Characteristics of contributions

The materials sent to Letras must be unpublished. The article must not be simultaneously submitted to another arbitration or publication process. If there are versions in Spanish or other languages, they must be delivered to verify their unpublished nature. Consult Editorial process and peer evaluation.

Letras accepts the following types of contributions:

  1. Scientific research article
  2. Essay type article
  3. Review article
  4. Critical reviews
  5. Chronicles

Thematic areas

  1. Language
  2. Literature
  3. Teaching of language and literature
  4. Speech analysis
  5. Literary criticism
  6. Other studies in various areas of linguistic and literary knowledge

THE MANUSCRIPT

  1. Two documents (in Word format) must be sent with your work: the first must contain information about: a) title; b) full name of the author; c) institution of affiliation (the country must be indicated) d) curricular summary (in institutions, teaching area, research area, title and source of previous publications (if any); d) ORCID number. The second will contain only the work without any identification data or clues to reach it; Neither dedications nor acknowledgments should appear; These aspects may be incorporated into the final version, after the arbitration process.
  2. It must comply with the following specifications: “Times New Roman” or “Arial” font, size 12, double spaced, numbered pages, in letter size format, 3 cm margin on all sides.
  3. The work must have a title and summary in Spanish. This summary must be one page long, that is, between 100 and 250 words and specify: purpose, theory, methodology, results and conclusions. For translation purposes, we suggest the use of short, direct and simple sentences. At the end, four keywords or descriptors should be located. The four descriptors must appear in the text and in the same order in which they are mentioned.
  4. The length of the articles must be between 15 and 30 pages (plus three for the bibliography).
  5. Regarding the structure of the text, the purpose of the article must be specified in an introductory part; In the section corresponding to development, it must be clearly distinguished which parts represent own contributions and which correspond to other researchers; and the conclusions can only be derived from the arguments handled in the body of the work.
  6. If a quote is included and it is more than forty words, it must be presented in a separate paragraph, without quotation marks, single spaced and indented with five spaces on both sides. In the case of minor quotes, they are incorporated into the wording of the article, in quotes. References must be prepared following APA Standards (7th edition).
  7. The list of references is placed at the end of the text, with the following subtitle, in bold and on the left margin: References. Each record is transcribed to one space, with hanging indentation. Between one record and another, space and a half is allocated. The APA Standards system (7th edition) must be followed.
  8. The notes go at the foot of the page and not at the end of the chapter, in numbered sequence.
  9. There should be no errors of any kind (neither spelling nor typing); It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure this aspect.
  10. Drawings, graphs, photos and diagrams must be located within the text, in their corresponding place. The APA Standards system (7th edition) must be followed.
  11. Those who wish to collaborate with reviews must consider that they constitute expositions and critical comments on recently published scientific or literary texts, with the purpose of guiding interested readers. Its length should not exceed six (6) pages.
  12. The reviews require all the information about the book and a particular order: name and surname of the author of the book, the title of the work in italics, city, publisher, date and number of pages: Jonas Jonasson. The grandfather who came back to save the world. Barcelona: Ediciones Salamandra, 2019, 443 pages.
  13. In the review it is necessary to stop at the author of the book: introduce the author to the cultural space, his academic or intellectual production... among other information that presents him to the reader (this is recommended for the first two paragraphs of the text).
  14. When presenting the overall structure of the book it is necessary to describe it completely. This will provide necessary information for the reader to get a precise idea of the book to read.
  15. Referees of non-publishable articles will be considered within the arbitration committee of an edition of LETRAS.

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