Writing Rules

MANUSCRIPT ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT

1. All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified.

2. Manuscpript is to be submitted online via https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/teddergi 

3. The submmitted manuscript must be accompanied by a title page including detailed information about the article and a cover letter (optional). Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word 2003 and upper versions. In addition, Copyright Agreement Form that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted. (see the Submission Checklist).

4. The abstracts (in the language of article and in English) must be of 100-150 words each.

5. Five keywords (5 in the language of article and 5 in English) must be given underneath the abstracts.

6. Extended abstract of 600-700 words is required for the manuscripts in Turkish and German.

7. Quotations in the manuscript must be italicised and the citations in text must be indicated as footnote in 10 points.

8. The text of the main document must be in Times New Roman font and in 12 points.

9. Line spacing in the manuscript must be 1.5.

10. The paragraphs must be indented 1.5.

11. The title must be written with capital letters (14 points, bold).

12. A title page including author information must be submitted together with the manuscript. The title page is to include fully descriptive title of the manuscript and, affiliation, title, e-mail address, postal address, phone, fax number of the author(s) and ORCIDs of all authors (see The Submission Checklist).


Reference Style and Format

Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy uses “Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)” as reference style. Please use this link for more details:

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html
Accuracy of citation is the author’s responsibility. All references should be cited in text.
References should be cited as bellow.
Examples:
FN: First note, SN: Subsequent note, B: Bibliography

Book

FN Kerem Karaboğa, Oyunculuk Sanatında Yöntem ve Paradoks (İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2012), 73.
SN Karaboğa, Oyunculuk Sanatında Yöntem ve Paradoks, 44.
B Karaboğa, Kerem. Oyunculuk Sanatında Yöntem ve Paradoks. İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2012.

FN Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy, Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre (Chicago: Echo Point Books and Media, 2013), 37.
SN Cole and Chinoy, Directors on Directing, 65.
B Cole, Toby, and Helen Krich Chinoy. Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre. Chicago: Echo Point Books and Media, 2013.

Chapter or Other Part of an Edited Book
In a first note, cite specific pages. In the bibliography, include the page range for the chapter or part.
FN Oğuz Arıcı, “Poetika’da Zaman ve Mekan Düşüncesi,” in Tiyatroda Zaman/Mekan, ed. Kerem Karaboğa (İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2018), 20.
SN Arıcı, “Poetika’da Zaman ve Mekan Düşüncesi,” 24.
B Arıcı, Oğuz. “Poetika’da Zaman ve Mekan Düşüncesi.” In Tiyatroda Zaman/Mekan, edited by Kerem Karaboğa, 11-34. İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2018.

FN Erika Fisher-Lichte, “Some Critical Remarks on Theatre Historiography,” in Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories, ed. S. E. Wilmer (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004), 2.
SN Lichte, “Some Critical Remarks on Thetre Historiography,” 8.
B Fisher-Lichte, Erika. “Some Critical Remarks on Theatre Historiography.” In Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories, edited by S. E. Wilmer, 1-16. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004.

In some cases, you may want to cite the collection as a whole instead.
FN S. E. Wilmer, ed., Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004), 64.
SN Wilmer, Theatre Histories, 67.
B Wilmer, S. E., ed. Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004.

Translated Book
FN Joachim Latacz, Antik Yunan Tragedyaları, trans. Yılmaz Onay (İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2012), 24.
SN Latacz, Antik Yunan Tragedyaları, 32.
B Latacz, Joachim. Antik Yunan Tragedyaları. Translated by Yılmaz Onay. İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2012.

FN Erika Fischer-Lichte, History of European Drama and Theatre, trans. Jo Riley, (Londra: Routledge, 2002), 231.
SN Fisher-Lichte, History of European Drama and Theatre, 230.
B Fischer-Lichte, Erika. History of European Drama and Theatre. Translated by Jo Riley. Londra: Routledge, 2002.

E-Book

FN Sevda Şener, Oyundan Düşünceye (Ankara: Hiperlink, 1993), 9, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e011xww&AN=602937&lang=tr&site=ehost-live.
SN Şener, Oyundan Düşünceye, 11.
B Şener, Sevda. Oyundan Düşünceye. Ankara: Hiperlink, 1993. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e011xww&AN=602937&lang=tr&site=ehost-live.

FN Susan Bennett, Theatre Audiences: Edition 2 (Londra: Routledge, 2013), 28, https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Susan_Bennett_Theatre_Audiences?id=btTcAAAAQBAJ&gl=TR.
SN Bennett, Theatre Audiences: Edition 2, 30.
B Bennett, Susan. Theatre Audiences: Edition 2. Londra: Routledge, 2013. https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Susan_Bennett_Theatre_Audiences?id=btTcAAAAQBAJ&gl=TR.
For books consulted online, cite the URL or the name of the database. If no page numbers are available, cite a section, loc number (kindle) or chapter title.

Journal Article
FN Nilgün Firidinoğlu, “Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel'in ‘Kahraman Destanı’ ve Yazınsal Metnin Üretim Sürecinde İdeolojik Zorunluluğun Rolü,” Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölüm Dergisi 17, (December 2010): 87.
SN Firidinoğlu, “Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel'in ‘Kahraman Destanı’ ve Yazınsal Metnin Üretim Sürecinde İdeolojik Zorunluluğun Rolü,’’ 89-90.
B Firidinoğlu, Nilgün. “Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel'in ‘Kahraman Destanı’ ve Yazınsal Metnin Üretim Sürecinde İdeolojik Zorunluluğun Rolü.” Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölüm Dergisi 17, (December 2010): 85-97.

FN Idowu James Adekunle, “Stand-up Comedy as Contemporary Live Theatre,” Journal of Humanistic & Social Studies 11, no. 2 (2020): 10.
SN Adekunle, “Stand-up Comedy as Contemporary Live Theatre,” 12.
B Adekunle, Idowu James. “Stand-up Comedy as Contemporary Live Theatre.” Journal of Humanistic & Social Studies 11, no. 2 (2020): 9-18.
Journal articles often list many authors, especially in the sciences. If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the bibliography; in a note, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”). For more than ten authors (not shown here), list the first seven in the bibliography, followed by et al.

İR Rachel A. Bay et al., “Predicting Responses to Contemporary Environmental Change Using Evolutionary Response Architectures,” American Naturalist 189, no. 5 (May 2017): 465, https://doi.org/10.1086/691233.
SR Bay et al., “Predicting Responses,” 466.
K Bay, Rachael A., Noah Rose, Rowan Barrett, Louis Bernatchez, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Jesse R. Lasky, Rachel B. Brem, Stephen R. Palumbi, ve Peter Ralph. “Predicting Responses to Contemporary Environmental Change Using Evolutionary Response Architectures.” American Naturalist 189, no. 5 (May 2017): 463–73. https://doi.org/10.1086/691233.

News or Magazine Article
Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs, and the like are cited similarly. Page numbers, if any, can be cited in a note but are omitted from a bibliography entry. If you consulted the article online, include a URL or the name of the database.
FN Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu, “Eğitimde Tarihi Çevre ve İnsan,” Cumhuriyet, December 14, 1971, 2.
SN Mengüşoğlu, “Eğitimde Tarihi Çevre ve İnsan,” 2.
B Mengüşoğlu, Takiyettin. “Eğitimde Tarihi Çevre ve İnsan.” Cumhuriyet, December 14, 1971.
FN Micheal Paulson, “The Boss Is Back on Broadway. The Workers Are Coming Back, Too,” New York Times, July 29, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/theater/bruce-springsteen-broadway-usher.html.
SN Paulson, “The Boss.”
B Paulson, Micheal. “The Boss Is Back on Broadway. The Workers Are Coming Back, Too.” New York Times, July 29, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/theater/bruce-springsteen-broadway-usher.html.

Book Review
FN
Emre Yalçın, “Kurmacanın İnşası,” review of Kurmacanın İnşası, by Oğuz Arıcı, Yedi, April 9, 2021.
SN Yalçın, “Kurmacanın İnşası.”
B Yalçın, Emre. “Kurmacanın İnşası.” Review of Kurmacanın İnşası, by Oğuz Arıcı, Yedi, April 9, 2021.

FN Sarah Gorman, “Book Reviews: Double Take,” review of The Feminist Spectator as Critic: Second Edition, by Jill Dolan, Theatre Research International, June, 2019.
SN Gorman, “Book Reviews: Double Take.”
B Gorman, Sarah. “Book Reviews: Double Take.” Review of The Feminist Spectator as Critic: Second Edition, by Jill Dolan. Theatre Research International, June, 2019.

Interview
FN Peter Brook, “Peter Brook: 'To give way to despair is the ultimate cop-out',” interview by Michael Billington, The Guardian, October 2, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/02/peter-brook-tip-of-the-tongue-the-prisoner-battlefield-olivier-gielgud.
SN Brook, interview.
B Brook, Peter. “Peter Brook: 'To give way to despair is the ultimate cop-out'.” Interview by Michael Billington. The Guardian, October 2, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/02/peter-brook-tip-of-the-tongue-the-prisoner-battlefield-olivier-gielgud.

FN Genco Erkal, “Genco Erkal: Tiyatro başımın tacı,” interview by Ece Saruhan, Habertürk, March 27, 2018, https://hbr.tk/gbr6xb.
SN Erkal, interview.
B Erkal, Genco. “Genco Erkal: Tiyatro başımın tacı.” Interview by Ece Saruhan. Habertürk, March 27, 2018. https://hbr.tk/gbr6xb.

Thesis or Dissertation
FN Yavuz Pekman, “Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Geleneksellik” (PhD diss., İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2001), 28.
SN Pekman, “Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Geleneksellik,” 76.
B Pekman, Yavuz. “Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Geleneksellik.” PhD diss., İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2001.

FN Ryan Pearson, “Making Theatre for Everybody: How Do We Create Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Theatre Through Student-Run Theater Organizations?” (Master's thesis, University of California, 2016), 32.
SN Pearson, “Making Theatre for Everybody,” 32.
B Pearson, Ryan. “Making Theatre for Everybody: How Do We Create Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Theatre Through Student-Run Theater Organizations?.” Master's thesis, University of California, 2016.

Website Content
It is often sufficient simply to describe web pages and other website content in the text (“As of May 1, 2017, Yale’s home page listed . . .”). If a more formal citation is needed, it may be styled like the examples below. For a source that does not list a date of publication or revision, include an access date (as in example note 2).
FN Carl Tollef Solberg and Espen Gamlund, “How Should We Evaluate Deaths?,” Practical Ethics, published date May 3, 2019, http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/05/guest-post-how-should-we-evaluate-deaths/.
SN Solberg and Gamlund “How Should We Evaluate Deaths?.”
B Solberg, Carl Tollef and Espen Gamlund. “How Should We Evaluate Deaths?.” Practical Ethics. Published date May 3, 2019. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/05/guest-post-how-should-we-evaluate-deaths/.

FN Fırat Güllü, “İbsen Yazıları – 5 (19. Yüzyılın Ortasında Avrupa Tiyatrosu),” Mimesis, published date May 23, 2021, https://www.mimesis-dergi.org/2021/05/ibsen-yazilari-5-19-yuzyilin-ortasinda-avrupa-tiyatrosu/.
SN Güllü, “İbsen Yazıları – 5 (19. Yüzyılın Ortasında Avrupa Tiyatrosu).”
B Güllü, Fırat. “İbsen Yazıları – 5 (19. Yüzyılın Ortasında Avrupa Tiyatrosu).” Mimesis. Published date May 23, 2021. https://www.mimesis-dergi.org/2021/05/ibsen-yazilari-5-19-yuzyilin-ortasinda-avrupa-tiyatrosu/.

Social Media Content
Citations of content shared through social media can usually be limited to the text (as in the first example below). A note may be added if a more formal citation is needed. In rare cases, a bibliography entry may also be appropriate. In place of a title, quote up to the first 160 characters of the post. Comments are cited in reference to the original post.
Text Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre announced that reopening after the pandemic: “429 days. We're back” (@The_Globe, May 20, 2021).
FN Piccolo Teatro Milano (@piccoloteatromilano), “Che cos’è il teatro? Perché si va a teatro? Perché si fa a teatro?,” Instagram video, July 19, 2021, https://www.instagram.com/p/CQS8QpcLsbP/?utm_medium=copy_link .
SN Piccolo Teatro Milano, “Che cos’è il teatro?.”
B Piccolo Teatro Milano (@piccoloteatromilano). “Che cos’è il teatro? Perché si va a teatro? Perché si fa a teatro?.” Instagram video, July 19, 2021. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQS8QpcLsbP/?utm_medium=copy_link .

Personal Communication
Personal communications, including email and text messages and direct messages sent through social media, are usually cited in the text or in a note only; they are rarely included in a bibliography.
FN Sam Johnsonn, Facebook message to author, January 1, 2017.


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