Submissions

Author Guidelines

ARTICLES

 I. Length and Required Elements

1. Essays must range between 6,000 and 8,000 words. This includes abstract, notes, and bibliography.
   
   
2. Compendium publishes essays in Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish. Quotations in any other languages must either be translated or accompanied by a translation.

3. Submitted essays should include the following: 

   a) essay title (no more than 100 characters in length, including spaces);
   b) “Abstract” in English (from 150 to 200 words);
   c) 4 to 6 keywords which are not included in the essay title;
   d) main body, with a number and title for all sub-headings if applicable, according to the guidelines below;
   e) “References” according to the guidelines below.
   
   

4. Along with the article, submissions must include a separate document containing a short biographical note of the author, up to 100 words, mentioning job position, academic title, affiliation (departament, university, city, country) and ORCID identifier.

II. Formatting

General

1. In-text citations should be given in parentheses and follow the author-date system according to the Chicago Manual of Style, with author(s)' last name followed by the year of publication, followed by comma and page number or range. Example: (Auerbach 1946, 147).
   
   
2. Pages should be numbered, with 2,5 cm margins, double line spacing, and Times New Roman 12 font type.
   
   
3. Submissions will be verified and pre-evaluated by the editors prior to peer review.

Main body

1. The first line of all non-block paragraphs should be indented by 1,5 cm.
   
   
2. Sub-headings should be numbered, placed in bold and italicized. They should not be indented.
   
   
3. English and Portuguese titles mentioned in the text, notes, or bibliography are capitalized “headline-style,” meaning first words of titles and subtitles and any names, adjectives and verbs thereafter should be capitalized. French and Spanish titles are capitalized “sentence-style,” meaning only proper nouns and the first word of titles should be capitalized. The same applies to titles in other Romance languages.
   
   
4. Books, films, plays, and periodical titles (titles of larger works) should be italicized.
   
   
5. Article and chapter titles (titles of shorter works) should be enclosed in double quotation marks.
   
   
6. The titles of most poems and short stories should be enclosed in double quotation marks, excepting the cases in which they are published autonomously in book form.
   
   
7. People’s names should be written in full the first time they appear in the essay. Thereafter, use only their last name(s). For example: “Luís Vaz de Camões” then “Camões.”
   
   
8. A prose quotation of five or more lines, or more than 40 words, should be blocked. Three or more lines of poetry should also be blocked.
   
   
9. Blocked quotations should be indented as non-block paragraphs, single-spaced and using the font Times New Roman 10.
   
   
10. Authors should use footnotes (not endnotes), but keep the number of footnotes to a minimum.
    
    
11. It is possible to include images, but they should be kept to a minimum.

References

1. Authors should include a list of references at the end of their essay under the section title “References”. Bibliography entries must be in alphabetical order and in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style:
   
   Book
   Brontë, Charlotte. 2006. Jane Eyre. London: Penguin.
   
   Book chapter
   Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich. 2004. “Flaubert’s Landscapes.” In Corpo e Paisagem Românticos, edited by Helena Carvalhão Buescu, João Ferreira Duarte, and Fátima Fernandes da Silva, 55-70. Lisbon: Centre for Comparative Studies/Colibri.
   
   Journal article
   Pinto, Marta Pacheco, and Matteo Rei. 2023. "Translation and Citation: Creative Entanglements." Compendium, no. 4 (December): 3-9. https://doi.org/10.51427/com.jcs.2023.0002.
   
   
2. All works cited in the article must appear in “References”. The list of "References" should only include works explicitly cited or paraphrased in the article.
   
   
3. English and Portuguese titles mentioned in the text, notes, or bibliography are capitalized “headline-style,” meaning first words of titles and any names, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs thereafter should be capitalized. French and Spanish titles are capitalized “sentence-style,” meaning only proper nouns and the first word of titles should be capitalized. The same applies to titles in other Romance languages.

III. Peer Review

Authors will receive acknowledgement of the receipt of their article from the editors, as well as information on its eligibility. All eligible submissions will be sent out for double blind peer review. A decision regarding publication will be made by the editors in light of the reports submitted by reviewers. This process can take up several months to complete. Reviewers often recommend minor or significant alterations to improve the article; these will be forwarded to the author along with the recommendations of the editors when applicable. For a submission to be published, it must incorporate these recommended changes.

Note on REVIEWS, TRANSLATIONS and INTERVIEWS

Unsolicited reviews, translations and interviews must be proposed to the editors before submission via our online journal management system. Proposals should include all the information considered necessary for their evaluation and be sent to:
compendium@letras.ulisboa.pt

REVIEWS

Reviews must not have their own title, being identified by the name of the author(s) and title of the work reviewed (bold, Times New Roman 12), followed, when applicable, by the indications of edition, date and number of pages, or date of opening or premiere and length/duration.

Examples:

Book (with one author)
Brooks, Peter. 2005. Realist Vision. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Collected volume (with two or more editors)
Domínguez, César, Haun Saussy, and Darío Villanueva, eds. 2015. ​Introducing Comparative Literature: New Trends and Applications​. ​London: Routledge.

Film
Carax, Léos, dir. 2021. Annette. CG Cinéma, 141 min.

Exhibition
Visions of Dante. The Inferno according to Botticelli. Curated by João Carvalho Dias and Maria Helena Borges. Lisbon, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, 24 September to 29 November, 2021.

A book review may focus on only one book or monograph or several works and range from 1,000 to 3,000 words. It should give readers a critical discussion of the work that is accurate, informative, and susbtantiated, following the structure and guidelines listed below:

1. Introduction. A description of the general topic and/or problem addressed in the work. This may imply a brief summary of the book's argument or identifiable thesis statement, for example, or of the main aspects of a film.
2. About the author(s). Basic biographical information about the author(s) or editor(s) of the title under review, possibly in relation with their work, wider research or career trajectory.
3. Summary of contents. An indication and brief description of the range of substantive material covered in the work (e.g., chapter summaries or pictorial works included).
4. Strengths. Identification of particular areas in which the work does well. If it is an academic work, try to highlight its single greatest strength and contribution to the field.
5. Weaknesses. Identification, if applicable, of areas in which the work could be improved. Here, you may refer with respect, coherence, constructive criticism, and without personalizing your comments, to any incorrections, omissions, or aspects which the authors neglected to address in sufficient detail.
6. Conclusion. End your review with a concluding statement summarising your comments on the work. You may also explicitly identify a range of audiences whom you think would appreciate reading or otherwise benefit from the work.

 
TRANSLATIONS

Compendium welcomes publication proposals of new and original translations of articles, book chapters, intrerviews or literary texts dealing with subject matters relevant to the field of comparative studies in all its dimensions. Translation proposals should include a summary of 100 to 150 words explaining their relevance. Translators are entirely responsible for securing publication and reproduction rights over translated texts.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews proposed to Compendium and accepted for publication must indicate the title and affiliation of the author, following the same formatting guidelines mentioned for articles.

In the main body of the interview, the names of the interviewer(s) and interviewee(s) should precede the text in bold, Times New Roman 12; after the first mention, they should be identified only by the initials.

Two lines after the end of the text, the place and date in which the interview took place must appear italicized and aligned to the right.