Deadline: 1 August 2012
South Asian Review, the refereed journal of the South Asian Literary Association, invites submissions for its 2012 special number, Volume 33 Number 3, devoted to Sri Lankan Anglophone literature. The South Asian Review calls for papers that examine Sri Lankan Anglophone fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and film.
Topics of interest may include writings dealing with ethnic conflict, violence, terrorism, and trauma; the role of Anglophone literature in Sri Lanka; the need for translation and the challenges associated with it; the literature of the Sri Lankan diaspora; the difficulties of publishing in Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan literature in relation to modern technology and globalization; the role of Sri Lankan Anglophone literature in efforts at reconciliation; and Sri Lankan writing in relation to human rights discourse, political protest, and social activism. We are also interested in critical essays that deal with Sri Lankan Anglophone literature in relation to gender, sexualities, class, ethnicity, religion, internal displacements, migration, colonialism, imperialism, postcoloniality, and hybridity.
Articles of 15-25 pages, prepared in accordance with the MLA style, along with an abstract of 100 words and a biographical note of 50 words, should be sent electronically by August 1, 2012, to:
Dr. Maryse Jayasuriya
Co-guest Editor
mjayasuriya@utep.edu
Dr. Aparna Halpe
Co-guest Editor
aparna.halpe@utoronto.ca
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: mjayasuriya@utep.edu, aparna.halpe@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.southasianliteraryassociation.org/south-asian-review/
South Asian Review, the refereed journal of the South Asian Literary Association, invites submissions for its 2012 special number, Volume 33 Number 3, devoted to Sri Lankan Anglophone literature. The South Asian Review calls for papers that examine Sri Lankan Anglophone fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and film.
Topics of interest may include writings dealing with ethnic conflict, violence, terrorism, and trauma; the role of Anglophone literature in Sri Lanka; the need for translation and the challenges associated with it; the literature of the Sri Lankan diaspora; the difficulties of publishing in Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan literature in relation to modern technology and globalization; the role of Sri Lankan Anglophone literature in efforts at reconciliation; and Sri Lankan writing in relation to human rights discourse, political protest, and social activism. We are also interested in critical essays that deal with Sri Lankan Anglophone literature in relation to gender, sexualities, class, ethnicity, religion, internal displacements, migration, colonialism, imperialism, postcoloniality, and hybridity.
Articles of 15-25 pages, prepared in accordance with the MLA style, along with an abstract of 100 words and a biographical note of 50 words, should be sent electronically by August 1, 2012, to:
Dr. Maryse Jayasuriya
Co-guest Editor
mjayasuriya@utep.edu
Dr. Aparna Halpe
Co-guest Editor
aparna.halpe@utoronto.ca
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: mjayasuriya@utep.edu, aparna.halpe@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.southasianliteraryassociation.org/south-asian-review/
