Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to us. Please take the time to read and follow the instructions as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal’s requirements.

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The quarterly of Textual Criticism of Persian Literature (formerly Researches of Persian Language and Literature) publishes new scholarly findings of scholars in the field of Persian language and literature in order to develop and promote Persian literature and Islamic-Iranian culture. The acceptance of articles in this journal depends on meeting the following scholarly conditions:

                                                         

1. The article should be original, analytical and be the result of scholarly researches of the author(s).
2. The scientific methodology should be followed in writing the article and original, authentic up-to-date sources should be used.
3. The article should be in one of the following fields:

3-1- The study and analysis of theoretical foundations of commentary on Persian literary texts

3-2- The study, analysis and solving the difficulties of Persian literary texts

3-3- The study and analysis of corrections of Persian literary texts

3-4- The study and analysis of distortions in Persian literary texts

3-5- The semiotic study and analysis of Persian literary texts

3-6- The study, criticism and analysis of contemporary commentaries on Persian literary texts

3-7- The study, analysis and evaluation of manuscripts of Persian literature

3-8- Modern literary schools and Persian literary texts

3-9- The aesthetics of Persian literary texts

3-10- Other issues related to the analysis and explanation of Persian literary texts

Note: after receiving, the article is first evaluated by the editorial board and it will be sent to reviewers if it enjoys the necessary conditions. After receiving the views and suggestions of the reviewers, the results and acquired scores of the article are discussed in the editorial board and the article will be published if acquires enough scores and acceptance.

 

Structure of the article:

1. Regarding the style of writing, the paper should have a strong and firm structure and the principles of Persian rhetoric and eloquence should be considered in it.
2. The research-scientific paper has a specific structure which should be considered precisely. The constituents of this kind of article are as following:

• The title of the article (the title should be brief, clear and represent the content of the article).
• Abstract (between 200 to 300 words).
• Keywords (between 3 to 6 words).
• Introduction (this section should be approximately one page in length and includes the question(s), aims and significance of the research).
• Review of literature (in this section the author discusses the previous studies, including both books and articles, on the research subject).
• Methodology (in this section the type and method of the research as well as the type and method of gathering the data of the research are included).
• Main discussion (in this section the data of the research is analyzed via quantitative and qualitative methods and the research subject is investigated scientifically).
• Conclusion (in this section the findings and results of the study are proposed clearly and precisely).
• Bibliography

3. The article should be between 5000 up to 8000 words.
4. The name of the author(s) together with their academic grade, work address, and academic as well non-academic email address should be mentioned (mentioning the telephone number of the corresponding author in the attachment sheet is necessary).
5. The English and foreign names and terms should be mentioned immediately after their Persian forms in the parentheses in the text of the article.

 

The method of referencing and bibliography-writing:

The journal employs APA method for referencing and bibliography-writing and, thus, the author(s) should follow this method in referencing. For intratextual references, the surname of the writer, the date of publication and the number of the page(s) are necessary, and they should be written in parentheses (for example (Zarinkoub, 1382: 87). In bibliography section or extra-textual references, the following formats should be used:

a) Books

Surname, Name. (date of publication). Title of the Book. (Name of the translator or corrector). Place of Publication: Name of the Publisher.

b) Articles

Surname, Name. (date of publication). “Title of the Article”, Title of the Journal, Volume (Number or Issue): Number of Pages.

c) Proceedings

Surname, Name. (date of publication). “Title of the Article”, (Name of the compiler or editor), Title of the Proceedings, Place of Publication: Name of the Publisher. Number of Pages.

d) Websites

Surname, Name. (date of publication). “Title of the Article or the Subject”, Address of the Website (the last date of access to the website).

Submission

1) The papers should be submitted electronically. For submitting the paper, the author(s) should first register in the journal system of University of Isfahan (http://rpll.ui.ac.ir) and then submit his/her paper.

2) The papers derived from the thesis should have the confirmation letter of the thesis’ supervisor.

3) The paper should not have been published in other journals or presented in any conferences.

4) The submitted papers should accord completely with the format of the journal.

5) The journal reserves the right to accept, reject and revise the submitted paper.

6) The corresponding author should be specified.