Forum for Modern Language Studies
Forthcoming Special Issue: Call for Papers
Literary Reflections of Modern War
The OUP journal Forum for Modern Language Studies (FMLS) will publish a
Special Issue entitled Literary Reflections of Modern War, edited by
Nicholas Martin (Department of German, University of St Andrews). FMLS has
a wide, cross-disciplinary readership, chiefly from Modern Languages and
English/American Studies backgrounds, as well as more specialist audiences
for individual Special Issues.
The scope of the Special Issue will be as broad as possible. Contributions
are sought on literary reflections of French, German, Russian, Spanish,
Italian, American and British experiences of war in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries. War is understood to mean armed conflict, not only
between nation-states but also between antagonists in civil war, revolution
and other violent ideological and/or religious struggles, including
terrorism and genocide. Literary reflections are taken to include narrative
prose, drama, poetry, memoirs, diaries and eye-witness accounts, as well as
political and cultural documents.
Contributors may seek to address one or more of the following issues,
though contributions need not necessarily be limited to these: the
experience of combat, including the perception of the 'otherness' of the
'enemy'; perspectives of non-combatants, especially women and children; war
literature as affirmation or rejection of war experience; the role of war
literature in shaping collective memory; literary reflections of mechanized
warfare and/or 'total' war; and socio-political and cultural matters
related to or raised by armed conflict, such as ideology, identity, race,
history and gender. Intercultural and interdisciplinary contributions are
especially welcome, and it is hoped that a variety of critical approaches
will be represented. The Special Issue will seek to include a challenging
range of literary reflections of modern war and to demonstrate the
catalytic effect of armed conflict on literary production and awareness.
Prospective contributors are invited to send proposals for articles in the
form of a 300-word abstract as soon as possible and, at the very latest, by
15 August 2003. Articles chosen for inclusion in the Special Issue must be
submitted in final form by the strict deadline of 1 July 2004. Articles
should be 5,000-6,000 words long, including footnotes, and must conform to
the FMLS stylesheet, which is available on request.
Informal enquiries are most welcome, and the editor is happy to discuss
individual suggestions. Communications via e-mail are preferred, to
[log in to unmask]; or write to Dr Nicholas Martin, Editor, FMLS: Literary
Reflections of Modern War, School of Modern Languages, University of St
Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9PH, United Kingdom. Articles which do not
find a place in the Special Issue will be considered for possible inclusion
in general issues of FMLS, of which there are two per year.
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Dr Nicholas Martin
Department of German
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
GB-Fife KY16 9PH
Tel.: +44 (0)1334 463661 Fax: +44 (0)1334 463677
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/academic/modlangs/german/Staff/nmart.htm
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