CALL FOR PAPERS 2025
Issue 1/2025
JUVENILIUM / JUVENILIA
The ordinary reader often reaches for the best-known works of a given author, usually works that are valued for their mature form and language, that address weighty issues and testify to the originality of their author. In the proposed issue of LC, we would like to take a look at juvenilia, i.e. youthful works by authors that are usually marginalised and their value belittled. However, is this the right position, or do these kinds of writing exercises and all youthful debut works not reveal the characteristics of later work, and can they therefore be seen as a prelude to the work proper? We are interested in articles addressing the following questions:
- theoretical and literary approaches to juvenilia,
- juvenilia and the debut work,
- authors and their early works,
- an in-depth analysis of the problems and language of specific juvenilia,
- the imperfections of juvenile works,
- the themes of juvenilia vs. the mature works of a particular creator,
- “rejected juvenilia”, i.e. juvenile works unpublished by the author,
- juvenilia as the basis for later works,
- reasons for writing and sources of juvenilia,
- juvenile contexts in other works,
- intertextuality / intermediality of juvenile works.
Editor of the volume: to be announced
Submission of article proposals: until 30 September 2024
Deadline for submission of finished article: 30 December 2024
Issue 2/2025
KASHUBIANS
An ethnic group inhabiting Poland (mainly the region of Gdansk Pomerania and the eastern part of Western Pomerania), descended from the West Slavic Pomeranian tribes, inspires contemporary ethnos researchers to reflect on, among other things, the role of diasporas in shaping literature, art, the preservation of historical events in cultural memory, and the heritage of past centuries (memory, identity, persistence). In this issue, we therefore propose to focus on:
- description of the Kashubian community (geography, history, philosophy),
- religion (beliefs, religious songs, prayers),
- the specificity of the Kashubian language,
- cultural uniqueness (traditions, rituals),
- Kashubian art (production, artists),
- literature (ancient and modern writers, poets and their works),
- issues related to perception of the world, the role of the individual in society, alienation and assimilation among Kashubians.
Editor of the volume: to be announced
Submission of article proposals: until 30 November 2024
Deadline for submission of finished article: 30 January 2025
Issue 3/2025
SCANDINAVIA
Scandinavia is not only a region encompassing the countries of the European North, but above all a northern culture (cf. G. Simmel, individualism, ‘northern type’), tradition, beliefs and literature. In the nineteenth century, the works of Hans Christian Andersen were extremely popular, and the writings of the Danish philosopher, Romanticist, Søren Kierkegaard were also read. Scandinavian bohemia soon reached Europe (including Berlin), European theatres were revolutionised by the plays of Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson, and the work of Knut Hamsun was admired. The paintings of Edvard Munch and the sculptures of Gustav Vigeland played an important role in shaping the new artistic discourse. In music, triumphs were enjoyed by Edvard Grieg, among others. Explorers and travellers such as Hjalmar Johansen, Eivind Astrup and Roald Amundsen also played an important role in popularising Scandinavia. We invite proposals covering the following exemplary topics:
- history of the region defined as Scandinavia (e.g. historical places, trends),
- analysis of customs, lifestyles, variety of dialects,
- art spaces (artists, their travels in Europe and around the world),
- issues, importance of religion, myths and beliefs,
- issue of literature and literariness (the most important works, literary trends, authors),
- presence of Scandinavian literature and art in Europe (history of Scandinavian bohemia, artistic relationships, influences, e.g. Edvard Munch, August Strindberg and Stanislaw Przybyszewski),
- role of Scandinavian playwrights in the development of European stage art (e.g. Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg),
- development of children’s literature (e.g. H.Ch. Andersen, Astrid Lindgren),
- images of contemporary Scandinavia (film, popular literature, theatre).
Editor of the volume: to be announced
Submission of article proposals: until 30 December 2024
Deadline for submission of finished article: 28 February 2025