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Author Guidelines

JOURNAL SLOVENSKÁ LITERATÚRA: TYPES OF ARTICLES

Studies: scientific papers, max. 54 000 characters (with spaces, including a footnotes and list of references) + abstract (1000 – 1200 characters with spaces, no less and no more) and 4 – 5 key words
Views: shorter scientific papers in the range of 18 000 – 36 000 characters (including a footnotes and list of references) + abstract (1000 – 1200 characters with spaces, no less and no more) and 4 – 5 key words
Sources and materials: scientific articles on source research, max 36 000 characters + abstract (1000 – 1200 characters with spaces, no less and no more) and 4 – 5 key words
Review Essays: Review articles in the range 15 000 – 28 000 characters, focused on the analysis of 1 - 3 books on the same topic, with references to other literature + abstract (1000 – 1200 characters with spaces, no less and no more) and 4 – 5 key words
Book reviews: Review articles in the range of 10 000 – 15 000 characters, a critical evaluation of a scientific publication of current production (time limit: three years back), without references to other literature.

Structure of the scientific paper
1. Title, author, ORCID
2. Abstract in the range of 1000-1200 characters (mandatory range)
3. Keywords: 4 - 5
4. Text
5. Project details (name of agency, who provided  financial support for the conduct of the research and/or
preparation of the article, number and title of project, name of principal investigator, duration)
6. References: Archival sources, Sources, Literature, Electronic sources
7. Full postal address of authors affiliation, including country names and  e-mail address

BASIC RULES

• Use the scientific plural only if the study has two or more authors
• Do not use the scientific plural in the case of individual authorship
• Eliminate self-citations

Formal editing of the text

Please prepare your text under these guidelines:

• use standard word processors only (Word for Windows or Mac, Open Office etc.)
• choose font Times New Roman, size 12 points, line spacing 1,5, none indents
• in footnotes Times New Roman, size 10 points, line spacing simple
• left alignment, basic text
• keep the formatting of the manuscript to a minimum
• do not insert page numbers, page headers and footers in the text
• do not use underlining or emphasis of content
• do not split syllables at the end of a line
  

Abstract
The abstract should briefly outline the topic, purpose, and key conclusions of the article.
Do not use the introductory or concluding paragraph as an abstract.

Bold
Use bold font: only for the title of the study, headings, marking of the Archival Sources, References, etc. section, otherwise do not use in the text.

Italic
Use italics: titles of literary/artistic works (book, collection, film, play, etc.), titles of books and journals, titles of individual poems or short stories.

Quotations
Quotations from archival sources and specialist literature: in quotation marks, in plain type.

Quotations from fiction texts: quote in quotation marks, in plain type, up to three lines within the text; longer quotations should be set off in a separate paragraph.

Quotation marks within a quotation: use the lower and upper apostrophe characters within the quotation instead of the original quotation marks.  

Ellipsis points
Omitted part within the quotation: indicate by three dots in a square bracket [...]. 

Footnotes
Factual, supplementing or expanding the main text. Their scope should be appropriate to the interpretation (References, Insert footnote). Footnotes should also include references to archival sources.

Names of persons
The name of the person should be given in full (first name, surname) at first use, in the following text use the initial of the personal name, surname (Umberto Eco, U. Eco).

Titles
Titles of foreign-language works are given in Slovak (in brackets in the original when used for the first time).

Abbreviations
Avoid abbreviations where possible. Spell out, if a shortened form is needed, explain properly at first use, do not use in headings.

Writing of numerals: years, centuries, page numbers only. Others to be broken down (in 1987; in the 1850s, second edition of the authorʼs third collection, on p. 15).

Figures and tables
Table designation (below the table): Table 1: Table title.
Figure caption (below the figure): Figure 1: Title of the figure (Photo: Name of the author of the photo).
Numbered images to be supplied in a separate file in TIF or JPG format (black and white image attachments at 300 dpi; colour image attachments at 1200 dpi). Images will be published in black and white (the journal does not have colour printing).
Copyright and reproduction rights are provided by the author.

REFERENCES SYSTEM

follow Harvard referencing (name and date system)

In this method of citation, it is necessary to modify the list of references (or list of literature used) so that the name of the author(s) is followed by the year of publication.
In this case, the list is arranged alphabetically according to the authorʼs surname. Where several works by the same author are cited, the individual works are arranged in ascending order by year of publication (i.e. from the oldest to the most recent work); if several works are dated in the same year, they are arranged alphabetically.

References within the text (structure)
last name of author or editor // year of publication/issue: // page/pages number
in parentheses directly following the quotation

one author: (Böhme 2009); (Skolnik 2014: 33); (Mihajlović 2018: 747-780)

two authors  – their names are separated by a hyphen: (Garloff – Mueller 2018)

more than two authors: (Ameka et al. 2006), but please do list all authors in the reference entry (up to six)

several works by one author: (Westphal 2000, 2001, 2011); when citing more than one work by the same author/editor published in the same year, please differentiate the works by using letters a, b, c... (Eco 1987a; Eco 1987b; Eco 1987c)

works by different authors – separated by semicolons: (Bouissac 1985; Deakin 1993)

page number ranges: (Levinas 2015: 220-229); please do not drop digits (e.g., 220-9)

citation of an entire chapter: (Auerbach 1946, Ch. 3)

reprints: (Mukařovský 1983 [1938]: 57)

Always give the full author-date citation: do not use referential formulas such as “op. cit.”, “loc. cit.”, or “ibid.”

When citing edited works, do not include the abbreviation “ed.” or “eds.” in the citation

Document without authorʼs name
If the document does not have an author, the reference is arranged alphabetically according to the title of the paper or document (the first word of the title of the article/book is written in capital letters, followed by the year of publication).
Example of use in the text:
As early as the third issue of the journal, however, an announcement appeared that "Dilong and Hlbina will continue to be our principal contributors" (Editorial Change, 1934).
Bibliographical reference:
EDITORIAL change, 1934. Postup, roč. 1, č. 3, s. 11.

Reference List/Bibliography
complete list of referenced sources at the end of the article

The reference list should be arranged in one alphabetical list by surname. If it contains more than one work of the same author, arrange the works by date. If it contains more than one work by the same author and the same year, add letters to the year (1980a, 1980b) and alphabetical.

SOURCES AND LITERATURE (BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES)

If there are two or three authors, their names are separated by a hyphen.
Information on place, publishing house, edition, abbreviations (year, no.; vol., nr.) are given in the language of the document.
The title of the document (book, proceedings, journal, yearbook, etc.) is given in italics.
The abbreviation In (without a colon or full stop) is used only for books and proceedings.
In is not used in the case of a journal article.

Journal: year, issue, pages (page spacing is given without spaces with a hyphen).
Newspaper: year, issue (exact date: day, month, year), pages.
If the cited document has been assigned a DOI identifier, indicate it.
BYRD, Vance. 2017. A Pedagogy of Observation: Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture. Bucknell University Press. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/savba-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5144897. 

ARCHIVES (Archival documents and manuscripts)
Name of institution, mark/name of fonds or collection, inventory number or signature, number carton/book/folder/file, or date and place of issue of documents, title or brief description of official books and their date range, page number for multi-page materials
Example: Slovak National Library in Martin, Literary Archive, personal collection Vojtech Mihálik: Skapíňající Moloch. Mobilization. War. Post-war. Sign. 181 CO 11.

The reference to the archival source is given as a footnote in the text of the paper.

SOURCES (editions of literary works, literary criticism)

Deciphered pseudonym of the author
If the text has been published under a pseudonym or anonymously, the deciphered pseudonym of the author is given in square brackets after the authorʼs name.
OKÁLI, Daniel [bez uvedenia autorstva], 1924. Štvavá reč z r. 1917. DAV, roč. 1, č. 1, s. 1.
PONIČAN, Ján [PONIČAN, Ján Rob], 1922: Vyznanie lásky. Mladé Slovensko, roč. 5, č. 1, s. 2-4.
PONIČAN, Ján [PONIČAN-ROB, Ján], 1924a. Vytnime sen. Mladé Slovensko, roč. 6, č. 7-8, s. 193-194.
PONIČAN, Ján [ROB], 1924b. Životu. Pravda chudoby, roč. 5, č. 108-109, s. 7.

LITERATURE (monographs, proceedings, papers)
Books and monographic publications
SURNAME, name, year. Title of publication. Subtitle. Edition (other than first). Secondary author (e.g. translator). Place of publication: Publishing House. Edition, edition number. ISBN.
Monograph
TANCER, Jozef, 2008. Im Schatten Wiens. Bremen: Edition Lumière. ISBN 978-3-934686-54-0.
MORETTI, Franco, 2014. Grafy, mapy, stromy: Abstraktní modely literární historie. Přel. Olga Čaplyginová. Praha: Karolinum. ISBN.

If the book does not have an author, write the TITLE of the book first, followed by the year of publication.

Journals/serials
Proceedings
SURNAME, name of  author(s) or editor(s), year. Title of the proceedings. Subtitle. Secondary author. Place of publication: publisher. ISBN (or ISSN).
DONALD, James – FRIEDBERG, Anne – MARCUS, Laura, eds., 2001. Close up: 1927 – 1933. Cinema and Modernism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-00462-5.

Articles in journals
SURNAME, name, year. Title of paper. Name of journal, volume, issue, pages. ISSN.
Example:
LENTZEN, Manfred, 1997. Lyrische Kleinformen Zum Haiku und zu Haiku-ähnlichen Texten in der modernen spanischen Dichtung. Iberoromania. Revista dedicada a las lenguas, literaturas y culturas de la Península Ibérica y de América Latina, vol. 1997, issue 45, pp. 67-80. ISSN 1865-9039. https://doi.org/10.1515/iber.1997.1997.45.67

Articles in newspapers
SURNAME, name, year. Title of the article. Name of the newspaper, volume, issue (exact date: day.month.year), pages. ISSN (if available)

Contributions in Proceedings
SURNAME, name, year. Title of paper. In Title of the proceedings. Subtitle. Place of publication: publisher, pages. ISBN (or ISSN).

Contributions in edited publications
SURNAME, name, year. Title of paper/chapter. In SURNAME, name of responsible person(s), ed. Title of monograph/proceedings. Subtitle. Issue. Secondary author (translator etc.). Place of publication: publisher, pages. ISBN.

Contributions in monographs and book chapters
SURNAME, name, year. Title of paper/chapter. In SURNAME, name of author/editor of monograph. Title of monograph. Subtitle. Issue. Secondary author. Place of publication: publisher, pages. ISBN.

Link to electronic resource:
SURNAME, name, year. Title of publication. Subtitle [media type]. Issue. Secondary author. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication [date cited]. Edition, edition number. ISBN. Available from: DOI or address.

LIVERMORE, Christian, 2021. Conclusion. In When the Dead Rise: Narratives of the Revenant, from the Middle Ages to the Present Day. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 163-166. ISBN 9781843845768. doi:10.1017/9781800101418.008

Electronic resources - citations from the web
Journal Title. Subtitle [media type]. Place of publication: publisher, numbering [citation date]. ISSN. Available from: DOI or address.
Example:
Ikaros: Elektronický Časopis o Informační Společnosti [online]. Praha: Ikaros, 1997- [cit. 27.6.2011]. ISSN 1212-5075. Dostupné z: http://www.ikaros.cz/

Contributions to online journals/serials
Author. Title of paper. Subtitle. Title of journal. Subtitle [media type]. Place of publication: Publisher, volume, issue, pages [citation date]. ISSN. Available from: DOI or address.
Example:
BITUŠÍKOVÁ, Alexandra – LUTHER, Daniel, 2010. Sustainable diversity and public space in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia. Anthropological Notebooks [online]. Ljubljana (Slovenia): Slovene Anthropological Society, roč. 16, č. 2 [cit. 13.6.2011]. ISSN 1408-032X. Dostupné z: http://www.drustvo-antropologov.si/AN/PDF/2010_2/ Anthropological

Website
Verpönt, Verdrängt – Vergessen? [online]. [cit. 2014−07−18]. Dostupné z: http://www.univie.ac.at/censorship/info.html

SUBMISSION of manuscripts
Manuscripts in accordance with the editorial standard of the journal should be sent electronically to the editorial office at: https://journals.savba.sk/index.php/slpi/information/authors

The journal editors accept manuscripts on a rolling basis.