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Author Guidelines

 AUTHOR GUIDELINES

 The norms described below must be strictly observed. Papers which do not comply with such norms will be rejected.

1. FronteiraZ only accepts original articles written by a maximum of three authors, all of them holding a doctor’s or a master’s degree or who are pursuing either a Master’s or a Doctoral Degree. In the case of a Master’s student, the paper must be in coauthorship with a Doctor, preferably his/her advisor.

2. Strict compliance with the norms concerning the number of pages, formatting of the abstract and keywords, as well as the journal scope, are essential elements for acceptance of the texts submitted. In case the article does not conform with such norms, it will be rejected.

3. It is mandatory that the author’s profile be duly filled out in the journal registration form, with a biodata and ORCID ID included. In case of coauthorship, all the authors must fill out the profile.
4. The author is not allowed to submit articles in the immediately subsequent issue in which his/her paper was published; publication of a new paper will only be accepted in the journal after two issues following that one.

Article Format

 Articles should be minimum of 15 and maximum of 20 pages long. Papersthat do not conform to these limits will not be accepted

1.Page setup: A4 size (21.0x29.7 cm); upper and lower margins: 3cm; right and left margins: 3cm.

2. Font type: Times New Roman, font size 12.
3. Spacing: 1,5 spacing between lines and paragraphs; 1,5 blank line spacing after the title of each section of the text; a 1,5 blank line spacing between the ABSTRACT/KEYWORDS and the beginning of the text.
4. Indentation: 1,25 cm indentation at the beginning of each paragraph.
5. Tables, figures (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.) and appendices must be ready for printing, following the general formatting of the text and within the space alloted to them by the author(s). These elements should be preceded by a title in font size 12/boldface (e.g. Figure 1: Biographeme) and reference in font size 10/boldface (e.g. Source: CALLE, Sophie. Les Aveugles. Photo published between pages 28-29, 1986), centered.

First page

1.Title in Portuguese and in English or in the foreign language the article was written in; font size 14, Times New Roman, centered without a margin, uppercase only for the first letter ou proper names, boldface.

2. Identification data of the author(s) should not appear in the article submitted to FronteiraZ,in conformity with the blind evaluation system. The full name(s) of the author(s), academic affiliation (University, College, Department or Postgraduate Studies Program), and electronic address should be informed in the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS – USER REGISTRATION Section. Articles submitted will be associated with the metadata filled out at the time of the submission. For this reason, close attention to providing correct and complete information is essential.

2.1. In order to respect blind submission, the document shall NOT show the author’s name in the Word properties either. To ensure such checking in Word for Windous with the document open, access FILE > Information. To exclude the author’s name from the document, right-click on the name of closed document. Follow the steps PROPERTIES > DETAILS > Remove Properties and Personal Information > select the categories presenting authorship. In Word for Mac, click on TOOLS > Protect Document and select box “Remove personal information from the File Properties on Save check box.”

2.2. The inclusion of the name(s) of the author(s) in the article should ONLY be done after acceptance, in conformity with the following norms: the name(s) of the author(s) are to be added after 3 single-spaced lines below the title on the right margin, in italics, no boldface, capitalization for the first letters only, font size 10, Times New Roman, text-justification followed by an asterisk [*] which will refer to a footnote for identification of the institution to which the author is affiliated, separated with a hyphen from  the acronymn, College, Department or Postgraduate Studies Program, followed by the name of the city, state, country, and email address (without the word email),.(E.g. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo-PUC SP, Faculdade de Filosofia, Comunicação, Letras e Artes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura e Crítica Literária – São Paulo – SP – Brasil – xxxxxxx@pucsp.br).

3. The word ABSTRACT (Times New Roman, font size 12, no italics), in capital letters, boldface, no colon, should be added 3 blank single-spaced lines below the space reserved for the the author’ s name; no indentation. The abstract should begin in the immediately subsequent line.

3.1. The text of the abstract in the same language of the article should appear immediately below the word ABSTRACT, without indentation, and should have between 120 and 150 words (Times New Roman, font size 12, single-spaced lines).

3.2. The abstract must present the paper objectives, analysis perspective, theoretical background and conclusions reached with the research.

4. The KEYWORDS –in capital letters, boldface – should appear in the single-spaced line below the abstract, in the same language used in the article; five keywords are a requirement. Sentence-style capitalization for each word/expression; each word/expression separated with semicolon; no period after last word/expression.

4.1.The first two keywords should be related to the broad research area and, in the sequence, the last three ones should indicate the specificities of the research, WITHOUT repeating words that already appear in the title.

E.g.: Luiz Ruffato; De mim já nem se lembra; Voz; Realismo: Narrador; Performance

5. The word ABSTRACT (Times New Roman, Font size 12), should appear in capital letters, boldface, no colon, three lines below the KEYWORDS; no indentation should be used. The text of the abstract should appear in the immediately subsequent line.

5.1. The abstract in English should be 120 and a maximum of 150 words long, in single-spaced lines; Times New Roman font size 12.

6. The KEYWORDS – in capital letters, boldface – should not exceed five words and should appear in the single-spaced line immediately below. Use sentence-style capitalization.

NOTE:

IF THE ARTICLE IS IN PORTUGUESE, THE ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS AND TITLE MUST BE IN PORTUGUESE AND IN ENGLISH. IF THE ARTICLE IS IN SPANISH OR IN ENGLISH, THE ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS AND TITLE SHOULD BE EITHER IN PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH OR IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH.

Body of the text: Sections, Subsections, Footnotes

 Sections and subsections should be in bold, not indentation, capitalization only in the first letter of the initial word; numbering with Arabic numerals; no period after them; numbering should not include the introduction, conclusion and references.

Bibliographical references in the body of the text should come in parentheses; use the author’s last surname, capitalizing only the initial letter of his/her name; publication date and page of the work, separated by commas.

E.g. (Bakhtin, 2003, p. 261-306).

If the author’s name is cited in the sentence, only the date and page should be indicated in parentheses. In citations do not use expressions such as Idem, Ibidem, Op.Cit. Always provide full reference as in the previous example.

Notes

 Footnotes should be font size 10, single-spaced lines, numbered sequentially according to the order they appear in the text.

Important note: footnotes should be used for comments made by the author of the article, for the inclusion of additional information or for the presentation of texts translated into his/her original language. Such space should not be used to list references, which should be indicated in the final referencing list at the end of the text.

Use of typography resources: italics, boldface, underline and “quotations marks”

Italics: Use ite in three situations: foreign words, citation of book titles in the body of the text, emphasis on a word or an excerpt of the text.

Boldface: Avoid this typography resource. Use it only in the text title, sections, subsections, and titles of work in the reference list.

Underline: Avoid this typography resource.

Double quotation marks: they should be used in the body of the text when the quote does not exceed three lines. This same expedient should be used in titles of articles, songs, portions of works or chapters; single quotation marks should be used to indicate a quote within a quote.

E.g.: In the article "Os gêneros do discurso", “[...] todos os diversos campos da atividade humana estão ligados ao uso da linguagem” (Bakhtin, 2003, p. 261).

Direct quotations: longer than three lines

For direct quotations with more than three lines, the excerpt being quoted should set off the text as a block quote by beginning a new line and indenting 4cm from the left margin.; use font size 11 aad single spacing. DO NOT use quotations marks. At the end, between parentheses, enter author’s surname (only the first letter being capitalized), date of the issue used, page number; use 1,5 spacing before and after the quote. A full stop should be used to close the sentence, not the quote.

For quotes longer consisting of more than three authors, the first author’s surname should be indicated in parentheses, followed by the Latin expression et al.(in italics), date, (e.g. Cassanas et al., 2003, p. 205). For direct quotes having less than three lines, the excerpt cited should appear within quotation marks and duly referenced at the end of the quote. A full stop should be used to close the sentence, not the quote.

E.g.: Segundo Bakhtin, “[...] todos os diversos campos da atividade humana estão ligados ao uso da linguagem”  (2003, p. 261). It is necessary to use [...] to indicate the parts that were suppressed, whether at the beginning, middle or end of the quote.

To give emphasis on portions of a direct quote, highlight them with one of the following expressions: our emphasisor emphasis added, as the last element of the quote indication, separated by a comma and within parentheses.

All the citations from foreign texts should be translated into Portuguese. Whenever possible, use translations that have already been published.  The original excerpt should appear in a footnote.

REFERENCES

The heading REFERENCES should appear in capital letters, boldface, Times font size 12, no indentation, on the left margin, single-spacing. The first entry should appear in the second line below the word REFERENCES.

 The references should follow the ABNT [Brazilian Association of Technical Standards] norms and should contain only works cited in the text.

Entries in the references list should follow alphabetical order and should not be numbered; single spacing between them should be used. Entries by the same author should have the author’s name in all of the works cited, and should be listed in chronological order of publication; if entries by the same author fall in the same year, they should be differentiated by lowercase letters (a, b, and c).

1.Books

 AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name (first and middle name initials). Title of the book (boldface; title case); subtitle (no italics and no boldface). Translation: translator’s name, Printing edition and Place, Publishing House, date, volume (Series or Collection) should be indicated.

E.g. BAKHTIN, M. Problemas da poética de Dostoiévski. Trad. Paulo Bezerra, 4.ed. Rio de Janeiro: Forense Universitária, 2008.

If there are four or more authors, all of them should preferably be indicated. It is also possibile to indicate only the first author’s name, followed by the Latin expression. et al(in italics).

E.g.: URANI, A. et al. Constituição de uma matriz de contabilidade social para o Brasil. Brasilia, DF: IPEA, 1994.

In the case of ebooks, the electronic format should be entered after the full reference.

E.g. GODINHO, T. Vida organizada: como definir prioridades e transformar seus sonhos em objetivos. São Paulo: Gente, 2014. E-book.

2. Book chapters

AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name abbreviated (first and middle name initials). Title of chapter (no highlighting). In (in italics) followed by the book referencing: AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name abbreviated (first and middle name initials). Title of the book (boldface, title case); subtitle (no italics). Translation: Translator’s name, Printing edition and Place, Publishing House, date, number of pages consulted or v. (Series or Collection).

E.g.: BENJAMIN, W. Sobre o conceito de história. In: Magia e técnica, arte e política. Ensaios sobre literatura e história da cultura. Trad. Cláudia de Moraes Rego. v.1. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 2012, p. 222-232.

3.Papers published in conference proceedings or similar events

AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name abbreviated (first and middle name initials). Title: subtitle. In(in italics); NAME OF THE EVENT (uppercase), number, year, venue, Title of publication, subtitle of publication; Type of publication[...] (boldface followed by suspension points within square brackets). Place of publication (city); Publishing House, date, text initial and final pages.

E.g. BRAYNER, A.R.A.: MEDEIROS, C.B. Incorporação do tempo em SGBD orientado a objetos. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE BANCO DE DADOS, 9, 1994, São Paulo. Anais [...]. São Paulo: USP, 1994, p. 16-29.

4. Articles published in journals

AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name abbreviated. Title of article (no highlighting). Name of journal(boldface), city, volume and journal number, pages, publication date.

E.g. SCHØLLHAMMER, K.E. Realismo afetivo: evocar realismo além da representação. Estudos de literatura brasileira contemporânea. Brasília, n.39, p. 129-148, 2012.

4.1. Articles published in newspapers

AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name abbreviated. Title of article. Title of newspaper (boldface), Issue number or title of section or supplement, Place, initial and final pages, day, month, year.

E.g. BRASIL, U. Borges admirava faroestes e a Lua. O Estado de S. Paulo, Caderno 2, São Paulo, p. D3, 31 out. 2009.

5. Monographs, dissertations and theses

AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name, title (boldface); subtitle (no highlighting), year, number of pages or volumes (Category and focus area); College Name, University Name, city.

E.g. XAVIER, A.C. O hipertexto na sociedade de informação: a constituição do modo de enunciação digital. 2002, 180p. Tese (Doutorado em Linguística) – IEL, UNICAMP, São Paulo.

6. Online publications

AUTHOR’S SURNAME, Author’s name abbreviated. Title of the article. Name of journal; city, journal volume, journal number, year. Available on (electronic address; do not add < > or [ ]. Access on: day/month/year.

E.g. FÉRAL, j. Por uma poética da performatividade: o teatro performativo. Sala Preta,v.8, p. 197-210, 2008. Available on https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v8i0p197-210. Acesso on 20 June.2023.

7. Films and iconographic material

7.1. Films

FILM TITLE. Director. Film Production Studio. Country of origin, year of production. Place of distributor: Name of distributor, date; Support [VHS or DVD]. (Duration time), color or b & w film.

E.g. MACUNAÍMA. Direction (script and adaptation) by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. Filmes do Serro/Grupo Filmes/Condor Filmes. Brasil. 1969. Rio de Janeiro: Videofilmes, 1969. Digitally restored version, 2004. [DVD] (105 minutes); in color.

7.2. Paintings, Photographs, Drawings, etc.

AUTHOR. Title [In case there is no title, add one or add “untitled” between square brackets]. Date. Specification of support. If there is more information, add it for better identification of the material.

E.g. ALMEIDA JÚNIOR. Caipira picando fumo. 1893. Oil on canvas. São Paulo. São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.

8. Recordings

8.1. Overall recordings

 SINGER’S SURNAME, Singer’s name [or GROUP NAME]. Title of work: subtitle [inform whether it is CD or Vinyl]. Label location; Label name, and date.

E.g. VELOSO, C. Caetanear. São Paulo: Polygram, 1989.

8.2. Parts of recordings (songs, pieces etc).

SONGWRITER. Title of track. In: RECORDING AUTHOR. Title of work: subtitle [inform whether it is CD or Vinyl]. Label location; Label name,  and date.

E.g. VELOSO, Caetano. O quereres. In:VELOSO, C. Caetanear [CD]. São Paulo: Polygram, 1989.

NOTES

The phrase sine loco,in abbreviated form, in square brackets [S.l.] (in italics) should be used in case the publication place cannot be identified. The letter “s” in sine should be in capital letter when it is the first element of the publication data.

E.g. KRIEGER, G.; NOVAES, L.A.; FARIA, T. Todos os sócios do presidente. 3.ed. [S.l.]: Scritta, 1992. 195 p.

When the place and editor cannot be identified in the publication, the expressions sine locoand sine nomine should appear in abbreviated form within square brackets, and separated by a colon [S.l.: s.n.] (in italics).

E.g. GONÇALVES, F.G. A história de Mirador. [S.l.:s.n.], 1993.

FIGURES

Illustrations should have the necessary quality for publication. They should be centered on the page, preceded by title, in font size 12/boldface, and followed by referencing in font size 10/boldface; they should also be indicated in the text in abbreviated form, as figures (Fig.1, Fig. 2 etc) lineand presented in JPEG format.

REVIEWS

 FronteiraZ only accepts reviews of theoretical texts that are relevant to literary studies and that have been published in Brazil in the last two years, and abroad in the last four years.

Reviews should be minimum three and maximum five pages long. They should indicate at the beginning the full referencing of the work being reviewed, including the number of pages, in font size 14, boldface and single spacing lines; there should be no title, no abstract, no keywords, no referencing at the end of the text, no quotes exceeding three lines, or quotes outside the work under review.

The reviewer’s name should appear three lines below the referencing (single-spacing). It should be followed by an asterisk indicating a footnote with the author’s qualification: institution he/she works for, College, Department or Postgraduate Studies Program, city, state, country and electronic address (without the word e-mail).

The text of the review should appear 7 single-spaced lines below the author’s name in Times New Roman, font size 12 and 1,5 spacing. Indentation: 1,25 to indicate the beginning of a paragraph.

TRANSLATION

FronteiraZ accepts translations of scientific articles in foreign language if they are relevant to the journal research area. Formatting should follow, as applicable, the article model.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.Failure to meet the requirements and norms for publication will cause rejection of the paper.

2. Upon acceptance, referees – chosen according to their area of research or expertise will –, will evaluate the article following current scientific parameters. As soon as the evaluation process is over, the editorial team will send the reviewed paper to the author; if the decision is favorable, except for a few corrections, the author will consider the referee’s comments in order to make the necessary corrections and resubmit his/her article.
3. NOTE

This journal will not accept texts sent by email outside its website.

4. Articles

Articles should be connected to the theme of each issue and follow the “Author Guidelines” for their formatting.

5. Literary essays

Articles connected to literary essays in general, irrespective of the central topic in each issue, should follow the “Author guidelines.”

6. Translation

FronteiraZ accepts translation of foreign scientific articles which contribute to the research area of the journal, and which were published in Brazil within the last two years, considering the relevance of the production. It is not necessary that they be connected to the central theme of the journal issuing number. Formatting should follow, as applicable, the the model for an article.

7. Reviews

FronteiraZ only accepts reviews of theoretical texts that are relevant to literary studies and which were published in Brazil within the last two years, and the ones published abroad within the last four years. It is not necessary that they be connected to the theme of the journal issuing number and should follow the Author Guidelines.