3.Call For Papers/V. 2, N. 1/ IJCLTS 2.1/ February, 2014
INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
ISSN: 2321-8274
VOLUME: II, NUMBER: I
CALL FOR PAPERS
Intersemiotic Translation
ISSUE EDITOR: RINDON KUNDU
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 20th May, 2014
It is a well known and well attested fact that Roman Jakobson in his seminal essay “On Linguistic Aspects of Translation” broadly categorised the process of translation as ‘Intralingual’, ‘Interlingual’ and ‘Intersemiotic’. According to him “Intersemiotic Translation” is “an interpretation of verbal signs by means of nonverbal sign systems”. The aim of this issue will be to discuss theoretical and practical problems of Intersemiotic Translation and the debates surrounding it. It will be an attempt to question whether it can be viewed as ‘transmutation’, ‘transposition’, ‘adaptation’, ‘intermedial’, etc from Western methodology or it can exist or be practised through i.e., ‘Anuvad’, ‘Rupantar’ and other terms of cultural transaction from Indian epistemology. The journey of the text across the landscape of practice i.e., from Page to Stage, Page to Screen, Page to Ether and the other way round will be the point of focus and it will allow a diversity of meanings to be created, exchanged and disseminated.
In visual medium when one speaks about adaptation, the features to be looked at areperformability, actability and speakability.This issue will try to problematize different ‘ways of seeing’ in which cultures define and re-define themselves through their representation in various semiotic domains. This issue would like to read non-verbal, performative and cultural aspects as well as staging problems from different perspectives.
Papers are invited but not be restricted to:
– Theories and Approaches to Intersemiotic Translation.
– Debates in and around Intersemiotic Translation.
– Theatre and Translation.
– Film Adaptation.
– Radio Adaptation.
– Television Adaptation.
– Visual Culture and Translation.
– Looking at Intersemiotic Translation through the prism of Indian epistemology.
– New methodological approaches to Intersemiotic Translation.
– New media and technologies in Intersemiotic Translation.
– New theoretical frameworks in Intersemiotic Translation.
We invite papers across the disciplines and across the world. Only the original and unpublished papers will be considered. We will appreciate new ideas. Paper should be written within 3000-5000 words. Paper should include abstract, a brief bio-note and proper work citation. Besides the articles on above said topics we are accepting TRANSLATIONS, INTERVIEWS, and BOOK REVIEWS etc. on any area. Paper should be written following the MLA 7th edition style sheet. Authors are requested to take it seriously; otherwise papers will be rejected despite of quality without any notice. Paper can be sent to ijclts2013@gmail.com by 20th May, 2014. No paper will be accepted after the dead line. Any further enquiries please feel free to contact the editors. For more details you can visit our site mentioned below: https://ijclts.wordpress.com/
4.Call For Papers/V. 2, N. 2/ IJCLTS 2.2/ April, 2014
INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
ISSN: 2321-8274
VOLUME: II, NUMBER: II
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Heritage Conservation and Preservation: – Connecting cultures in a global world”
ISSUE EDITOR: Dr. Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 15th June, 2014
“Heritage Conservation and Preservation: – Connecting cultures in a global world”
As cultures explore diverse ways and methods of living, habitation and habitats, they also maintain a rhythm of lifestyle- rendering a myriad expression across geographical boundaries which in turn forms the very basic ethos of heritage. The basis of heritage thus, on one hand comprises of specific elements that can be perceived, observed and reflected upon as well as touched, felt and studied through close observation. These form the tangible part of culture and symbolizes an important part of human history. On the other hand stands a more exploratory aspect of heritage- consisting of oral traditions, folklore, music, dance forms, art and aesthetics, rhymes, stories, riddles and others. These form the intangible aspect of history and heritage of man and his environment which clearly distinguishes itself from the tangible part through the elements of physical touch and feel (most applicable in terms of monuments and buildings). However, the quintessential element of intangible heritage specifies the same essence to understand the basic ethos of heritage across cultures- perceptiveness, observation and analysis and reflection. With the fast-paced and changing modern global world- there is moreover a need to understand the working pattern, survival, history and future reflections of both aspects of heritage and thereby calls a need for their conservation and preservation. As cultures are joined across geographical boundaries through communication and financial reach, an important aspect stands to appreciate the activities within each culture, which in turn renders a clearer perspective towards understanding various cultures- the similarities as well as dissimilarities amongst them. With an aim to preserve the essence of local elements of heritage, various governmental as well as autonomous bodies are working across the globe towards the same. The present issue of the journal calls for a clearer understanding of each discipline and offers a platform to express ideas about the preservation and conservation of heritage at a local scale and thereby reach out and connect to the global culture.
SUB-THEMES
- History
- Culture Studies
- Heritage Conservation and Management
- Tourism and Development
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Literature
- Music and Art
We invite papers across the disciplines and across the world. Only the original and unpublished papers will be considered. We will appreciate new ideas. Paper should be written within 3000-6000 words. Paper should include abstract, key words, brief bio note of the author and proper work citation. Besides the articles on above said topics we are accepting TRANSLATIONS, INTERVIEWS, and BOOK REVIEWS etc. on any area. Paper should be written following the MLA 7th edition style sheet. Authors are requested to take it seriously; otherwise papers will be rejected despite of quality without any notice. Paper can be sent to ijclts2013@gmail.com by 15th June, 2014. No paper will be accepted after the dead line. Any further enquiries please feel free to contact the editors. For more details you can visit our site mentioned below: https://ijclts.wordpress.com/
INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
ISSN: 2321-8274
VOLUME: II, NUMBER: III
CALL FOR PAPERS
STARDOM AND CELEBRITY IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Issue Editor- Rakesh Ramamoorthy
Asst. Professor of English, St.John’s College.
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 31st May, 2014
Shahrukh Khan, Anna Hazare, M.S. Dhoni, Shiney Ahuja, A.R. Rahman, M.S. Subbalekshmi, Saina Nehwal, Arundhati Roy, Sanjay Dutt, Vava Suresh…….
A random list of famous Indians such as the one given above is enough to remind one of the wide range of celebrities who are in the limelight in contemporary India. They range from film stars to politicians, from sport stars to activists, from darlings of the masses to widely hated ‘villains’, from pan-Indian and global celebrities to stars whose fame exists within specific regions.
The forthcoming issue of IJCLTS will seek to decode the politics of stardom in post-1990s India. The informing assumption is that there is no single culture of celebrity and the issue will endeavor to highlight the co-existence of multiple domains of celebrity culture in India. We invite scholars all over the world to submit critical essays that are analytic and that are informed by the extant work on celebrity studies. The areas of interest include but are not limited to:
Ø Theorizing the Indian celebrity
Ø The global circulation of Indian celebrities such as Shahrukh Khan, A.R. Rahman etc.
Ø The apparatuses of the Celebrity Industry in India: The media (magazines, websites, TV shows), the events (Film launches), product tie-ins etc.
Ø The conventional domains of stardom: Authors, Filmstars, Sports Stars etc.
Ø Crime and Celebrity: Criminals and victims, especially the fame (or notoriety) accrued in conjunction with rape cases.
Ø The public intellectual/activist as celebrity.
Ø Fandom: Study of Fan identities across various domains of celebrities, including the study of Fan Clubs (online as well as ‘real life’)
The pertinent master categories of India studies – class, caste, gender and region – could inform the prospective contributions. In keeping with the overall scope of the journal, we would especially welcome comparatist approaches to celebrity studies and would welcome works that focus on regional language representations and analysis of celebrities whose fame circulates within certain regions.
We invite original, unpublished and innovative work from across the disciplines and across the world. The extent of the essays should be between 3000-5000 words. We also welcome shorter but rigorously analytic pieces (500-1500 words) whose scope is less extensive than that of an essay but which raises a pertinent point regarding celebrity culture. Besides the articles on above said topics we invite TRANSLATIONS, INTERVIEWS, and BOOK REVIEWS etc. on any area. All submissions should adhere to the MLA 7th edition style sheet, failing which they would be rejected without any notice the quality of the work notwithstanding. Paper can be sent to ijclts2013@gmail.com by 31st May 2014. No paper will be accepted after the dead line. For further enquiries please feel free to contact the issue editor (rakeshmoorthy@gmail.com) or the editors. For more details you can visit our site mentioned below:https://ijclts.wordpress.com/
INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
ISSN: 2321-8274
VOLUME: II, NUMBER: IV
CALL FOR PAPERS
Books: A Cultual History
While the idea of a ‘text’ has been discussed widely Roland Barthes and others, the concept of a ‘book’ has not received much critical attention. This can be attributed to the fact that the definitions of books have always been material, centering on the fact that it exists between two covers. This issue of IJCLTS ventures into this uncharted terrain and seeks to study the history and cultures of the book, treating it as a material and physical entity. Thus this issue will be interested in the politics of the processes that go into the making of books such as printing, marketing etc. Hence this issue will be interested in papers that analyze the emergence of various printing cultures. Furthermore, the histories of books contain several trajectories: The banning of books, books as tools of resistance, the personal attachment towards books, the categorization of books according to age etc. The word book can also be used in an epistemic sense – as a collection of utterances that together constitute a unit – and this very concept can be probed. These and many related issues will be explored in this issue which seeks to show that the study of the history of books enables one to study many facets of various cultures. In addition to analytical essays, this issue will also publish personal notes on books. The contours of the area of book history is vague as of yet and prospective contributors are invited to be innovative and creative in their approach. Some possible sub-themes are mentioned below:
SUB-THEMES
- Theorizing the book
- History of Books in various languages and/or cultures.
- Essays introducing rare and obscure books: Such essays should make a case as to why this book deserves attention.
- The Politics of Book fairs
- Categorization of Books: Popular v/s Literary; Children’s v/s Adult books, pornography etc.
- Cultural histories of certain books: For instance, the history of the Bible in India, or the Gita in 18th century Britain.
- Manuscript to Books: This could involve the study of the working drafts of a book and could focus on the politics of the revision of the work.
- Personal notes on books, including those on the experience of collecting old/rare books.
- History of Alphabets of particular Language
- Banned Books
- Making and Publishing of Books
- Archive/ Digital Archive and Books
- Study of the history and politics of e-books
- Book History as an Academic Discipline
We invite papers across the disciplines and across the world. Only the original and unpublished papers will be considered. We will appreciate new ideas. Paper should be written within 3000-5000 words. Paper should include an abstract, key words, brief bio note of the author and proper work citation. Besides the articles on above said topics we are accepting TRANSLATIONS, INTERVIEWS, and BOOK REVIEWS etc. on any area. Paper should be written following the MLA 7th edition style sheet. Authors are requested to take it seriously; otherwise papers will be rejected despite of quality without any notice. Paper can be sent to ijclts2013@gmail.com by 31st July, 2014. No paper will be accepted after the dead line. Any further enquiries please feel free to contact the editors. For more details you can visit our site mentioned below: https://ijclts.wordpress.com/
THIS ISSUE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE OTHER SECTIONS OF PREVIOUS ISSUE OR PROPOSED IN PREVIOUS CFP, LIKE TRANSLATION, INTERVIEW, BOOK REVIEW, CONFERENCE REPORT ETC. INTERESTED SCHOLARS CAN CONTRIBUTE ON THESE PROPOSED AREAS. ………….
Indian Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies 