Introduction: The Politics of Theory in Post-Franco Spain / Silvia L. Lopez, Jenaro Talens and Dario Villanueva -- Ch. 1. Making Sense after Babel / Jenaro Talens -- Ch. 2. The Television Newscast: A Postmodern Discourse / Jesus Gonzalez-Requena -- Ch. 3. Architectures of the Gaze / Santos Zunzunegui -- Ch. 4. The Immutability of the Text, the Freedom of the Reader, and Aesthetic Experience / Rafael Nunez-Ramos -- Ch. 5. Phenomenology and Pragmatics of Literary Realism / Dario Villanueva -- Ch. 6. The Pragmatics of Lyric Poetry / Jose Maria Pozuelo-Yvancos -- Ch. 7. Reading in Process, the Antitext, and the Definition of Literature / Manuel Asensi -- Ch. 8. Subjectivity and Temporality in Narrative / Cristina Pena-Marin -- Ch. 9. Subject and Language: Reflections on Lacan and Jinkis / Juan Miguel Company-Ramon -- Afterword: Aesthetics and Politics / Tom Lewis.