UPDATE: The Gothic Revisited (9/30/06; journal issue)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies
Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies invites submissions for the
special issue on "The Gothic Revisited." We encourage contributions
from both Taiwan and international communities addressing the special
topic; articles on other aspects of literature and culture are also
welcome. All correspondence should be addressed to Editor, Concentric:
Literary and Cultural Studies, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal
University, 162 Hoping East Road, Section 1, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
[E-mail: concentric.lit @deps.ntnu.edu.tw]
Vol. 33 No. 1: ¡§The Gothic Revisited¡¨ (March 2007)
Guest Editor: Ying-hsiung Chou (©P^¶¯)
Wu Feng Institute of Technology
Extended Deadline for Submissions: September 30, 2006
The Gothic revival of recent years has meant a move from the purely
¡§literary¡¨ domain into various critical and theoretical fields of
study, including those concerned with ethnicity, imperialism, gender,
cinema, fashion, music, science and technology. By virtue of their hybrid
nature, recent Gothic studies have been able to shed new light on certain
¡§uncanny¡¨ aspects, to which we have hitherto been oblivious, not just
of gothic fiction and films but of life itself. There remain, however,
important questions to be raised with regard to ¡§gothicity¡¨ as both a
structure of thinking and a way of telling, questions about repression
and transgression in a (post)modern context. Specifically, how does the
Gothic speak to the Other¡Xtheoretically, historically,
transculturally? How does it narrate our situatedness in this age of alienation,
racism, and ¡§clashes of civilization¡¨? And how can it adapt itself to
different modern and/or postmodern social formations not only
through horror, terror and fear but also through configurations of
power and empowerment? Particularly welcome, then, are discussions of the
ways in which historical and cultural disenfranchisement, and
resistance in various generic and social contexts, may be read in terms of the
Gothic, as well as original investigations into how the Gothic might
think and articulate that which characterizes our life today as
(post)modern.
Manuscript Submission
1. Manuscripts should be submitted in English. Please send
the manuscript, an abstract, a list of keywords, and a vita as
Word-attachments to concentric.lit @deps.ntnu.edu.tw. Alternatively, please mail
us two hard copies and an IBM-compatible diskette copy. Concentric will
acknowledge receipt of the submission but will not return it after
review.
2. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the latest
edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Except for
footnotes in single space, manuscripts must be double-spaced, typeset in
12-point Times New Roman.
3. To facilitate the Journal¡¦s anonymous refereeing
process, there must be no indication of personal identity or institutional
affiliation in the manuscript proper. The name and institution of the
author should appear on a separate title page or in the vita. The author
may cite his/her previous works, but only in the third person.
4. The Journal will not consider for publication manuscripts
being simultaneously submitted elsewhere.
5. If the paper has been published or submitted elsewhere in
a language other than English (e.g., Chinese), please make available
two copies of the non-English version. Concentric may not consider
submissions already available in other languages.
6. One copy of the Journal and fifteen off-prints of the
article will be provided to the author(s) on publication.
7. It is the Journal¡¦s policy to require assignment of copyrights
form by all authors.
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