About the Journal

Dilet is a biannual peer-reviewed scholarly journal established with the aim of contributing to the consolidation, within the Italian-speaking academic community, of Literature Education as an interdisciplinary, multilingual, and transnational field of research.

Situated at the intersection of literary studies and educational research and characterised by broad intellectual openness, Literature Education has progressively gained recognition in academia through sustained reflection on professional practices and critical debate on the role and disciplinary specificity of literary teaching and literary education across different national cultures.

In line with developments in other countries – where university courses in Literature Education are accompanied by specialised research centres, scholarly journals, and regular conferences – Dilet seeks to serve as a platform for dialogue and dissemination of Italian and international research. The journal promotes a public space for scholarly exchange among researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who share a rigorous and reflective approach to the challenges and potential of literary teaching, and more broadly to the role that literary experience can play in formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts.

The journal is organised into three sections:

  • Studies and Research, devoted to theoretical and empirical contributions addressing different educational contexts and levels;

  • Dialogues, featuring interviews and multi-voiced discussions on topics of particular relevance to the development of the field;

  • Reviews, dedicated to scholarly journals, book series, and authors of national and international significance.

All articles undergo peer review and are published in open access according to the diamond model (no fees for authors or readers).

Publisher: Pensa Multimedia
https://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/

Submission Guidelines

The journal publishes two issues per year (June and December). Each issue is preceded by a call for papers (thematic or open), specifying deadlines for submission and notification of results.

Calls are generally published:

  • in April (for the June issue of the following year);

  • in October (for the December issue).

The first issue will be published in June 2026.

Submission of Proposals

Proposals must be submitted in the form of an abstract (2,500–3,500 characters including spaces), including:

  • theoretical framework and contextualisation of the topic;

  • research questions;

  • methodology;

  • summary of results;

  • at least four bibliographical references.

Abstracts must be uploaded via the OJS platform:
https://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/index.php/dilet/about/submissions

Abstracts are evaluated by the Editorial Board, which may consult members of the Scientific Advisory Board or external experts. Only after acceptance of the abstract may authors submit the full article for anonymous review.

Languages

While contributing to the consolidation of the field within the Italian-speaking context, the journal promotes multilingualism and international scholarly exchange.

Italian is the working language of the editorial process; however, submissions in other languages are welcome, subject to prior agreement at the abstract stage. Abstracts must be submitted in two languages: the author’s language and Italian.

Based on the linguistic expertise of the Editorial and Scientific Boards, the editors will determine whether the article will be published in the original language only or also in translation.

Articles Under Review

Articles (25,000–45,000 characters including spaces):

  • must be submitted in .docx format;

  • must be fully anonymised;

  • must strictly comply with the editorial guidelines;

  • must be uploaded exclusively through the journal platform.

All submissions undergo double-blind peer review. Only articles receiving positive evaluations from both reviewers are accepted. Authors are informed of the outcome and any required revisions. Publication is contingent upon satisfactory implementation of the reviewers’ recommendations.

Editorial Guidelines

General File Requirements

Submissions must be uploaded via the platform following user registration. Only articles meeting formal requirements and uploaded correctly will be considered for review.

The file must be anonymised: it must not contain the author’s name either within the document or in the file name.

Upon acceptance (second upload), the following information must be included:

  • full name and surname of each author;

  • academic role and institutional affiliation;

  • email address of at least one author;

  • specification of individual contributions in the case of multiple authors.

Files should preferably be submitted in .docx format. Complex figures may be accompanied by a PDF file to preserve formatting. Images must be submitted as separate high-resolution files (minimum 300 dpi), with captions and clear placement indications (e.g. Fig. 1, Fig. 2). Authors are responsible for copyright clearance. For charts and diagrams, the original Excel file should also be provided.

Text Formatting

No specific layout template is required; however, for readability:

  • Font: Arial 12 (block quotations 11; footnotes 10)

  • Single spacing

  • Block quotations indented 1 cm

The title must be provided in two languages:

  • If the article is written in Italian, an English title is required.

  • If written in another language, an Italian title is required.

Section headings should be concise and progressively numbered (Arabic numerals). Tables and figures must include captions.

Quotations and References

Short quotations are enclosed in « ». Quotations within quotations use “ ”. Additions appear in square brackets; omissions are indicated as […].

Block quotations (more than three lines) must be formatted as a separate indented paragraph (font size 11).

Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed within punctuation (except for question and exclamation marks).

In-text references follow the author-date system: (Rossi, 2026, p. 25). Page numbers must always be written in full (pp. 125–150).

For two authors: (Rossi and Verdi, 2026).
For more than two authors: (Rossi et al., 2026).

Bibliographical References

Each article must include a final alphabetical list of references, limited to works cited in the text.

For multiple works by the same author:

  • arrange chronologically;

  • distinguish same-year publications with letters (2020a, 2020b).

Authors’ names: surname followed by initial.
Book and journal titles in italics.
Article and chapter titles in roman type within quotation marks.
Always indicate place of publication and publisher (for books), volume, issue and page numbers (for journal articles), and DOI when available.

Examples are provided for monographs, edited volumes, book chapters, and journal articles.