Aesthetics of the novel in Spain. Three phases: Ortega, Bergamín and Mariano Baquero Goyanes

Abstract

Spanish theory of the novel is, in the opinión of the author, the most important contribution to the literary theory made from Spain during the 20th century. This contribution follows a continuity whose fundamental links are Ortega, Bergamín y Mariano Baquero Goyanes. Ortega´s theory of the novel is the most known of the three, although it recognition is superior in USA than in Spain. The contributions by Bergamín and Baquero Goyanes have not gone beyond, so far, the nacional limits and, even in Spain, they are not very well known.