Author Guidelines

EDITORIAL GUIDELINES QUADERNI CULTURALI IILA

Article proposals must be submitted to the journal Quaderni Culturali exclusively through the journal's website (https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/iila/index) by accessing the "about" section and then "submissions".

Art. 1 – Submission

• 1. a) Follow the steps indicated by the web platform.
• 1. b) The article must be a minimum of 5,000 and a maximum of 7,000 words, including notes and bibliographic references.
• 1. c) An abstract in Spanish and one in English must be included. Each abstract must not exceed 200 words.
• 1. d) A list of a maximum of 5 keywords in Spanish and a list of a maximum of 5 keywords in English must be included to improve the article's accessibility in search engines and indexes.
• 1. e) To ensure anonymity in peer review, the article must not contain any reference to its author(s) (Art. 2).

Art. 2 – Article Anonymity for Blind Review

To ensure blind review, contributions must comply with the following guidelines:

• 2. a) The submitted article must not contain the author's name or any other information that reveals their identity.
• 2. b) If the author has cited themselves, remove the name from the article text, from the bibliographic references, and from documentary citations. In the version submitted, the name will be replaced by "authorship" and the year will be retained in the body. Additionally, in the references section, instead of the title of the work, the following notice will be indicated in uppercase, in parentheses, and highlighted in grey: (THIS INFORMATION WAS REMOVED TO PROTECT THE BLIND REVIEW PROCESS).
• 2. c) Authors must verify that identifying information has been removed from the document properties. With Microsoft Office documents, the author's identity can be removed from the file properties. Click on File in the main menu: File > Save As > Tools. On a Mac > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

Art. 3 – General Presentation Parameters

• 3. a) Font: Times New Roman, size 12. This size applies equally to the title and the body text.
• 3. b) Top and bottom margins: 2.5 cm.
• 3. c) Right and left margins: 3 cm.
• 3. d) Notes must be written in Times New Roman size 10 as footnotes, not at the end of the document. They must use single line spacing and justified margins.
• 3. e) Neither underlines nor bold text should be used in the body of the text; if it is necessary to emphasize a word, italics may be used in accordance with Art. 5.
• 3. f) No lines or graphics of any kind will be used to separate notes, paragraphs, quotations, etc.
• 3. g) Quaderni Culturali IILA advocates for inclusive language use. Authors are encouraged to write their articles taking care not to discriminate on the basis of sex, social gender, or gender identity, and to avoid perpetuating gender stereotypes. To this end, the use of gender-neutral or inclusive language is encouraged.

Art. 4 – Abstracts

An abstract in Spanish and one in English must be included, each no longer than 200 words. Bibliographic references within the abstract should be avoided where possible. If it is strictly necessary to refer to a bibliographic source — for example, if the article's object of study is a specific text — then include the relevant data from the following (as appropriate): date, title, or author. It is not necessary to use parentheses as in the body of the text (Art. 6).

Abstracts must follow the format below:

• Resumen (in bold). Abstract text in Spanish
• Palabras claves: word, word, word.
• Abstract (in bold). Abstract text in English
• Keywords: word, word, word.

Art. 5 – Text

• 5. a) The text must be written on US letter-size paper (US letter: 21.59 x 27.94 cm). The font must be Times New Roman 12, with 1.5 line spacing except for notes (see Art. 3.d and Art. 7), and justified alignment.
• 5. b) Paragraphs: Every paragraph will begin with an indentation (except the first paragraph following a title or subtitle). No tab spaces are used between or within paragraphs.

• 5. c) Titles: Titles and subtitles carry no numbering or indentation. Section titles will be indicated in uppercase and centered, preceded and followed by a blank line. In addition to titles, different sections of the text may be separated by subtitles for greater clarity. Subtitles are set in size 12, like the rest of the text, but in bold and left-aligned. A subtitle is preceded by a blank line, but none follows it.

• 5. d) Italics and quotation marks: Italics will be used for book titles, newspapers, journals, films, words in another language, or words to be highlighted. For names of institutions in a language other than the one in which the article is written, italics will not be used, but a translation will be provided in parentheses with single quotation marks ('in this way'). The different types of quotation marks will be used according to the language in which the article is written, following the guidelines below:

• 5. e) Capitalization: Capital letters are used for proper nouns, geographical place names, nicknames, titles of authorities or deities, titles of works, names of institutions, names of sciences, and cardinal directions when referring to geographical areas.
• 5. f) Prefixes:
  • Italian: All prefixes are written attached to the word, without a hyphen. The prefix post- is used in all cases (e.g. postmoderno, postsoviético).
  • Spanish: All prefixes are written attached to the base word, without a hyphen. The prefix post- is used only before words beginning with s (e.g. postsoviética); in all other cases the form pos- is used (e.g. posmodernismo).
  • English: Prefixes are generally written attached to the base word, without a hyphen (e.g. postmodernism). The hyphenated form post- may be retained in some cases for clarity (e.g. post-Soviet).
  • French: Prefixes are generally written attached to the word, without a hyphen (e.g. postmoderne, postsoviétique).
  • Portuguese: Prefixes are generally written attached to the word, without a hyphen. The prefix pós- retains its accent and is written with a hyphen in many cases (e.g. pós-moderno, pós-soviético), in accordance with Portuguese orthographic rules.
• 5. g) Em dashes, hyphens, and parentheses: The use of em dashes "– –" must be distinguished from the use of hyphens "--". Em dashes should be used sparingly, only to introduce the speech of different interlocutors, and to introduce and enclose clarifications or parenthetical remarks. The latter use should be restricted to cases where commas and periods cannot be used instead. The use of parentheses should be limited to citations (Art. 6) and to indicating the translation of an institution's name.

Art. 6 – Documentary Citations

• 6. a) References to a cited text will be made in the body of the text.
  • One to three authors: in parentheses, indicate the author's surname followed by a comma, then the year of publication, followed by a colon and the cited pages where applicable, as shown in the following examples: (Rodríguez, 1914: 230), (Rodríguez and Orozco, 1976: 2), (Rodríguez, Orozco and Sánchez, 1989: 5).
  • For more than three authors, use the first author followed by et al. in italics: (Pinelli et al., 2017: 25, 26).
  • For citations or references involving more than one text, the information for each reference will be separated by a semicolon. Example: (Teja, 1994; Martín, 2005; Ingenschay, 2007; De Maeseneer, 2012).
  • A space is always placed after a period or comma. The full reference is provided only in the reference list at the end of the article (Art. 8). If the author is named in the body of the text, only the year is added in parentheses. Conversely, if the year is already mentioned in the body of the text, only the author and page number(s) are placed in parentheses.
• 6. b) If the citation or reference corresponds to two consecutive pages, they are separated by a comma, for example: (Pinelli et al., 2017: 25, 26). If it corresponds to more than two pages, they are separated by a hyphen and full numbers are given, for example: (Pinelli et al., 2017: 10-26). When citing a source whose page number is unknown, add "n.p." after the year, for example: (Valenzuela, 1928: n.p.), (Alberti, 2025: n.p.).
• 6. c) If the references (Art. 8) include more than one work published in the same year by the same author, the letter "a" will be added to the first publication (in alphabetical order of the title), the letter "b" to the second, and so on. For example: (Mwanajuma, 2005b: 12). This letter must also appear in the reference list.
• 6. d) In-text quotations will be written in regular font, not italics, following the use of quotation marks indicated in Art. 5 according to the language in which the article is written.

• 6. e) Quotations longer than 50 words must be placed in a separate paragraph, separated by a blank line from the preceding and following paragraphs, and always with angular quotation marks (« »). The quotation must have a right and left margin of 1.25 cm. If the same paragraph continues after the quotation, no indentation is used. Indentation is only used when a new paragraph begins after the quotation.

• 6. f) When adding information to a direct quotation, the information that is not part of the quotation is added in "[ ]", as seen in the example above. It is possible to omit sections of the quoted text. In that case, the omitted section will be replaced with "[…]", as can be seen in the preceding example.
• 6. g) Citations in notes are only included if they refer to what is stipulated in those notes, and must be formatted in the same way as in the text.

Art. 7 – Notes

• 7. a) All notes will be placed as footnotes in Times New Roman size 10, single line spacing, justified margins.
• 7. b) Notes will be numbered consecutively, preceding the punctuation mark in Spanish, Portuguese, and French. In English and Italian, the number is placed after the punctuation. The first note will correspond to acknowledgements, where applicable, or to any other clarification about the nature or funding body of the work.
• 7. c) Notes must not exceed 150 words and are used only to explain or add information. Referential information for a citation will not be indicated in a note, but in parentheses in the body of the text (Art. 6) and, in full, in the bibliographic reference list (Art. 8). Direct quotations present in notes must be accompanied by a comment from the author. The use of as few notes as possible is advised.
• 7. d) References to texts made in a note must follow the same structure as the body of the text (Art. 6). As with references made in the body of the text, these must appear in the bibliographic reference list (Art. 8).

Art. 8 – Bibliographic References

• 8. a) All citations in the text must have a corresponding entry in the bibliographic reference list. Conversely, this list must include only works actually cited in the article.
• 8. b) References in the bibliography will be ordered alphabetically by the surname of the author(s) and, when there are multiple works by the same author(s), ordered first by year (oldest to most recent) and then alphabetically by the first letter of the title.
• 8. c) References will be in Times New Roman 12, 1.5 line spacing, justified margins, and with a hanging indentation. Abbreviations such as ed., comp., or trans. will follow the language in which the text was written, not the language of the reference.
• 8. d) References will be constructed as follows: Surname, First Name (year). Title in italics. City, Country: Publisher. For further cases, see the examples below:

For other entries whose formats are not listed here, please contact us at QuaderniCulturaliila@gmail.com, indicating "Reference Query" in the subject line.

• 8. e) If a work has no author, it is ordered alphabetically by its title, without N.N. or "Anonymous". If it has no date, "n.d." is added in place of the date. If a work has no title, a brief description of the text in italics is added in place of the title (e.g. "oil painting of a Chilean forest", "theatrical work about the loss of a child", "research on twentieth-century Latin American poets"), followed by "description of the work" in brackets, as shown below:
  • Surname, First Name (n.d.). Brief description of the text [description of the work]. City, Country: Publisher.

Work without author: The author does not exist or it is a collective creation with no individual authorial figure.

Art. 9 – Illustrations

• 9. a) Each article may be accompanied by a maximum of 6 illustrations. If necessary, authors may request the editors to include more images.
• 9. b) Images must be included in the article text at an appropriate resolution and not at the end of the document or in a separate file. Quaderni Culturali IILA reserves the right to remove any images it considers unsuitable.
• 9. c) Below each illustration, "Fig. number" must be indicated in bold, followed by a period. Then the title of the work is written in italics, and in parentheses the author's name in the format (Surname, First Name). Next, in brackets, the technique or material of the work is specified (e.g. photograph, stone inscription, etc.). Then, in parentheses, the date of creation (as precisely as possible) is indicated, followed by a comma and the registration, delivery, or series number, in the format (dd-mmm-yyyy, no. 00000). If it is a registry entry, the word "registry" should be added before "no." Finally, a period is placed, followed by the word "In" and the name of the archive, museum, or library where the item is held. If the reproduction is by an author whose name is known, it is important to cite them after the reference: Photographic reproduction by [author's name]. The rights holder of the image will then be indicated, where applicable.

  Format: Fig. X. Title of the work (Surname, First Name) [material or technique] (dd-mm-yyyy, no. XXXXX). In Name of archive, museum, or library. Photographic reproduction by [author's name]. © Rights holder of the image.

  If the archive, museum, or library is online, indicate "online" in brackets after its name. If the author of the work is unknown but not anonymous, that information will not be indicated. If the article's author is also the author of the illustration, indicate "Author's own".

  Example:

  Fig. 1. Titulus pictus rupestre [graffito] (n.d., registry no. 15121). In Hispania Epigraphica [online]. The graffiti reads "Numpharum latices / alios restinguitis / ignis me tamen at / fontes acrior urit / [a]mor" (Hispania Epigraphica, n.d.: n.p.). The brackets are reconstructions made by Hispania Epigraphica. As observed in Fig. 1, Roman graffiti reflect a spontaneous form of expression by various individuals…

  Authors may provide additional information about illustrations where relevant (e.g. transcriptions of handwritten text, interpretations of images, translations of relevant text, etc.). All such information will be in Times New Roman 10, single line spacing, justified margins. The paragraph following the figure information will be preceded by a blank line but will not be indented, as shown in the example.

• 9. d) To refer to a specific figure in the text, write «Fig.» followed by the corresponding number. For example: «As observed in Fig. 3». Alternatively, the image may be referenced indirectly by indicating the figure number in parentheses. For example, «The 1976 painting depicts a female figure (Fig. x)».
• 9. e) Once the article is accepted, the images will be resubmitted in high resolution (minimum 300 dpi) and free of copyright restrictions. If the image is protected by copyright, the appropriate credits must be indicated.

  Retrato de David. A. Siqueiros (Guttuso, Renato) [Oil on canvas] (1965). Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende Collection. © Renato Guttuso, VEGAP.

Art. 10 – Abbreviations and Glossing

• 10. a) Permitted abbreviations: In addition to those already mentioned, the following abbreviations are permitted:

In addition to these, abbreviations indicating weight, height, and volume are accepted where necessary (cm, mm, kg, inch, among others). Op. cit. will not be used under any circumstances.

• 10. b) Centuries will be indicated in uppercase Roman numerals (c. XIV), not in small capitals or italics.
• 10. c) Glosses must follow the Leipzig Glossing Rules (https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php)