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CFP: JALC~NP 2007 A WIDENING FRONTIER: Call for Submissions
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The editors of the research confederacy on African literature and culture (IRCALC) welcome submissions of research papers on recent literatures /existing oratures of Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa generally focussed around the boundaries of Culture, Oral Tradition and Aesthetics; History, Progress and Transition; War, Conflicts, Trauma and Reconciliation; Individuality vs Fringe/Marginal Identities; Masculinist/Feminist (Re)Inscriptions; Present-Past/Future-Present Temporality; Contemporary Modernity and Citizenship (Re)Definitions; Post-Colony and Nation-State Dilemmas. Works in indigenous African languages such as the Swahili, IsuZulu, Shona, Hausa, Igbo, et cetera if cited with the English translation will be welcome. Submission Requisite African Fiction, Drama Using the MLA parenthetical citation format, papers (4000-6000 words) must strive at originality and should, as the theme suggests, expand the frontiers of criticism or open new approaches to the study/teaching of African literature beyond familiar canons and inscriptions. Comparative approaches and knowledge of a wide list of newer African literatures will be of particular advantage in our selection process. Interested contributors may send a short abstract of their intended research (not more than 600 words) by .rtf or .doc attachment to the IRCALC editors at [email protected]. Alternatively scholars with sustainable interest in African literature may request, through us, some recent works of fiction drama and poetry made available in free PDF distribution format by local Africa-based publishers. Poetry Scholarly essays on poetry must compare two or more recent poets of African, African-American, African-Caribbean expressions also using the MLA parenthetical citation format. Book Reviews: Fiction, Poetry, Drama Book reviews of not more than 1000�2000 words must be analytical and critical and geared towards useful basis for further academic study. Please indicate book prices, publishers contact addresses including URL if available. Creative Works: Poetry, Short Fiction, Art (Images) Limit poetry and art submissions to six poems /images (grayscale jpg) of not more than twenty lines per poem. Poems of exceptional length may be divided into parts which altogether must be no more than six parts to make a complete entry. A short title and description should follow jpg image entries. Short Fiction/Biographical Entries Short Fiction/Biographical Entries of writers should not exceed 3000 words and for biographical information must contain previously unpublished /additional information regarding the artiste-poet, novelist or dramatist. a jpg image of the artiste is required. Deadline: Assessment and review of submitted materials will end in December 2006. Contributor Info: A short sentence indicating name and affiliation of contributor is all that is required. |