AIMS AND SCOPE

CONCORDIA DISCORS vs. DISCORDIA CONCORS

 
                                 Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.
                                                                                    (Sallustius, Bellum Iugurthinum, X, 6)

Comparatists are inveterate border-crossers and interlopers, who regard every boundary as a potential opening, and every terminus as a potential beginning.
(Dennis Redmond)

                                                                                      ISSN 2457-8835
  ISSN–L 2065-4057

       

                                                                                   

          Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors is a self-supporting peer-reviewed open access annual academic journal of international scope. It  provides an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of high-quality articles on comparative literature, contrastive linguistics, cross-cultural and translation strategies. The journal is based at the Inter Litteras Research Centre affiliated to Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania, and is currently published by Ștefan cel Mare University Press.

          Although,   admittedly,  promoted  in  recent  years  from a backup-strategy position  to  a   ‘must’ of  international research,  comparative  techniques  unfortunately  are  still   keeping  an  embarrassingly  low  profile both Europe- and worldwide. Since, in addition, final panel-debates held at the first edition of Inter Litteras et Terras (International Conference on Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies organized in September 2007 by the Inter Litteras Research Centre) made it abundantly clear that the academic event referred to exposed but “the tip of a huge iceberg” , i.e. that the residue of topics left undiscussed in research areas as encompassing as the ones at issue is bound to be infinitely larger than the number of topics dealt with, the imperious need arose for a forum where ventilation of new concepts, of recently advanced theories and strategies in the field, as well as fruitful exchanges of ideas with fellow comparatists from all over the world could be carried out on a much more regular basis.

           Acutely aware of the challenging task they are hereby taking on, in an effort to efface “one of the consummate ironies of history [,] that Comparatists, for so long the fringe radicals of academe, have become the ultimate insiders of 21^st century cultural studies” (Redmond 2003: Comparative Literature in the 21^st Century), the editors invite  articles offering interesting suggestions for employment of new research tools and techniques, and revealing ‘untrodden paths’, in short, contributing original comparative research conducted on the major topics put forward for investigation by issues to come.

         Though the journal’s target readership make up primarily researchers, academics and BA, MA or doctoral students with a, so to say, ‘comparative streak’, the series is intended to reach a wider audience including pre-university connoisseurs, particularly those pursuing advanced linguistic, literary or cultural studies.

         It is the firm belief of the editorial board that Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors      ( CDDC ) will open up new vistas, promote thought-provoking approaches and, above all, provide nimble minds with the rare opportunity to apply and assert themselves in the fascinating – if, alas, still  underpopulated – province of comparative philology and humanities.

OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT 

This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of  “open access”.
           CDDC is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

To attain and maintain this status, CDDC has been greatly assisted by both its highly committed editors and equally dedicated advisors, while additionally aided by a fairly wide network of outstanding academics and researchers volunteering their services as invited reviewers.