Definir el fenómeno literario is the first volume of Philip Bates’s essays in literary criticism. It examines the difficulty of defining literature without reducing it to a single linguistic, historical or institutional feature.
A journey through literary theory
The volume compares different answers to the field’s central questions: what makes a text a literary work, how form and meaning interact, what roles belong to author and reader, and how institutions participate in the creation of literary value. Theories are presented as reading tools subjected to critical comparison.
Bibliographical record
- Author: Philip Bates.
- Subtitle: Artículos de crítica literaria. Volumen I.
- Language: Spanish.
- Length: 244 pages.
- Format: 152 × 228 mm; paperback and digital PDF editions.
Edition and availability
The print-on-demand and digital editions are available from Bubok Spain. The study continues in volume II.