Submissions

Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION NORMS [updated in October 2022]

All articles and reviews are reviewed first by the responsible editor. Once approved, they are submitted to two referees who, through a blind evaluation, shall give their final assessment of the manuscript. All manuscripts should be submitted online by the author (or one of the authors) to Open Journal System, available at the Author guidelines.

In order to submit a manuscript, registration is required [click here]. If the author is not registered yet, it is necessary to create a username and password by clicking the top menu "register".

Palimpsesto provides templates configured in accordance with the submission norms: download the Article Template and the Review Template.

TEXT DIMENSIONS

Palimpsesto accepts submissions of articles and reviews. All texts submitted must be in line with each section's particularities:

a. Article: the text should be a result of research, presenting a theoretical reflection that deepens a theme or a new important approach to an academic debate in the fields of Language and Literature. If submitted to a Dossier section, the text must be in compliance with the proposed theme. The article should also present the employed procedures in the research and the results. Extension: 4000 to 9000 words (16800 to 31500 characters), including spaces and comprehending all parts of the article.

b. Reviews: text that presents a critical review of newly published (last 3 years) books in the fields of Language and Literature. Extension: 1500 to 2500 words (6300 to 10500 characters), including spaces and comprehending all parts of the review.

PALIMPSESTO'S EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

Palimpsesto's editorial committee establishes the following guidelines in order to accept unpublished articles or reviews:

All texts must follow this configuration: margins of 3cm; double space between lines; Times New Roman, size 12; Page format: A4; justified; 1 cm indentation at the beginning of paragraphs; unnumbered pages. File type: Word for Windows (extension doc).

Articles:

1. Its first page must include a title (in capitals, bold, and aligned to the left) and an empty space between the title and its translation in Portuguese. There must be empty spaces in between all titles, sections and text.

2. After the title, an abstract in Portuguese must follow (from 80 to 150 words, preceded by the word RESUMO, in capitals and in bold), followed by keywords (3 to 5, separated by commas and preceded by the expression Palavras-chave, in bold). An abstract and keywords in a foreign language (English, Spanish or French) must follow, in compliance with the same rules used for the abstract and keywords in Portuguese.

3. Body of the article.

4. References: (preceded by the word References - or an equivalent word in the language of submission - in capitals and in bold). References must be restricted to sources actually quoted in the article and follow the rules established below.

You can find the template for articles here.

Reviews:

1. Its first page must include a title (in capitals, bold, and aligned to the left) and an empty space between the title and its translation in Portuguese. There must be empty spaces in between all titles, sections and text.

2. After the title, the bibliographical reference of the work is reviewed, following the norms established below.

3. Body of the review.

4. References: (preceded by the word References - or an equivalent word in the language of submission - in capitals and in bold). References must be restricted to sources actually quoted in the article and follow the rules established below.

General guidelines:

1. Citations shorter than 3 lines: within the body of the text, between double quotation marks, without the use of italics. Citations longer than 3 lines: separated from the text in a new paragraph, with 2 cm indentation, without quotation marks, font Times New Roman size 11, space between lines: 1.5, justified alignment.

2. In both cases, the author must be cited at the end of the citation, in parentheses by the last name, in capitals, and separated by a comma from the publication date. E.g.: (SILVA, 1987). When necessary, the specification of the page(s) number(s) must follow the date, separated by a comma and preceded by “p.” E.g.: (SILVA, 1987, p. 100). If the name of the author is cited within the text, the date and page number (if necessary) may simply be indicated. E.g.: “Silva (1987) signals that etc...” When citing several works by the same author, published in the same year, these must be differentiated by small letters after the date, without space. E.g.: (SILVA, 2000a). When the work has two or three authors, all of them may be indicated, separated by a semi-colon. E.g.: (SILVA; SOARES; SOUZA, 2000). When there are more than three authors, indicate the first followed by “et al”. E.g.: (SILVA et al., 2000). DO NOT use footnotes or endnotes to identify citations.

3. Italics should be used in words and expressions in a foreign language other than the one the manuscript is written in.

4. In case of emphasis, italics should be used as well. In order to indicate original emphasis, use: (BRANDÃO, 1987, p. 183, original emphasis). If added: (SHAKESPEARE, 1623, p. 139, emphasis added).

5. Endnotes should be used instead of footnotes. They should not be used to indicate bibliographical references.

6. Endnotes or footnotes should not be added to titles, tables or graphics.

7. The use of notes, citations, graphics, tables, images, pictures, photos, etc., must be limited to an essential minimum.

8. It is recommended to add the name(s) of people that somehow have helped in the data collection, illustrations, or even in the usage of labs as acknowledgement.

9. The manuscripts must be unnumbered.

10. Annex(es), if any, must be restricted to the bare minimum and must follow the References.

11. References, limited to the works actually cited in the text, must obey the most recent ABNT norms. As an example, we reproduce below the model to be adopted for citations of books, book chapters, articles and works accessed online:

Book:

AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Author’s First name. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication [Year of the original publication, when necessary].

BAKHTIN, Mikhail. Questões de literatura e de estética, a teoria do romance. 4. ed. São Paulo: Hucitec, 1998 [1978].

Book chapter:

LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE CHAPTER, First name of the author of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR/EDITOR/ORGANIZER OF THE BOOK, First name of the author/editor/organizer of the book. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year [Year of the original publication, when necessary], page numbers, preceded by “p.”

HALL, Stuart. The Question of Cultural Identity. In: HALL, S., HELD, D.; McGREW, T. (eds). Modernity and its Futures. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992, p. 274-325.

Article published in a journal:

AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Author’s First Name. Title of the article. Name of the journal. Place of publication: Publisher, volume or number, year of publication [year of the original publication, when necessary]. Initial and final page numbers, preceded by “p.”

LANGER, Eliana Rosa. A estrutura do livro Esaías. Revista de Estudos Orientais. São Paulo: Humanitas/FFLCH-USP, n. 3, 1999. p. 95-106.

Academic work:

AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, Author's first name. Title. Date (year) of conclusion. Number of pages. Type of document (Masters; PhD) – Institute, place, date of approval (if any).

SADECK FILHO, F.J. O orçamento público federal e a garantia de prioridade absoluta de crianças e adolescentes nas políticas públicas. 2010. 188f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Políticas Públicas e Formação Humana) – Faculdade de Educação, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2010.

Work accessed online:

AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Author’s First Name. Title of the article or Book title. Disponível em: address of the page. Acesso em: date of last access [year of original publication, when necessary]. Initial and final page numbers (if any), preceded by “p.”

OLIVEIRA, Bernardo B. C. Leitura irônica do texto urbano. Apontamentos sobre uma frase de Walter Benjamin, à luz de Poe e Auster. Disponível em: <http://www.revistaipotesi.ufjf.br/volumes/14/cap06.pdf>. Acesso em: 22 Fev 2008 [2004], p. 79-89.

Interview:

INTERVIEWEE'S NAME. Title of the interview. Title of publication, place, number, volume, year (if any), date of interview (abbreviated month). Initial and final page numbers (if any), preceded by "p.". Notes (if needed).

CRUZ, J. A Estratégia para vencer. Veja, São Paulo, v. 20, n. 37, 14 set. 1988. P. 5-8. Entrevista concedida a J. A. Dias Lopes.

Motion picture (movies, DVD, etc.):

TITLE. Credits (director, producer, etc.). Cast (if relevant). Place of publication: Producer, date. Length.

MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA. Direção: Lázaro Ramos. Rio de Janeiro: Lereby Produções, Lata Filmes e Globo Filmes, 2020. 81 min.

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