Submissions

Author Guidelines

Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure that it falls within the scope of Revista de Italianística, which publishes original and unpublished contributions in the fields of Italian language, literature, and culture.

All submitted manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review.

The journal adopts a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism and, since 2020, has used iThenticate to verify textual similarity.

By submitting a manuscript, authors declare that the work is original and unpublished and is not under consideration for publication by another journal (or, if it is, they must provide a justification in the "Comments to the Editor" field).

Authors retain copyright of their works and grant Revista de Italianística the right of first publication. All submissions are published under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. The complete list of submission requirements is provided at the end of these instructions.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The guidelines below describe in detail the formatting and submission requirements for manuscripts. Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure that these instructions are followed carefully. We also recommend using the journal template, which can be downloaded here.

Manuscripts must be submitted through the OJS platform in .doc, .docx, or .odt format. They should be prepared using 12-point Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, and 2.54 cm margins on all sides. Pages should not be numbered, and paragraphs should not be indented.

The manuscript must contain between 25,000 and 50,000 characters (including spaces), excluding titles, abstracts, keywords, and references.

Manuscripts may be written in Italian or Portuguese and must include the title, abstract, and keywords in Italian, Portuguese, and English.

The titles (14-point Times New Roman, single spacing) in the three languages must appear together at the top of the first page in bold. In the English title, capitalize the first letter of all words except articles, conjunctions, and prepositions.

For the version submitted for peer review, authors' names must be replaced by AUTHOR or, in the case of multiple authors, AUTHOR 1, AUTHOR 2, etc., each on a separate line and in bold. Throughout the manuscript, any direct reference to the author(s) must likewise be replaced with AUTHOR (or AUTHOR 1, AUTHOR 2, etc.).

Each abstract (12-point Times New Roman, single spacing) must contain between 150 and 250 words. The abstracts should be preceded by the headings RESUMO (Portuguese) and ABSTRACT (Italian and English), in bold, followed by a colon.

Each manuscript must include three to five keywords in Portuguese, Italian, and English. Keywords must appear immediately after each abstract and be preceded by the headings PALAVRAS-CHAVE, PAROLE CHIAVE, and KEYWORDS, respectively, in bold capital letters followed by a colon. Keywords should be separated by semicolons; each keyword should begin with a capital letter, and the list should end with a period.

Submitted manuscripts must not contain any information that could identify the author(s) (see Peer Review Policy). When uploading the manuscript, authors should select "Article Text" as the article component.

A separate file (.doc, .docx, or .odt) must also be submitted for each author. This file should contain a brief biographical note (approximately five lines) in Portuguese, Italian, and English, including the author's name, institutional and/or professional affiliation, ORCID iD, a publicly available email address, essential academic background information, and, where appropriate, selected relevant publications. When uploading this file, authors should select "Biographical Statement" as the article component.

Additional information should be included in footnotes, which must be numbered, justified, in 10-point Times New Roman, and single-spaced.

The original-language text of translated quotations must also be provided in footnotes, together with the appropriate source reference. If several translated quotations are taken from the same source, a single explanatory note at the first occurrence is recommended.

In accordance with our policies and our commitment to promoting greater accessibility and the dissemination of scholarly knowledge, the Editorial Team may request that, in manuscripts written in Portuguese, quotations in Italian or other languages be accompanied by a translation in a footnote. Likewise, in manuscripts written in Italian, the Editorial Team may request that quotations presented in Portuguese be accompanied by a footnote translation.

Footnotes should be kept to the minimum necessary.

Regarding typographical conventions, italics should be used for words in languages other than that of the manuscript and for the titles of works; boldface should be reserved for section and subsection headings; quotation marks should be used for quotations incorporated into the running text and for emphasis where appropriate. Underlining or boldface may be used for emphasis only when it is necessary to highlight part of a word or part of a literal quotation.

Figures, tables, charts, graphs, and similar materials must be referred to in the text before they appear, indicating their number in parentheses (e.g., Figure 1, Table 1, Chart 1). Expressions such as below should be avoided and replaced by below or as follows according to the context.

The figure or table number must appear above the illustration in bold, followed by an en dash and the title (11-point font). Whenever applicable, the source must be indicated below the illustration in 10-point font.

All images must be provided in high-resolution JPEG format, embedded in the manuscript and also uploaded as separate files by selecting "Figures" during submission. The Revista de Italianística publishes only images that are either free of copyright restrictions or accompanied by the appropriate permissions.

Acknowledgements, when included, should be concise and appear as the final post-textual element, after the references or any appendices.

All sections of the manuscript must be numbered beginning with the Introduction, except for the Final Remarks and References, which should remain unnumbered.

In-text Citations

Bibliographic citations must follow the author–date citation system, in accordance with the updated version of ABNT Standard NBR 10520 (July 2023).

References to cited works should appear in parentheses within the text, including the author's surname (with only the first letter capitalized), the year of publication, and, in the case of direct quotations, the page number(s), preceded by p.. When the cited edition is not the first edition or when the work is a translation, the year of the first edition should be indicated in square brackets.

Examples:

• (Sbisà, 2007)
• (Berardinelli, 2002, p. 11–12)
• (Moravia, 1949 [1929], p. 65)
• (De Mauro, 1993 [1963], p. 90–92)

Even when the author's surname is a compound name (e.g., Bernardini Napoletano, Paes de Almeida Filho, Bresciani Califano), only the final surname should be used in citations (e.g., Napoletano, Almeida Filho, Califano).

The citation should appear immediately after the quoted passage.

Example:

Dobbiamo tenere presente che la poesia d’avanguardia italiana è caratterizzata da “aderenza a forme immediate, endofasiche, non ripensate” (De Mauro, 1993 [1963], p. 467).

Quotations longer than three lines must be presented as block quotations. They should be set in a separate paragraph without quotation marks, indented 4 cm from the left margin, in 11-point font and single spacing. The citation should appear after the final period, without an additional period following the reference.

When the author's name appears in the running text, only the year of publication should appear in parentheses immediately after the surname on its first occurrence. If there are two authors, they should be connected by and.

Examples:

De Mauro (1993 [1963]) states that Italian avant-garde poetry is characterized by the immediacy of its linguistic forms.

Following the publication of Brown and Levinson (1987), it became widely accepted that at least three variables must be considered in the analysis of speech acts.

When the author's name immediately precedes a direct quotation, including block quotations, it should not be repeated in the parenthetical reference. The year of publication and page number(s) should be placed in parentheses immediately after the author's surname.

Example:

Analizzando la lingua della poesia d’avanguardia italiana, De Mauro (1993 [1963], p. 467) afferma che è caratterizzata da “aderenza a forme immediate, endofasiche, non ripensate”.

When a work has two authors and the citation appears in parentheses, both surnames must be included and separated by a semicolon. For works with more than two authors, et al. should be used after the first citation. At the first occurrence, however, all authors must be listed. In the reference list, the names of all authors must always be included.

Examples:

• (Sobrero; Miglietta, 2007)
• (Coveri; Benucci; Diadori, 1998) — first citation
• (Coveri et al., 1998, p. 98) — subsequent citations

Government agencies, organizations, and institutions should be cited using either their full official name or their acronym in capital letters.

Examples:

• (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, 2022)
• (IBGE, 2022)
• (ISTAT, 2021)

Government bodies belonging to the direct public administration should be cited using the name of the higher administrative authority or jurisdiction.

Example:

• (Brazil, 2024)

When citing two or more works by different authors in the same parenthetical reference, citations should be separated by semicolons and listed in chronological order.

Examples:

• (De Mauro, 1993 [1963]; Sbisà, 2007)
• (Moravia, 1949 [1929]; Berardinelli, 2002)

If two or more works by the same author were published in the same year, lowercase letters should be added after the year to distinguish them. The same designation must be used in the reference list.

Example:

• (Calvino, 1983a)
• (Calvino, 1983b)

When the same work is cited repeatedly in consecutive references, it is recommended that the complete citation be given only the first time. Subsequent references may include only the page number(s).

Example:

• (De Mauro, 1993 [1963], p. 102); subsequently (p. 109).

If a different work by the same author is cited immediately afterwards, only the year and page number need to be indicated.

Example:

• (Sbisà, 2007, p. 102); subsequently (2009, p. 109).

If a quotation already contains italics or other emphasis in the original source, there is no need to specify this. However, if emphasis is added by the author of the submitted manuscript, this should be indicated.

Example:

Analizzando la lingua della poesia d’avanguardia italiana, De Mauro (1993 [1963]) afferma che è caratterizzata da “aderenza a forme immediate, endofasiche, non ripensate” (p. 467, emphasis added).

For indirect citations, authors may use cf. (confer).

Only in exceptional cases, when citing a work that has not been consulted directly, should the expression apud ("cited in") be used.

Works without a publication date should be cited using n.d.

Example:

Eco (n.d.).

If an online source does not indicate authorship or responsibility, the corresponding URL should be provided in a footnote.

Reference List

Only works cited in the manuscript should be included in the reference list. Works consulted but not cited must not be listed.

For manuscripts written in English, this section should be entitled References. It should not be numbered.

References must be listed in alphabetical order, with single spacing, left alignment, and no blank lines between entries.

When more than one work by the same author is included, the author's name should be repeated in each entry. The use of an em dash or underline in place of the author's name is not permitted.

The names of cities should always be given in the original language used by the publisher.

A. Books

Each reference should contain the following elements, in the order presented below:

• Author(s);
• Surname in capital letters, followed by a comma, the first name with an initial capital letter, and any additional initials, followed by a period. If there are two or more authors, all authors must be listed and separated by semicolons.
• For edited volumes, the editor(s)' name(s) should be followed by (ed.) or (eds.).
• If no author or editor is identified, the reference should begin with the title of the work. The first significant word of the title should begin with a capital letter.
• Title of the book in italics, followed by a period.
• Subtitle, if any, in roman type, followed by a period.
• Translator(s), if applicable, preceded by Trans. and followed by a period.
• Volume number and/or other edition information, when applicable.
• Place of publication, followed by a colon.
• Publisher, followed by a comma.
• Year of publication, followed by a period.

If the cited edition is not the first edition, the edition number (e.g., 2nd ed., 5th ed.) should appear after the title and before the place of publication. The year of the first edition should be indicated in square brackets after the publication year.

Examples

ARGAN, Giulio C. História da arte como história da cidade. Trans. Pier L. Cabra. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 1992.

DE MAURO, Tullio. Storia linguistica dell'Italia unita. 2nd ed. ("Manuali Laterza"). Bari: Laterza, 1993 [first edition: 1963].

ANDRADE, Oswald de. Um homem sem profissão: sob as ordens de mamãe. 2nd ed. São Paulo: Globo; Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, 1990 [first edition: 1954].

B. Book Chapters

References to book chapters should include:

• Author(s).
• Chapter title in roman type.
• The word In:
• Editor(s), followed by (ed.) or (eds.).
• Book title in italics.
• Translator(s), if applicable.
• Volume number and/or other edition information, when applicable.
• Place of publication.
• Publisher.
• Year of publication.
• Inclusive page numbers, preceded by pp.

Example

MAGRIS, Claudio. È pensabile il romanzo senza il mondo moderno? In: MORETTI, Franco (ed.). Il romanzo. Vol. 1. La cultura del romanzo. Torino: Einaudi, 2001, pp. 322–334.

C. Journal Articles

Journal article references should include:

• Author(s).
• Article title in roman type.
• Journal title in italics.
• Place of publication, when applicable.
• Volume number.
• Issue number.
• Year of publication.
• Inclusive page numbers.
• DOI, whenever available.

Examples

GUARDIANI, Francesco. Il cristianesimo felice del Muratori nella Galassia Gutenberg di McLuhan. Revista de Italianística, no. 15, 2008, pp. 83–99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-8281.v0i15p83-99.

CICCARELLI, Rossana. Comunicazione istituzionale e educazione linguistica democratica. Il contributo del Think Aloud Protocol. Italiano LinguaDue, vol. 16, no. 1, 2024, pp. 85–97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/2037-3597/23827.

D. Theses and Dissertations

References to theses and dissertations should include the following elements:

• Author(s), as described in Section A.
• Title in italics.
• Subtitle, if any, preceded by a colon and presented in roman type.
• Type of work (Master's dissertation or Doctoral thesis), followed by the field of study in parentheses.
• Name of the School or Faculty.
• Name of the University.
• City.
• Total number of pages and/or volumes.
• Year of defense.
• URL, when available, preceded by Available at:.

Example

SANTORO, Elisabetta. Da indissociabilidade entre o ensino de língua e de literatura: uma proposta para o ensino do italiano como língua estrangeira em cursos de Letras. Doctoral Thesis (Semiotics and General Linguistics). University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 355 pp., 2007. Available at: https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8139/tde-26022008-141241/pt-br.php.

E. Online Publications

References to online publications should include:

• Author(s), as described in Section A.
• Title of the document in roman type.
• Website title in italics.
• Year of publication.
• URL, preceded by Available at:.
• Date of access, preceded by Accessed on:.

Example

ECO, Umberto. From Internet to Gutenberg. Columbia University – The Italian Academy, n.d. Available at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/casaitaliana/internet.htm. Accessed on: 15 Oct. 2020.

F. Government Agencies, Foundations, Associations, and Other Institutional Documents

References to documents issued by governmental bodies, foundations, associations, or other institutions should include:

• Name of the institution or organization.
• Title in italics.
• Subtitle, if any, in roman type.
• Place of publication.
• Publisher or issuing body.
• Year of publication.
• URL, when available, preceded by Available at:.
• Date of access, preceded by Accessed on:.

Examples

BAURU (SP). Municipal Law No. 7148/2018. Provides for the organization of the Innovation System of the Municipality of Bauru and establishes measures to promote technological innovation [...]. Bauru: Municipality of Bauru, 2018. Available at: https://sapl.bauru.sp.leg.br/sapl_documentos/norma_juridica/12147_texto_integral.pdf. Accessed on: 9 Jan. 2021.

FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation. Administrative Order PR No. 08/2015. Provides for the extension of fellowships due to childbirth or adoption. São Paulo: FAPESP, 2015. Available at: http://www.fapesp.br/9593. Accessed on: 9 Jan. 2021.

G. Films and Iconographic Materials

Films

References to films should include:

• Director(s) and/or producer(s), followed by their respective role(s).
• Film title in italics.
• Country of production.
• Production and/or distribution company.
• Year of production.
• Medium (DVD, VHS, etc.) and running time in minutes, in parentheses.

Example

MARTONE, Mario (Director). Il giovane favoloso. Italy: Palomar; Rai Cinema, 2014. DVD (137 min.).

Paintings, Photographs, Engravings, Drawings, and Other Visual Materials

References to iconographic materials should include:

• Author(s), as described in Section A.
• Title in italics. If the work has no title, use Untitled or supply a descriptive title in square brackets.
• Date of the work.
• Medium and materials.
• Dimensions.
• Additional information, when relevant, to facilitate identification of the work.

Example

ROSSETTI, Dante G. Paolo e Francesca da Rimini. 1867. Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper, 43.7 × 36.1 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Provenance: National Gallery of Victoria.

Sound Recordings

References to sound recordings should include:

• Title of the work, with the first significant word capitalized.
• Performer, composer, artist, or group, preceded by the corresponding role.
• Place of publication.
• Record label.
• Year of release.
• Medium (CD or vinyl) and total playing time in parentheses.

Example

CRU. Performer: Seu Jorge. Brazil: Naïve Records, 2004. 1 CD (46 min.).

Online Videos

References to online videos should include:

• Title of the video.
• Platform or source.
• Author(s) or creator(s).
• Year of publication.
• URL, preceded by Available at:.
• Date of access, preceded by Accessed on:.

Example

IL POTERE delle parole giuste | Vera Gheno | TEDxMontebelluna. YouTube: TEDx Talks, 2018. Available at: https://youtu.be/BTZq2q_Cicg?si=3ZUpNotZFwJgp3WY. Accessed on: 29 Aug. 2024.

H. Appendices

Appendices should be placed after the reference list and introduced by the heading Appendix, without numbering.

If more than one appendix is included, they should be identified by consecutive capital letters (e.g., Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.).