Submissions of any length that are appropriate to the aims of symplokē will be considered, although those between 4,000 and 6,500 words (approximately 16–26 typed, double-spaced pages) are preferred. Please keep in mind that submitted manuscripts need not only be intended for an upcoming special issue. General submissions of high quality are encouraged. The editors reserve the right to make stylistic alterations in the interest of clarity. Authors will receive a complimentary copy of the journal. All submissions must strictly follow the guidelines for copy preparation listed below. Articles not conforming to these guidelines may be sent back to the author for revision.
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Preparation of Copy
1. All submissions must provide a complete listing of References and use endnotes rather than footnotes.
2. Endnotes are only for clarifications, explanations, or comments. All direct citations should be made in the body of the text as follows: (Author Year, Page number). E.g., (Derrida 2014, 56). If an author has more than one work from the same year, use a, b, c, and so on. E.g., (Derrida 2014a, 56; Derrida 2014b, 30).
3. References must include the names of publishers as well as places of publication. Also include full author names, a complete listing of all translators and editors, and page numbers for articles. Reference examples are shown below:
Books
Barthes, Roland. The Pleasure of the Text. Trans. Richard Howard. New York: Hill and Wang, 1975a.
———. Roland Barthes par Roland Barthes. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1975b.
Foucault, Michel. The Government of the Self and Others: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1982–1983. Ed. Frédéric Gros. Trans. Graham Burchell. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Lazzarato, Maurizio. “Immaterial Labor.” Radical Thought in Italy: A Potential Politics. Eds. Paolo Virno and Michael Hardt. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2006. 142–57.
Williams, Raymond. Marxism and Literature. New York: Oxford UP, 1977.
Periodicals
Ichida, Yoshihiko. “Foucault’s Anti-Oedipus.” South Atlantic Quarterly 121.4 (2022): 755–75.
Websites
Jaschik, Scott. “Marymount Eliminates Liberal Arts Degrees.” Inside Higher Ed (27 Feb. 2023). https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2023/02/27/marymount-eliminates-liberal-arts-degrees.
Social Media & Videos
Rouhani, Hassan (@HassanRouhani). “#Happiness is our people’s right. We shouldn’t be too hard on behaviors caused by joy.” Twitter. 21 May 2014. 8:02 a.m. https://twitter.com/HassanRouhani/status/469100985798111232.
Žižek, Slavoj, and Jordan Peterson. “Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism.” YouTube Video. 2:37:47. 20 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT1vutd4Gnk.
Movies
The Big Short. Dir. Adam McKay. Paramount Pictures, 2015.
4. The format of the manuscript must conform to the 3rd edition (2008) of the MLA Style Manual.
5. All submissions must be in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced.
6. All paragraphs must be left aligned with 0.5 paragraph indents (instead of tab indents).
7. Use italics (instead of underlines) for all titles and foreign words.
8. Use em dashes (instead of hyphens) with no spaces before or after.
9. All articles must be written in English, and all quotations need an English translation.
10. This journal has a policy of blind peer reviewing; thus the author’s name should not appear on the manuscript and a separate title page must be provided. The title page should include complete contact information, a biographical note of 50–75 words, an abstract of 150 words, and five keywords.
11. Send all submissions as attached files as Word files (no PDFs) to the Editor-in-Chief at editor@symploke.org..
12. Print submissions (along with a computer file of the submission) are also welcome and should be mailed in duplicate to:
symplokē
Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Editor-in-Chief
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 North Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
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