Scientific Study of Literature

All inquiries should be sent to the editorial assistant Paul Sopcak (Grant MacEwan University) at:

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ISSN: 2210-4372
E-ISSN: 2210-4380
Electronic edition at ingentaJournals

Literature has an important role in human culture. Broadly interpreted, literature is defined as all cultural artefacts that make use of literary devices, such as narrativity, metaphoricity, symbolism. Its manifestations include novels, short stories, poetry, theatre, film, television, and, more recently, digital forms such as hypertext storytelling. This new journal, Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL), will publish empirical studies that apply scientific stringency to cast light on the structure and function of literary phenomena. The journal welcomes contributions from many disciplinary perspectives (psychological, developmental, cross-cultural, cognitive, neuroscience, computational, and educational) to deepen our understanding of literature, literary processes, and literary applications.

Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL) is the official journal of IGEL (the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature). IGEL membership includes a subscription to SSOL.

This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: MLA, LLBA
Sample issue: SSOL 1:1

Board

Editor
Willie van Peer, University of Munich
Associate Editors
Frank Hakemulder, University of Utrecht
Don Kuiken, University of Alberta
Editorial Assistant
Paul Sopčák, MacEwan University
Editorial Board
Markus Appel, University of Linz
Douglas Biber, Northern Arizona University
Marisa Bortolussi, University of Alberta
Brian Boyd, University of Auckland
Gerald C. Cupchik, University of Toronto
Robert Darnton, Director of Harvard University Library
Peter Dixon, University of Alberta
Richard Gerrig, Stony Brook University
Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., University of California at Santa Cruz
Rachel Giora, University of Tel Aviv
Arthur C. Graesser, University of Memphis
Melanie C. Green, University of North Carolina
David Ian Hanauer, Indiana University Pennsylvania
János László, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gerhard Lauer, Georg-August University, Göttingen
Max M. Louwerse, Tilburg University
Raymond Mar, York University (Canada)
David S. Miall, University of Alberta
Keith Oatley, University of Toronto
Mary Beth Oliver, Penn State
James W. Pennebaker, University of Texas
Joan Peskin, University of Toronto
Steven Pinker, Harvard University
David N. Rapp, Northwestern University
Margrit Schreier, Jakobs University Bremen
Yeshayahu Shen, Tel Aviv University
Mick Short, University of Lancaster
Gerard J. Steen, VU University Amsterdam
Ed Tan, University of Amsterdam
Reinhold Viehoff, University of Halle
Peter Vorderer, University of Mannheim
Joris van Zundert, Huygens Institute, The Netherlands
Rolf A. Zwaan, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sonia Zyngier, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Subscription Info

Current issue: 2:2, available as of February 2012
Next issue: 3:1, expected June 2013

General information about our electronic journals.

Subscription rates

All prices for print + online include postage/handling.

Volume 3 (2013): 2 issues; ca. 300 pp. Print + online EUR 153.00
Volume 2 (2012): 2 issues; 300 pp. Print + online EUR 149.00
Volume 1 (2011): 2 issues; 300 pp. Print + online EUR 149.00

Individuals may apply for a special subscription rate of EUR 70.00. Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.

Subscriptions as of Volume 1 include electronic access.

Subjects

Benjamins Subject classification

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Literature & Literary Studies

Main BIC Subject

DSA: Literary theory

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics

Issues

Volume   Issues
Volume 3 (2013)   3:1  
Volume 2 (2012)   2:1   2:2  
Volume 1 (2011)   1:1   1:2  

Special Issues

3:1.
2013.
2:2.
2012. iii, 165 pp.
2:1.
2012. iv, 164 pp.
1:2.
2011. iv, 136 pp.
1:1.
2011. iv, 193 pp.
1:1.
2011. iv, 193 pp.

Guidelines

series/ssol/guidelines.pdf

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