VOLUME 16, NUMBER 1
REPRESENTATIONS OF CRIME IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS
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First published: 2026-10-30
Articles
Victimology in the Bondy Forest: the representation of the female victim in Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised
Raísa Nogueira Medeiros 
pages 5-23
Cite article: Nogueira Medeiros, R. Victimology in the Bondy Forest: the representation of the female victim in Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 5‒23. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.1
From roots to routes: violence, vulnerability, versatility and vitality in Elif Shafak’s recent fiction
Ileana Botescu-Sireteanu pages 24-40
Cite article: Botescu-Sireteanu, I. From roots to routes: violence, vulnerability, versatility and vitality in Elif Shafak’s recent fiction. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 24‒40. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.2
Disposable children in Robert Walser, Kazuo Ishiguro and the TV miniseries Sharp Objects
Elizabeth Stewart pages 41-59
Cite article: Stewart, E. Disposable children in Robert Walser, Kazuo Ishiguro and the TV miniseries Sharp Objects. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 41‒59. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.3
“Murder cannot be hid long”: blood, law, and justice in William Shakespeare’s Venice
Shaul Bassi pages 60-79
Cite article: Bassi, S. “Murder cannot be hid long”: blood, law, and justice in William Shakespeare’s Venice. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 60-79. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.4
Crime, ethnic identity, and the construction of criminality in Bernard Malamud’s The Fixer
Shpetim Madani pages 80-92
Cite article: Madani, S. Crime, ethnic identity, and the construction of criminality in Bernard Malamud’s The Fixer. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 80-92. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.5
Whose archive is it? Confession, class, and the collapse of narrative control in Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family
Jintu Alias 
and G.V. Deepthi Sree pages 93-105
Cite article: Alias, J. and Deepthi Sree, G.V. Whose archive is it? Confession, class, and the collapse of narrative control in Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family. University of
Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 93-105.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.6
The topography of fear: geographical space as an element of tension in John Buchan’s detective novel The Thirty-Nine Steps
Hanna Tabakova , Viktoria Zarva , Ellina Tsykhovska pages 106-121
Cite article: Tabakova, H., Zarva, V. and Tsykhovska, E. The topography of fear: geographical space as an element of tension in John Buchan’s detective novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 106-121 https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.7
The crime of protecting paradise: violent justice and moral panic in Toni Morrison’s Paradise
Assia Guidoum pages 122-135
Cite article: Guidoum, A. The crime of protecting paradise: violent justice and moral panic in Toni Morrison’s Paradise. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 122-135. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.8
Guilt without crime: anomalies of fault in interwar Central European prose
Pavol Száz pages 136-153
Cite article: Száz, P. Guilt without crime: anomalies of fault in interwar Central European prose. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 136-153. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.9
Back to the Greeks for a murder story: Colm Toíbín’s House of Names
Dana Badulescu pages 154-166
Cite article: Badulescu, D. Back to the Greeks for a murder story: Colm Toíbín’s House of Names. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 154-166. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.10
The Woman in the Window: sleuth and perpetrator striving for mental balance
Aba-Carina Parlog pages 167-179
Cite article: Parlog, A.C. The Woman in the Window: sleuth and perpetrator striving for mental balance. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 167-179. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.11
Deciphering the crime: riddle-solving, incest, and perilous interpretation in Shakespeare’s Pericles and the ancient Story of Apollonius
Vichi-Eugenia Ciocani pages 180-199
Cite article: Ciocani, V.E. Deciphering the crime: riddle-solving, incest, and perilous interpretation in Shakespeare’s Pericles and the ancient Story of Apollonius. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 180-199. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.12
Bodies of waste and the breakdown of detective fiction: representing systemic violence in 2666
Ramon Guevara pages 200-212
Guevara, R. Bodies of waste and the breakdown of detective fiction: representing systemic violence in 2666. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 200-212. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.13
Book Reviews
Book Review: The Final Six (2026) by Akinari Asakura
Zenith Roy pages 213-216
Cite article: Roy, Z. Book Review: The Final Six (2026) by Akinari Asakura. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 213-216 . https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.14
Book Review: Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art (2023) by Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki (eds.)
Joseph Reylan Viray pages 217-220
Cite article: Viray, J.R. Book Review: Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art (2023) by Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki (eds.). University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 16(1), 2026: 217-220. https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.16.1.15