The Spanish Society of General and Comparative Literature (SELGyC) was founded in 1977 in Madrid so as to foster the studies of Comparative Literature and General Literary Theory. There are 262 members and up to now seventeen simposia have been held: seven in Madrid and the others in Granada, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Santiago de Compostela, Huelva, León, Alcalá de Henares and Lucena (Córdoba).