Editor's Note

This volume of Cultural Intertexts – a Journal of Literature, Cultural Studies and Linguistics – includes articles by doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, presented at the fourth edition of the International Scientific Conference organized by the Doctoral Schools of ―Dunarea de Jos‖ University of Galati (2-3 June 2016), section 6: "Cultural Spaces: Retrospective and Prospective Views" (official site: http://www.cssd-udjg.ugal.ro/). Contributions by specialists from the host and partner universities, as well as by independent scholars and researchers, complement the collection and broaden the scope of investigation in the area of interest covered. Using illustrative samples of high and popular culture (novels, plays, memoirs, artistic and documentary films, translations, TV series, advertisements, news bulletins), the articles focus on genre crossovers and intercultural mediation, on literary and non-literary representations of history, politics, religion, society. They compare, interrogate, destabilize, transform or re-read the corpora selected, in view of highlighting textual and contextual dialogue, the constant contamination by and contaminating of the global cultural intertext. The editors express their gratitude to the members of the scientific committee, who have dedicated time and effort to reviewing the papers submitted and to making the publication of this volume possible.
Michaela Praisler