Slavica litteraria is a peer reviewed scholarly journal publishing original articles in the field of Slavonic literary studies, comparative literary studies and area studies with the orientation on Slavonic studies. The function of the journal is the development and the cultivation of the research Slavonic literatures which would create the space for the presentation of new knowledge and new methodological streams and for the scholarly permeability between philological and other humanities in accordance with rich traditions and contemporary range and depth of Brno Slavonic studies.

Since 2008 the journal has been issued twice a year by Masaryk University (Faculty of Arts).