The Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism is currently inviting undergraduates to submit pitches, articles, and reviews for publication in its next volume, to be published in April 2015. Founded in 2002 by undergraduate English majors, CJLC acts as an interdisciplinary forum centered around literature and its confluences with the humanities. The journal is published once a year and includes various scholarly articles, reviews, interviews and original artwork. As an undergraduate publication, CJLC endeavors to examine issues of literary and cultural import in a tone that is discursive yet conversational. The forthcoming issue will explore the theme of taste. We want to address the polyphony of this term. Taste has a transitive and intransitive sense. Things are in good taste or bad taste; you have it, or you don’t. But how is taste constructed, how does it circulate, and how does it change? How does taste regulate and promote modes of cultural expression? And how do material cultures and economies impact what we think of taste? From politics to gastronomy to gastropolitics, we want to investigate how taste is mobilized, performed, and enacted in textual and corporeal arenas. In addition to pieces related to this theme, we also welcome submissions and pitches exploring any other subject, serious or frivolous. Excusing the pun, be true to your own taste. You are welcome either to pitch an article or to send a finished submission. Pitches: Please email submittocjlc@gmail with an outline of your article or review and a proposed/provisional bibliography. Please include your name, university and year of graduation. If we like the pitch, we’ll be in contact with you to set a deadline and will work with you throughout the writing process. Finished articles: You are also welcome to submit a finished article to the same address. Please attach them as a word document, and include your name, university, and year of graduation in the body of an email. To get an idea of the register we are aiming for, please have a look at last years publication, accessible here: scribd/doc/239562431/Columbia-Journal-of-Literary-Criticism-2014-Volume-XII. Submissions are due the 20th of January, but you are very welcome to submit them earlier. Feel free to send any questions you may have to submittocjlc@gmail. We look forward to reading your pitches and submissions.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:57:02 +0000