The Scattered Pelican
is a double-anonymized peer-reviewed journal run by Comparative Literature graduate students at the Department of Languages & Cultures in Western University.
Our Editorial Board commits to:
- A comparative approach that embraces pluralism and inhabits the spaces or aporias of/in/between/among discourses, ideologies, or methods of criticism
- Playfulness as a levelling perspective that resists the privileging of certain objects of study based on origins, genres, forms, or media
- Active and conscious pursuit of scholarship that enlarges the space of the discipline of comparative literature through deep engagement with a broad range of objects of study, novel applications of critical theory, and primary texts in their original languages
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Call for Creative Works: Being Human in the Age of AI
The Scattered Pelican, an innovative peer-reviewed journal from Western University’s Comparative Literature program, invites diverse creative submissions exploring the theme of human disruption in the age of AI. Artists and scholars are encouraged to engage deeply…
Content and Composition
The Scattered Pelican contributes to the comparative study of literature and cultures and creates publication opportunities for graduate students by providing a space for works that challenge and expand the limits of the discipline while maintaining a high degree of critical rigour.
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