A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology

This is a bibliography of literary studies, criticism and philology, listing circa 500,000 items (books, book chapters, articles, films, websites, etc.), with a main focus on English-speaking authors and criticism or literary theory written in English, although there are many listings on linguistics, cultural studies, discourse analysis, and other philological subjects. It includes basic bibliographical information on several thousand authors, critical schools, literary and linguistic concepts, and other subjects.

Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Firmer Than They Are

A collection of papers on narrative hermeneutics, in English or in Spanish: more specifically, they deal with the retrospective and retroactive dimensions of interpretation and criticism.

Acción, Relato, Discurso: Estructura de la Ficción Narrativa

Originally published by Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 1998.

This is a treatise in literary theory, specifically on narrative theory (or narratology), focusing on narrative texts through an examination of the concepts of existing theories of narrative. It is an advanced examination of narrative structure from the standpoint of semiotics and discourse analysis, with continual attention to the conceptual roots of these phenomena in the history of literay theory and criticism. It is not articulated on the basis of specific commentaries of narrative texts, and it follows a conceptual plan throughout, examining in each of the three sections the elements of narrative action (the narrated world and agents, narrativity, action schemata), and story structure (narrative time, perspective and point of view, narrative aspect, narrative distance). It concludes with an extensive examination of the discursive aspects of narrative: literary pragmatics, fictionality, narrative interaction, narrative voice, narrators and narratees, implied speakers and hearers, and the interactional context  of narrative communication between writers and readers.

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El objeto inmediato de este libro son las teorías de la narración, y a través de ellas los textos narrativos. Con un carácter especulativo, apunta en la dirección de la semiótica y la lingüística más que hacia la crítica aplicada. No se articula en torno a comentarios específicos y sigue un plan estructural.