Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies

[Lucia Aiello]

Call for Submissions:



Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies

www.jlts.stir.ac.uk



‘Horror is beyond the reach of psychology’ Adorno, Minima Moralia, p. 164



The Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies is a bi-annual international peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to the study of the relationship between literature and trauma.

For our inaugural issue, we welcome submissions that explore the connection between trauma and the tragic in all its literary and theoretical aspects. 

These may include: 

  a.. theories of the tragic; 
  b.. tragedy and memory; 
  c.. tragedy and modernity; 
  d.. the end of tragedy; 
  e.. tragedy and horror; 
  f.. tragedy and mourning; 
  g.. tragedy, testimony, and reconciliation. 


These categories are broadly conceived.



We would particularly welcome articles that address the following:

  a.. Trauma beyond tragic representation: the obscene
  b.. The ethical and the tragic: victim and martyr
  c.. The tragic after Beckett


Articles should be submitted in electronic format (Word Document, Times New Roman, double-spaced, font 12) to david.miller2 at stir.ac.uk and L.Aiello at sheffield.ac.uk. Submissions should be in English, between 6000 and 8000 words, and should comply with MHRA style.



Deadline for submissions: July 2011

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