journal of Comparative Literature (ISSN: 1923-5879)

Description

Inquire is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal of Comparative Literature by graduate students in the Comparative Literature Program at the University of Alberta that serves the intellectual and professional interests of an international community of students, teachers and scholars. The goals of Inquire are:

to enable graduate students to gain professional experience through the construction and management of a journal
to promote the development of interdisciplinary research conducted by emerging scholars
to publish contemporary work and useful resources applicable to students, teachers and scholars of Comparative Literature
to create an international site that encourages open communication and collaborative creativity across the discipline
Inquire does not advocate any single way of understanding or doing Comparative Literature. We encourage interdisciplinary contributions that consider literature from literary, material, economic, political and social perspectives, as well as works past or present, upmarket or downmarket, produced and received by and for a variety of readerships, in any form, across linguistic, political and cultural boundaries.

Inquire provides the space to ask difficult questions and encourages well-developed responses. A single issue provides an entry point into the discipline by focusing on a methodology, topic, form, genre, etc. Authors explore the possibilities set forth by the call for papers. Accordingly, Inquire does not assume an agreed upon point of departure and does not aim for agreement. The basis of this community is inquiry, communication and understanding, not consensus. The priority is to facilitate respectful, informed and meaningful discussion between students, teachers, scholars and communities that consider literature from unique perspectives.