A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by José Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Commentary handbooks
and study guides on fiction and narrative
Bal, Mieke. Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative. Trans. Christine van Boheemen. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1985. Trans. of De theorie van vertellen en verhalen. .*
_____ . Teoría de la narrativa: una introducción a la narratología. Madrid: Cátedra, 1985.*
Brooks, Cleanth, and Robert Penn Warren. Understanding Fiction. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1943.
_____. Understanding Fiction. Englewood Cliffs (NJ): Prentice Hall, 1959.
Burton, S. H. The Criticism of Prose. 1973. London: Longman, 1980.
Chatman, Seymour. Reading Narrative Fiction. With material by Brian Attebery. New York: Macmillan, 1993.* (Short stories: anthology and analysis).
_____. "How to Write about Fiction." In Chatman, Reading Narrative Fiction. New York: Macmillan, 1993. 603-24.*
Escobedo, C., and J. L. Caramés. El Comentario de Textos Antropológico-Literario: Análisis de cinco casos representativos de la novela indo-angla contemporánea. Oviedo: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Oviedo, 1994.
Fowler, Roger. Linguistics and the Novel. 1977. London: Methuen, 1985.
García Domínguez, Elías. Cómo leer textos narrativos. Madrid: Akal, 1987.*
Hawthorn, Jeremy. “Analysing Fiction.” In Hawthorn, Studying the Novel: An Introduction. 2nd ed. London: Arnold, 1992. 57-117.*
Nünning, Vera, and Ansgar Nünning. "5. An Introduction to the Analysis of Narrative Texts." In Nünning and Nünning, An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature. Trans. Jane Dewhurst. (Uni-Wissen: Anglistik-Amerikanistik). Stuttgart: Klett, 2004. 101-30.*
Peck, John. How to Study a Novel: A Student’s Guide. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1983.
_____. How to Study a Novel. 2nd ed. (How to Study series). Houndmills: Macmillan, 1995.
Pozuelo Yvancos, José María. Poética de la ficción. Madrid: Síntesis, 1993.*
Prado Biezma, F. J. del Cómo se analiza una novela. Madrid: Alhambra, 1984.*
_____. Análisis e interpretación de la novela: Cinco modos de leer un texto narrativo. (Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada). Madrid: Síntesis, 1999.*
Rimmon-Kenan, Shlomith. Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics. New York: Methuen, 1983.
Scholes, Robert, Carl H. Klaus and Michael Silverman, eds. Elements of Literature: Essay, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film. New York: Oxford UP, 1973.
Scholes, Robert, Carl H. Klaus, Nancy R. Comley, and Michael Silverman, eds. Elements of Literature. 4th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1991.
Talens, Jenaro, José Romera Castillo, Antonio Tordera and Vicente Hernández Esteve. Elementos para una semiótica del texto artístico (poesía, narrativa, teatro, cine). 3rd ed. Madrid: Cátedra, 1983.*
Toolan, Michael J. Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction. London: Routledge, 1988.*
_____. The Stylistics of Fiction: A Literary-Linguistic Approach. London: Routledge, 1990.*
Villanueva, Darío. El comentario de textos narrativos: La novela. Gijón: Júcar; Valladolid: Aceña, 1989.*
Weber, Jean-Jacques. Critical Analysis of Fiction. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1992.*
