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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The paper proposal has not been previously published nor is it in the process of being reviewed for other publications.
  • The text is a Microsoft Word file, with 12-point Times New Roman font and double line spacing.
  • The paper conforms to the MLA format (8th or 9th edition).

Author Guidelines

To submit a paper proposal, authors must register as users of the journal. With your username and password, you will be able to access the uploading platform that will guide you step by step in the process. The submission of a paper has no charge.

In order to guarantee a high standard of quality and also ensure a fair curricular validation of authors and their work, they will be submitted to a specialized and anonymous arbitration before publication. All papers must be unpublished and must not be simultaneously submitted to other journals or editorial processes.

The journal receives:

  • Analytical and theoretical articles
  • Reviews
  • Critical Notes
  • Others: interviews, literary documents (letters, unpublished texts...)

We recommend consulting the format for citation and bibliography (click here).

NOTE: During a submission, in the "Quotes" section, the works cited in the text being postulated must be inserted.

 

Articles

Properly structured research papers that develop a thesis on a specific problem, with well-defined objectives, explicit theoretical-methodological approach, congruent argumentation and conclusions according to the questions posed. They must include an abstract, in Spanish and English. In addition, between three and five keywords should be included in both languages. Abstracts will be between 150 and 250 words long. They will specify objective, theoretical approach, conclusions and relevance of the research.

Extension: between 15 and 30 pages.

Critical notes

They are exploratory works on a certain subject: they can be of an evaluative and interpretative nature, or they can be proposed as novel and useful information for the development of subsequent research. They require formal academic presentation and a basic structure. They must include an abstract, in Spanish and English, with an extension between 150 and 250 words, specifying the objective and relevance of the research. In addition, between three and five keywords should be included in both languages.

Extension: minimum 12 pages.

Reviews

They are descriptive and critical works on books published in the last three years in the field of literary studies and related areas: language sciences, cultural anthropology, philosophy, among others.

Extension: between 6 and 9 pages.

Academic Interviews

It is the written presentation of a formal conversation with a writer or a specialist in literary studies, oriented to the development of suggestive and useful material for literary research. The proposed interviews must include an abstract in Spanish and English, not exceeding the 250 words, that demonstrates their relevance for literary studies. If the interviewee is a writer, the abstract should provide essential information about his or her work and its critical reception; if it is a researcher, you must refer to the most relevant contributions of theirs, as well as outline the topics discussed in the interview. In addition, between three and five keywords must be provided in Spanish and English.

Extension: between 7 and 30 pages.

Copyright Notice

The authors always maintain the moral and patrimonial rights of their work. They only grant the non-exclusive license of use to Connotas for their first publication. Therefore, the authors may make other independent and additional contractual agreements for the publication of their article, review or other text originally published in Connotas or with modifications (including the title) as long as they clearly indicate that the paper was first published in Connotas. Journal of Literary Criticism and Theory.

 

Non-exclusive license of use

Once a paper has been approved for publication, the author must sign a NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE OF USE, which must be sent to the Editorial Board accompanied by a copy of official identification. By granting this license, the author allows Connotas to edit, reproduce and publish the corresponding paper, non-profit and free of charge or royalties.

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In case of co-authorship, a non-exclusive use license must be sent for each co-author.

 

Creative Commons License
Works published in Connotas. Revista de crítica y teoría literarias are under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

 

CLAUSES:

  • Since Connotas is an open access publication, readers can fully or partially reproduce its content as long as they properly reference the corresponding authors and the journal itself.

 

  • When submitting a paper proposal, authors must indicate their acceptance of the above terms by checking a checkbox that will be displayed on the Submissions Form. 

 

  • Connotas undertakes not to make commercial use of the texts it receives or publishes. 

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