CFP Transmedia Monsters and Villains Book Series (9/15/2023)

Transmedia Monsters and Villains

deadline for submissions:
September 15, 2023

full name / name of organization:
Dr. Antonio Sanna

contact email:
isonisanna@hotmail.com

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/03/23/transmedia-monsters-and-villains

TRANSMEDIA MONSTERS AND VILLAINS

This new series aims to cover the fascinating subject of monsters and villains through an interdisciplinary perspective represented by fields as different as literary, film, religious, gender and art studies as much as philosophy and sociological and ecocritical approaches. Each volume will focus on a single figure (or group of figures) and examine it in its multiple incarnations, from their origins in myth, folklore and history as well as in a literary text, to their various adaptations in different media, including comics, graphic novels, cinema, TV, exhibitions, the visual arts, merchandise and tourist attractions. Most welcome will also be an approach to the subject that transcends genres and thus examine the single monsters and villains as they are presented in horror fiction, thriller, science fiction, etc.

We welcome both edited collections and monographs, but the essential requirements of the volumes will be their interdisciplinarity and their focus on the issues of adaptation and transmediality. Proposals may include (but are certainly not limited to) the following figures:

• Dracula
• Frankenstein’s creature
• The werewolf
• The mummy
• Zombies
• Witches and wizards
• The Golem
• Doppëlgangers
• Hybrids, clones and experiments
• Mad scientists
• Serial killers
• Cannibals
• Aliens
• Ghosts
• Spirits
• Gods, demi-gods and mythological creatures (from any mythology)
• Dinosaurs
• Machines, cyborgs and androids
• Dragons
• Underwater creatures
• Underground creatures
• Shapeshifters
• Mutants, mutations and freaks
• Tyrants, dictators and warlords (including historical figures)
• Orcs, ogres and trolls
• Folklore figures
• Clowns
• Statues, dolls, puppets and animated objects
• Satan, demons and Biblical figures
• Personifications of Death

We will gladly welcome any queries by prospective authors/editors for the preparation of a proposal. Please contact Dr. Antonio Sanna (isonisanna@hotmail.com).

Antonio Sanna is a "Cultore della materia" at the University of Sassari, Italy, and the co-editor of the Lexington Books series "Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors".


Last updated March 23, 2023