A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by José Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Function of Literature
Amorós, Andrés. "El arca de la literatura (Francisco Ayala: El jardín de las delicias)." (El arte). In Amorós, Momentos mágicos de la literatura. Madrid: Castalia, 1999. 337-44.*
Bataille, Georges. La literatura como lujo. Madrid, 1993.
Boyd, Brian. On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard UP-Belknap Press, 2009.* (Book I: Evolution, Art, and Fiction – Part 1, Evolution and Nature, Part 2, Evolution and Art, Part 3, Evolution and Fiction; Book II: From Zeus to Seuss: Origins of Stories— Part 4, Phylogeny: The Odyssey, Part 5: Ontogeny: Horton Hears a Who!).
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BOYORI.html
2009
Domínguez Caparrós, José. "Capítulo I. Definición de la literatura. Sus funciones." In Domínguez Caparrós, Teoría de la Literatura. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Ramón Areces, 2002. 14-32.*
Eco, Umberto. "Sur quelques fonctions de la littérature." Magazine littéraire 392 (Nov. 2000): 58-62.*
_____. "Sobre algunas funciones de la literatura." In Eco, Sobre literatura. Barcelona: RqueR editorial, 2002. 9-24.*
Felski, Rita. Uses of Literature. 2002.
Holland, Norman. "26. Why Literature?" In Holland, Literature and the Brain. Gainesville (FL): PsyArt Foundation, 2009. 342-59.*
Iser, W. "Changing Functions in Literature." London Germanic Studies 3. Ed. J. P. Stern. London, 1986. 162-79.
Iversen, Stefan, coed. Why Study Literature? 2011.
Mosley, Nicholas. "What Are Novels For?" TLS 17 Jan. 1992: 5-6.
Pettersson, Bo. "8. Why Literature Matters." In Pettersson, How Literary Worlds Are Shaped: A Comparative Poetics of Literary Imagination. Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016. 235-52.* (Delight, Wonder).
Puchner, Martin. El poder de las historias (O cómo han cautivado al ser humano, de la Ilíada a Harry Potter). Barcelona Crítica, 2019.
Reiss, Timothy J. The Meaning of Literature. Ithaca (NY): Cornell UP. 1992. (1992 Forkosch prize in intellectual history; Choice best Academic Book of 1993)
Sugiyama, Michelle Scalise. "On the Origins of Narrative: Storyteller Bias as a Fitness-Enhancing Strategy." Human Nature 7 (1996): 403-425.
Suyin, Han. "A Winter of Thinking: The Role of Literature in an Era of Global Disorder." In Nationalism vs. Internationalism: (Inter)National Dimensions of Literatures in English. Ed. Wolfgang Zach and Ken L. Goodwin. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 1996. 87-92.*
Video
Ruiz de Vergara, Ekaitz, Pedro Santana and Marcelino Suárez. "Las funciones de la Literatura | TC056." Video interview. (Teatro Crítico, 56). YouTube (fgbuenotv) 6 Aug. 2020.*
2020
See also Definition of literature.
