PART I LITERATURE AND LITERARY CRITICISM 1
CHAPTER I THE DEFINITION OF CRITICISM, THEORY, AND LITERATURE 1
CHAPTER II BEGINNING THE FORMAL STUDY OF LITERARY THEORY 19
PART II SCHOOLS OF LITERATRY CRITICISM 43
CHAPTER III NEW CRITICISM 43
CHAPTER IV READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM 76
CHAPTER V STRUCTUALISM 111
PART III FROM MODERNISM TO POST-MODERNISM 136
CHAPTER VI DECONSTRUCTION 139
CHAPTER VII PSYCHOANALYTIC CRITICISM 181
CHAPTER VIII FEMINISM 215
CHAPTER IX CULTURAL POETICS OR NEW HISTORICISM 235
CHAPTER X CULTURAL STUDIES 275