleration, permanence, or change
- the ›timelessness‹ of aesthetic experience
- theories of time and timing in (literary) reading performance
- philosophical conceptions of time, temporality, or transience and their significance for literary texts, its production and reception
We encourage submissions from all language and literature departments as well as neighboring disciplines, e.g. the philosophy of art, media studies, art history, and musicology. Articles in which individual literary texts or a corpus of literary texts are interpreted can only be considered if they feature a strong focus on systematic and theoretical questions.
Contributions should not exceed 50,000 characters in length and have to be submitted by 1 March 2019. Please submit your contribution electronically via our website www.jltonline.de under »Articles«.
Articles are chosen for publication by an international advisory board in a double-blind review process.
For further information about JLT and to view the submission guidelines, please visit www.jltonline.de/index.php/articles (»About JLT« and »For Authors«) or contact the editorial office at jlt@phil.uni-goettingen.de.
SUBMISSIONS THAT DO NOT FOCUS ON ONE OF OUR SPECIAL TOPICS CAN BE SUBMITTED CONTINUOUSLY VIA OUR WEBSITE.
JLT aims to publish work on fundamental issues in methodology and the construction of theories and concepts, as well as articles on particular literary theories. Case studies, i.e. studies on specific authors, works, or problems of literary history, are accepted only if they adopt a predominantly systematic perspective, contribute to the reconstruction of the history of literary theory, or pursue innovative methods. Moreover, the Journal of Literary Theory contains work reviewing and outlining trends of theoretical debates in literary theory and related disciplines.
Please contact the editorial office if you have further questions.
Jan Borkowski
JLT - Journal of Literary Theory
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Seminar für Deutsche Philologie
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