Published in Frontiers of Narrative Studies
The last three decades have seen a flourishing of theoretical discussions about the concept of literary authorship. This article is an attempt to scrutinise and engage with this thriving scene. Through a systematic review of conceptions of authorship in modern literary theories, I will outline historical shifts, disentangle current debates, and ide...
This study undertakes a reconstruction of the socio-editorial history of the narrative works of María de Zayas y Sotomayor: Novelas amorosas y ejemplares (1637), Parte segunda del Sarao y entretenimiento honesto (1647), which were not the author’s original titles: Honesto y entretenido sarao, and Segunda parte del Honesto y entretenido sarao. Such ...
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Published in Cognitive Semiotics
The cognitive complexity of Matthew Arnold's poem “The Last Word” has resulted in diverging literary critical evaluations. By applying several cognitive approaches to the poem, I develop a reading that reveals the poem's underlying coherence. I then address the question of how that reading might reflect Arnold's own intentions and motivations in re...
The notion “author’s intention” is nothing less than a booby trap. Intention counts as a diffuse concept for literary research. In editorial theory and the practical application of it, scholars use concepts such as “intended meaning” and “authorial intention” in order to legitimize certain decisions concerning the choice of the text version and the...
