EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

§ 1. Metadata

The following metadata should be attached to the text:

1) information about the author(s) (first and last name, affiliation: name of affiliating unit, address of affiliating unit, ORCID ID; author's e-mail address);

3) title of the text in English;

4) abstract in English (250–300 words); this also applies to reviews;

5) keywords in English (a maximum of 5 keywords separated by semicolons).

ABSTRACTS

All types of texts must include abstracts in English. Abstracts should be between 250 and 300 words. Guidelines for articles and essays are provided below. For book reviews and other types of texts, the abstract should include a summary of the published material along with a commentary, such as the conclusion of the review.

How to prepare an abstract? 

Research goals: Start by clearly identifying the research problem. What practical or theoretical problem does your research solve? What questions are you answering ? Define the purpose of your research. Use words to describe the activities you performed while conducting the research, e.g. “analyze,” “check,” “research.” You can add a short piece of information about the research context, be it social or scientific, but without going into details.
Methodology: Indicate the research methods used in the research. Ideally, this part should be in a sentence or two. The past tense can be used because the activities have already been performed, e.g. “A survey was conducted among employees and students ...”. Do not evaluate the methodology — the abstract is only to familiarize the reader with it.
Findings: Summarize the main research results. You can use the present or the past tense, e.g. “Analysis has shown that...”, “Tests prove...”. You do not have to include all the research results, which are sometimes complex, in your abstract. All you have to do is highlight the most critical findings that familiarize the reader with the research.
Conclusions, summary: Finally, present the main conclusions that can be drawn from your research. Did you manage to answer the question/achieve the research goal, and how ? If there are significant limitations to your research or your research needs to be continued, mention it. Avoid citing sources in the abstract! The abstract should be fully understood without referring to other sources. References in abstracts may only be found in exceptional situations, e.g. when an article is a response to another article or directly refers to other research and would be incomprehensible without context.

See more: Matryoshka and perfect language resolution. On the complex art of writing abstracts, J.Płuciennik, A.Zatora, https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2021/64.1/13

 

§ 2. Length of texts

The lenght of texts for the various sections:

1) Articles: 25–40 thousand characters with spaces (counted with footnotes, but without bibliography, keywords and abstracts).

2) Essays: 20–40 thousand characters with spaces (counted with footnotes, but without bibliography, keywords and abstracts).

3) Materials to The Companion of the Literary Genres (entries): 10–20 thousand characters with spaces (counted without bibliography).

4) Reviews: 6–10 thousand characters with spaces.

5) Miscellanea (other texts): up to 25 thousand characters with spaces.

The editors reserve the right to propose abbreviations or additions in the submitted texts.

 

§ 3. Text formatting

  • font: Arial;
  • size: 12;
  • line spacing: 1,5; for notes 1;
  • margins: 2,5 cm;
  • no indentation in the paragraphs following each subtitles (subheadings)

Illustrations: all illustrations (JPG – 300 DPI) should be provided with appropriate captions, in particular: a source of illustration and license (Creative Commons).

Tables and charts: all tables must be numbered, titled and have an information about the source.

In the case of fragments of texts written in Cyrillic or other non-Latin alphabet, a transcription is necessary.

 

§ 4. Quotes and footnotes

  • after each quotation: (Surname[s] Date of publication: pages);
  • short quotations (up to 3 sentences) can be put it in the main text (using quotation marks);
  • the longer ones should be extracted from the main text (font Arial, size 10);
  • no indentation in the new line of the main text after such quotes;
  • quotation in quotation in double angle brackets » «;
  • bibliographic footnotes in the text should be placed in the following way: (Shillingsburg 2006: 35–38);
  • if the publication has two or three authors, give all the names, separated by a commas: (Schreibman, Raymond, and Unsworth 2004);
  • if the footnote reference is made to various works of one author, footnote must be prepared according to the formula: (Turner 2002: 75; 2007: 102);
  • if the footnote reference is made to various works of one author published the same year, an additional information should be placed: (Turner 2002a: 71), (Turner 2002b: 201) – the same notification has to be placed in bibliography;
  • additional notes should be placed on the bottom of the page – font Arial, size 10.
  • we do not use abbreviations, for example: Idem; Ibidem; op. cit.; See, See further; we repeat the author's surname.

 

§ 5. References

  • alphabetical order
  • without numbering

Examples:

  • Shillingsburg Peter L. (2006), From Gutenberg to Google: Electronic Representations of Literary Texts, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Ashcroft Bill, Griffths Gareth, Tiffin Helen (2000), Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts, Routledge, London.
  • Bhabha Homi (1986), The Other Question: Difference, Discrimination and the Discourse of Colonialism [in:] Literature, Politics & Theory, eds. F. Barker, P. Hulme, M. Iversen, Methuen, London.
  • Leclercq Guy (1986), Traduire de la poésie, c'est faire de la poésie. Quelques Jalons dans l'approche d'un poème de e. e. Cummings, "Revue d'esthétique (Toulouse)” no 12.
  • Szymborska Wisława (2009), Rubens’ Women, trans. S. Barańczak, C. Cavanagh, www.inwardboundpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/04/782-rubins-women-wislawaszymborska.html [access: 15.05.2024].

 

Texts prepared incorrectly will be not accepted.