A blind peer-reviewed international journal from the PG & Research Department of English, Madras Christian College, Chennai, TN, India

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Eclectic Representations is a peer-reviewed biannual journal, which covers English literature from the time of Chaucer to the present day.
• It features scholarly essays on diverse literatures like British, American, and Indian Writing to name a few.
• It encourages the re-reading of familiar authors, as well as those that champion new or neglected works.
• It presents a remarkable diversity of methodologies and examines a wide range of literary and critical topics. The journal remains committed to the re-appraisal of accepted views, and the principle that criticism and scholarship should reinforce the pleasure for which literature and other works of arts are created.
• It brings together scholars from throughout the world to facilitate information flow and discussion on developing systematic ap-proaches to the study of literature (e.g., semiotics and narratology) and with applying such approaches to the interpretation of literary works.
• It sets out to reflect the essential pluralism of modern language and literature studies and to provide a forum for worldwide scholarly discussion. The journal maintains that originality in interpretation must be allied to the best scholarly standards in order to ensure a holistic discourse on an understanding of the constructive and the sceptical at a time when criticism has become so diversified.​​​​

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​Call for Papers​

​The next issue of Eclectic Representations will be published in June 2013.

The last date for submission is 31st March 2013.​

Submission Guidelines​​

     Previously unpublished manuscripts of approximately 3000 words should be sent as an email attachment in Microsoft Word, Book Antiqua font size 12, A4, double-spaced format to eclecticamcc@gmail.com. The hard copy of the manu-script must be sent to the following address: The English Department, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai-600 059, India. Manuscripts will be considered for publication only if both soft and hard copies are submitted.​

     To enable anonymous peer review of the manuscript, a separate cover sheet must bear the paper’s title, name of the author, and address for correspondence, including email address and mobile no. The title of the paper only must head the first page of the manuscript proper, followed by an abstract of 100-200 words and four or five key words. ​

      The editorial board takes into consideration the following factors while eva-luating a manuscript for publication:
• The manuscript appeals to the general interests of the readers of Eclectic Representations.
• The manuscript elucidates the relationship between theory and practice: Practical articles must be anchored in theory, and theoretical articles and reports of research must contain a discussion of implications or applica-tions for practice.
• The manuscript offers a new, original insight or interpretation and not just a restatement of others’ ideas and views.
• The manuscript makes a significant (practical, useful, plausible) contribu-tion to the field.
• The manuscript reflects sound scholarship and research design with ap-propriate, correctly interpreted references to other authors and works.
• The manuscript is well written and organized, concise and readable and conforms to the specifications of the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers and Research Papers. ​

Authors will be intimated whether their article has been or accepted or rejected. Once accepted authors may be asked to revise their articles based on the comments of the anonymous reviewers. Such requests by the Chief Editor must be complied with. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the authors. The decision of the Chief Editor will be final.​

Eclectic Representations

Professor Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University, releasing the IV Issue of Eclectic Representations, on 21 December 2012 at the Centre for Media Studies.