Teorías sobre la novela en los preceptistas españoles del siglo XIX

Abstract

The novel, as a historical genre, had always been kept apart from the traditional treatises of Poetry and Rhetoric. In this article I investigate how the scholars of Spanish theory of literature faced the same question during the nineteenth century, although the novel became into a decisive genre to the literature in that period. I will try to explain how the novels had been defined and what role played for the scholars in their treatises and handbooks. Key Words: Novel, genre, XIXth century, Spanish treatises of poetry and rhetoric.