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Formatting and style guide

The edition accepts articles that have not been previously published or submitted to other editions and that are formatted in accordance with the serial scientific edition’s rules.

The author submits all materials (the manuscript, additional fonts if used in the text, the contract) by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Archival materials should be accompanied by an introductory article in accordance with the rules below
The text should be printed in Microsoft Word, A4 format, margins — 2 cm on all sides, font — Times New Roman, size — 14, line spacing — 1.5, paragraph indentation — 1.25, orientation — portrait, no hyphenation; justified alignment.
The first page should contain the following information in Russian:
Type of publication (in Russian and English), size — 12 (see Appendix 1);
UDK (see, for example, Appendix 2), size — 12;
initials and surname of the author — for example, И.И. Иванов
Title of the article — in capital letters, without using CapsLock, size — 14;
Information about financial support for the work (grant, etc.). Size — 12, justified alignment.
Abstract (150–200 words; the abstract should be a summary of the article in compliance with the sequence of the article, for further details see Requirements for the Abstract section)
Keywords in Russian, size — 12;

On the second page, please provide the same information in English:

Initials and surname of the author — for example, Ivan I. Ivanov
Title of the article — centered in capital letters, without using CapsLock, size — 14,
Acknowledgements, size — 12;
Abstract, size — 12;
Keywords, size — 12.

Insert automatic footnotes. The footnote number comes at the end of the sentence before the period. Footnote font: Times New Roman, size — 12.

Abbreviations (sic.! This only applies to texts in the Russian language). At the first mention of a person, give her name and patronymic (if applicable); the name and patronymic must be separated from the surname with the space. Use numbers only for years (“the 30s,” not “the thirties”). Specific year/years is/are abbreviated as “g” or “gg” accordingly: 1920 g., 1920–1922 gg. Use abbreviations “v” or “vv” to indicate centuries, instead of the word “century”: (use Roman numerals only, for example, "IX v."). Other permitted abbreviations include: t.d., t.p., dr,, t.e., sm., “tak kak” (because) and “tak nazivaemie” (so-called) are not abbreviated

Throughout the text, apply (sic.! This only applies to texts in the Russian language):

Quotation marks of the following type « »; for the internal quotes and fragments of texts in Latin, quotation marks of the following type: “ ”: «“one”, two, three, “four”».
Em dash (—), except for the cases of interdigit dashes, for example, between pages numbers in the footnotes (P. 18–20), between years (1920–1930).

At the end of the article, add a list of references:

The list is divided into “Studies” and “Sourcesˮ (first in Cyrillic, then in Latin in each section); the numbering in the two lists is continuous.
The list is organized in alphabetical order in accordance with GOST 7.0.5.-2008 in the form of a numbered list.
Volumes of the multivolume collected works and multivolume dictionaries are not included; give only general bibliographic description is given about such editions and include the numbers of cited volumes in the body of the text, for example: [6, v. 12], [6, v. 12, p. 108].
When referencing a book-length publication, it is mandatory to include the publisher and the total number of pages.
Names and initials in Cyrillic are in italics.
References should be included in the body of the text: [1], [2, p. 5], [3, p. 34; 5, p. 2], [7, col. 23], [10, l. 6].
References to archival materials included in the footnotes or in the body of the text are formatted in accordance with GOST 7.0.5.-2008.

Then there is References - a list of studies in transliteration in English

Use MLA system for the section entitled “References”:

Only references in Cyrillic must be transliterated; references in Latin, e.g. French, German, Italian, Polish etc. are not transliterated or translated.
To complete the transliteration, visit the website https://translit.ru/ and select a variant of the Library of Congress (LC) Library.
Insert the bibliography in the Russian language in the specially assigned field and press the “in translitˮ button.
Copy and paste the transliterated text into the References list.

Copyedit the list you get and add an English translation:

Include authors’ full names in the references to foreign sources in Latin; when referencing the sources in Cyrillic, you may only use initials.
Initials and names must be separated from the surname with a comma.
Translate the titles of monographs, journal articles, chapters from edited collections, etc. and insert translations in square brackets after the respective transliterated titles (sic.: journal titles are transliterated not translated!).
Every meaningful word in the title in English must be capitalized. Articles, prepositions, conjunctions must be lowercase.
The titles of journal articles, chapters from edited collections of articles and monograph chapters must be in quotation marks (“…”) (this applies to both transliteration and translation).
Change the sign // to period.
Change the sign / to comma.
Change № to no., Т. — to Vol.

Sic: Journal numbers should come before the publication year.

Volumes, numbers, issues should come before the publisher, for example:

Letopis’ zhizni i tvorchestva I.A. Bunina [The Chronicle of Ivan Bunin’s Life and Works], comp. S.N. Morozov, vol. 2 (1910–1919). Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2017. 1184 p. (In Russ.)

Translate the venue of publication (for example, М. — Moscow; СПб. — St. Petersburg).
Change column after the publisher to comma.
Add Publ. after the transliteration of the publisher. (for example, Nauka Publ.).
Change page number markers: instead of 235 s. — 235 p., instead of S. 45–47 — pp. 45–47.
Italicize the title of the monograph, journal, edited collection etc. (this applies to both transliteration and/or translation; authors’ names are not italicized).
Indicate the original language of the source at the end of the reference, in brackets: (In Russ.)

Include DOI if applicable.

Samples of bibliographic references in the Works Cited and References:

Monograph

Богомолов Н.А. Русская литература начала ХХ века и оккультизм. М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 1999. 560 с.

Bogomolov, N.A. Russkaia literatura nachala XX veka i okkul'tizm [Russian Literature of the Beginning of 20^th Century and the Occultism]. Moscow, Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie Publ., 1999. 560 p. (In Russ.)

Journal article

Карпушкина Л.А. Шекспировские мотивы сорокового опуса. Иронический подтекст в пьесе «Бесприданница» // Вопросы литературы. 2016. № 2. C. 157–170.

Karpushkina, L.A. “Shekspirovskie motivy sorokovogo opusa. Ironicheskii podtekst v p'ese ʽBespridannitsa’.” [“Shakespearean Motifs in the Fortieth Opus. Ironic Subtext in the Play Without a Dowry”]. Voprosy literatury, no. 2, 2016, pp. 157–170. (In Russ.)

Chapter from the edited collection:

Орлицкий Ю.Б. «Шекспировская» прозиметрия в русской драматургии XIX века // Шекспировские чтения 2004: сб. статей. М.: Наука, 2006. С. 275–293.

Orlitskii, Iu.B. “ʽShekspirovskaia’ prozimetriia v russkoi dramaturgii XIX veka” [“Shakespearean prosimetry in Russian drama of the 19^th century”]. Shekspirovskie chteniia 2004: sb. statei [Shakespeare Readings 2004: Collection of Articles]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2006, pp. 275–293. (In Russ.)

Samples of Works Cited and References

Works Cited (Spisok literature)

Studies

Ерусалимский К.Ю. «Грамоту писал невежливо»: Книжное творчество и безумие в России XVI–XVII вв. // Новое литературное обозрение. 2017. № 4 (146). С. 123–143.
Ерусалимский К.Ю. Сборник Курбского. М.: Знак, 2009. Т. I. 881 с.
Каравашкин А.В. Литературный обычай Древней Руси (XI–XVII вв.). Изд. 2-е, доп. М.; СПб.: Центр гуманитарных инициатив, 2018. 720 с.
Панченко А.М. О русской истории и культуре. СПб.: Азбука, 2000. 464 с.
Сергеев В.М. Структура текста и анализ аргументации первого послания Курбского // Методика по изучению источников по истории русской общественной мысли периода феодализма. М.: Ин-т истории СССР АН СССР, 1989. С. 118–130.

Sources

Переписка Ивана Грозного с Андреем Курбским / текст подгот. Я.С. Лурье и Ю.Д. Рыков. Л.: Наука, 1979. 432 с.

References

Erusalimskii, K.Iu. “ʽGramotu pisal nevezhlivo’: Knizhnoe tvorchestvo i bezumie v Rossii XVI–XVII vv.” [“ʽWrote Literature Impolitely’: Book Writing and Madness in Russia of the 16^th–17^th Centuriesˮ]. Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, no. 4 (146), 2017, pp. 123–143. (In Russ.)
Erusalimskii, K.Iu. Sbornik Kurbskogo [Collection of Kurbsky]. Vol. I. Moscow, Znak Publ., 2009. 881 p. (In Russ.)
Karavashkin, A.V. Literaturnyi obychai Drevnei Rusi (XI–XVII vv.) [The Literary Custom of Ancient Russia (11^th–17^th Centuries)]. 2^nd ed. Moscow, St. Petersburg, Centr gumanitarnyh iniciativ Publ., 2018. 720 р. (In Russ.)
Panchenko, A.M. O russkoi istorii i kul'ture [About Russian History and Culture]. St. Petersburg, Azbuka Publ., 2000. 464 р. (In Russ.)
Sergeev, V.M. “Struktura teksta i analiz argumentatsii pervogo poslaniia Kurbskogoˮ [“Text Structure and Analysis of the Argument of the First Message of Kurbskyˮ]. Metodika po izucheniiu istochnikov po istorii russkoi obshchestvennoi mysli perioda feodalizma [Methods for Studying Sources on the History of Russian Social Thought of the Feudal Period]. Moscow, Institut istorii SSSR AN SSSR Publ., 1989, pp. 118–130. (In Russ.)

After References, please provide information about the author in Russian and English. Sample:

Информация об авторе: Иван Иванович Иванов — доктор филологических наук, профессор, ведущий научный сотрудник, Институт мировой литературы им. А.М. Горького Российской академии наук, ул. Поварская, д. 25 а, 121069 г. Москва, Россия. ORCID ID: …

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Information about the author: Ivan I. Ivanov, DSc in Philology, Professor, Leading Research Fellow, А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 а, 121069 Moscow, Russia. ORCID ID: …

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Next is the section For citation and Copyright mark © (copyright). Sample:

Для цитирования: Иванов И.И. Название статьи // Герменевтика древнерусской литературы. Сборник ??? / Ин-т мировой литературы РАН; гл. ред. О.А. Туфанова. М.: ИМЛИ РАН, 2021. С. 00-00.

For citation: Ivanov, I.I. “Title of article”. Germenevtika drevnerusskoi literatury [Hermeneutics of Old Russian Literature]. Issue ??. Ed.-in-chief O.A. Tufanova. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2021, pp. 00-00. (In Russian)

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