Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. General information

Journal Soletras publishes in its biannual online editions unpublished works of professors and researchers, with a minimum degree of doctor, and of master´s or doctoral students in co-authoring with second researcher who holds the title of doctor linked to national and international teaching and research institutions. Regular numbers are organized on the basis of a dossier, with issues that intersect Literary Studies and Linguistic Studies. The journal publishes articles and reviews related to all areas of knowledge of the Postgraduate Program in Literature and Linguistics - PPLIN (Linguistic Studies / Literary Studies).

The contribution of the articles must be original and unpublished and can not be evaluated simultaneously for publication by another journal. The reviews should only refer to recently published works: in Brazil, in the last two years and, abroad, in the last three years.

Papers can be written in Portuguese, French, English or Spanish. For articles written in Portuguese, the text must be preceded by Title, Abstract and Keywords, followed by Title, Abstract and Keywords in English. For articles written in English, French or Spanish, Title, Abstract and Keywords preceding the main text must be written in the language of the article, followed by Title, Summary and Keywords in Portuguese.

Works in disagreement with the norms will not be subject to evaluation.

Data and concepts contained in the works, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographical references, are of the authors’ exclusive responsibility.

2. Text submission

The author (s) must make the registration (Login / Password) on the magazine's website, in the Online Submissions section, fill in the profile correctly and choose the "AUTHOR" option. After following these steps, you should go to "ACTIVE SUBMISSIONS" and start the pro Submission process through the link "CLICK HERE TO START THE SUBMISSION PROCESS", respecting the five steps:

1 - Beginning: Start the submission process, confirming if you are in accordance with the conditions established by the journal (marking the checkboxes of the conditions and the declaration of copyright) and select the articles section;

2 - Inclusion of metadata: indicate the main data - name, surname, e-mail, institution, abstract of the biography with the complete title of the author (s), title and abstract;

3 - Transfer of manuscripts: carry out the transfer of the file to the system;

4 - Transfer of supplementary documents: transfer files with supplementary information, functioning as an appendix to the main text or as an annex to it, such as research tools, datasets and tables, which follow the evaluation ethical standards , sources of information not normally available to readers, or figures and / or tables that can not be integrated into the text itself;

3. Preparation of originals

3.1. Presentation

The preparation of the text must comply with the following parameters: Word for Windows, Times New Roman font, size 12, spacing 1,5 in body text, inline 1.25cm to mark beginning of paragraph, A4 size paper (21cm x 29cm, 7 cm), left and top margins 3.0 cm, right and bottom 2.0 cm and minimum length of 12 and maximum of 25 pages, justified mode, including bibliographical references and appendices and / or appendices. It must be submitted version of the work without identification of name and the affiliation of the author (s).

3.2. Structure:

In order to elaborate the article, the author (s) must obey the following sequence:

Title: The title of the article should appear in low case, size 14, only the first letter in upper case, in bold, centered at the top of the first page, in single spacing;

Abstract: two lines after the title will come the Abstract, of at least 150 words and a maximum of 200, containing the article's theme, objectives, theoretical reference, results obtained and conclusion, without in-depth and simple spacing, followed by three To five Keywords, separated by period;

Title of the article in English: For articles written in Portuguese, French or Spanish, the title is inserted in English two lines after the Keywords, in single spacing, in bold, lower case, with the first capital letter;

Abstract: version of the abstract, in English (for articles written in Portuguese, French, Spanish), preceded by the word Abstract, in lowercase, in single spacing, in the second line after the title of the article in English;

Keywords: Keywords version, in English (for articles written in Portuguese, French, Spanish), preceded by Keywords, lowercase, single spacing, in the second line after the Abstract;

NOTE: Articles written in English should include the Portuguese version of the title, abstract and Keywords.

Text: The body of the text starts in the second line below the Keywords, spacing one and a half;

Subtitles: Subtitles corresponding to each part of the work, referenced at the discretion of the author (s), must be aligned to the left margin, in bold, without numbering, with two spaces of 1.5 after the text that precedes them and A space 1,5 before the text that follows them;

References: under the heading References, in bold, left-aligned, bold and unpaved, references should be listed alphabetically and chronologically, all works cited in the body of the text separated by single space in Second line after the text, without further ado. The references must be in accordance with ABNT NBR 6023.

3.3. Quote in the text

For quotation with more than three lines, all text should be moved in block with 4 cm inwards, with font size 11, without quotation marks or italics, with single spacing and space of 2 lines before and after text.

Citation with less than three lines should be inserted in the current text, using quotation marks. Names and / or surnames of authors cited in the current text must appear in normal font; Surnames in parentheses must appear in CAIXA ALTA. All citations should indicate author, year and page number between commas.

3.4.Notes

They should be placed in the footer of the page when necessary. In the text body, notes should be numbered sequentially, with the number overwritten after any punctuation.

3.5. Illustrations

The illustrations (tables, photos, graphics, etc.) must present the respective numbered captions, indicating in the text their location. In the case of illustrations already published, the source should be mentioned, respecting the rules of copyright.

3.6. Tables

The title of tables must be inserted in the upper part, centralized, beginning with the expression Table 1 in bold, followed by hyphen and by the title without distinction, in the same source and size of the body

Body of text; the title of Illustrations and frames should be displayed at the bottom, aligned to the left. The numbering is consecutive, in Arabic numerals; if it is necessary to specify the data source, it must be placed below the table or the table, aligned to the left.

3.7. Attachments or Appendices

When essential to the comprehension of the text, and within the limit of the 25 pages of the article, Attachments or Appendices, following the formatting of the subtitles, should be included at the end of the article, after the references.

4. Review format

The review should contain, at the beginning, the complete reference of the work reviewed, including the number of pages, in Times New Roman font, size 14, single spacing, without title, without abstract, without keywords.

The name (s) of the author (s) of the review, in body 12, should appear on the second line below the reference of the work reviewed, preceded by the words "Reviewed by [name S)], followed by a footnote containing the following information: acronym and long name of the institution to which the author (s) are bound and E -mail optional.

The text of the review should come in the second line below the author (s) name in Times New Roman, body 12 and space 1,5.

The page configuration must be as follows: paper size: A4 (21.0x 29.7 cm); Left and top margins 3.0 cm, right and bottom 2.0 cm; Minimum of 4 and maximum of 8 pages, including bibliographic references and annexes and / or appendices; Intention: 1.25cm to mark beginning of paragraph; Spacing: 1,5.