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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface for Instructors

xiii

Everything You Wanted to Know about Critical Theory But Were Afraid to Ask

(12)

Psychoanalytic Cr... MORE

(36)

The Origins of the Unconscious

(3)

The Defenses

(2)

Dreams and Dream Symbols

(4)

The Meaning of Death

(3)

The Meaning of Sexuality

(2)

Psychoanalysis and Literature

(4)

Some Questions Psychoanalytic Critics Ask about Literary Texts

(1)

``What's Love Got to Do with It?'': A Psychoanalytic Reading of The Great Gatsby

(12)

Questions for Further Practice: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Other Literary Works

(1)

For Further Reading

(4)

Marxist Criticism

(32)

The Fundamental Premises of Marxism

(2)

The Class System in America

(1)

The Role of Ideology

(6)

Human Behavior, the Commodity, and the Family

(3)

Marxism and Literature

(4)

Some Questions Marxist Critics Ask about Literary Texts

(1)

You Are What You Own: A Marxist Reading of The Great Gatsby

(11)

Questions for Further Practice: Marxist Approaches to Other Literary Works

(1)

For Further Reading

(3)

Feminist Criticism

(36)

Traditional Gender Roles

(7)

A Summary of Feminist Premises

(2)

Getting Beyond Patriarchy

(3)

Multicultural Feminism

(3)

Feminism and Literature

(3)

Some Questions Feminist Critics Ask about Literary Texts

101

(1)

``...next they'll throw everything overboard...'': A Feminist Reading of The Great Gatsby

102

(11)

Questions for Further Practice: Feminist Approaches to Other Literary Works

113

(1)

For Further Reading

114

(3)

New Criticism

117

(36)

``The Text Itself''

118

(2)

Literary Language and Organic Unity

120

(10)

A New Critical Reading of ``There Is a Girl Inside''

126

(4)

New Criticism as Intrinsic, Objective Criticism

130

(2)

The Single Best Interpretation

132

(1)

The Question New Critics Asked about Literary Texts

133

(1)

The ``deathless song'' of Longing: A New Critical Reading of The Great Gatsby

134

(15)

Questions for Further Practice: New Critical Approaches to Other Literary Works

149

(1)

For Further Reading

150

(3)

Reader-Response Criticism

153

(44)

Transactional Reader-Response Theory

157

(3)

Affective Stylistics

160

(3)

Subjective Reader-Response Theory

163

(5)

Psychological Reader-Response Theory

168

(3)

Social Reader-Response Theory

171

(2)

Defining Readers

173

(2)

Some Questions Reader-Response Critics Ask about Literary Texts

175

(2)

Projecting the Reader: A Reader-Response Analysis of The Great Gatsby

177

(14)

Questions for Further Practice: Reader-Response Approaches to Other Literary Works

191

(1)

For Further Reading

192

(5)

Structuralist Criticism

197

(44)

Structural Linguistics

201

(2)

Structural Anthropology

203

(2)

Semiotics

205

(3)

Structuralist Approaches to Literature

208

(16)

The Structure of Literary Genres

210

(4)

The Structure of Narrative (Narratology)

214

(8)

The Structure of Literary Interpretation

222

(2)

Some Questions Structuralist Critics Ask about Literary Texts

224

(2)

``Seek and Ye Shall Find''... and Then Lose: A Structuralist Reading of The Great Gatsby

226

(11)

Questions for Further Practice: Structuralist Approaches to Other Literary Works

237

(2)

For Further Reading

239

(2)

Deconstructive Criticism

241

(36)

Deconstructing Language

242

(6)

Deconstructing Our World

248

(2)

Deconstructing Human Identity

250

(1)

Deconstructing Literature

251

(8)

A Deconstructive Reading of Robert Frost's ``Mending Wall''

254

(5)

Some Questions Deconstructive Critics Ask about Literary Texts

259

(2)

``...the thrilling, returning trains of my youth...'': A Deconstructive Reading of The Great Gatsby

261

(13)

Questions for Further Practice: Deconstructive Approaches to Other Literary Works

274

(1)

For Further Reading

275

(2)

New Historical and Cultural Criticism

277

(40)

New Historicism

278

(9)

New Historicism and Literature

287

(5)

Cultural Criticism

292

(3)

Cultural Criticism and Literature

295

(2)

Some Questions New Historical and Cultural Critics Ask about Literary Texts

297

(2)

The Discourse of the Self-Made Man: A New Historical Reading of The Great Gatsby

299

(12)

Questions for Further Practice: New Historical and Cultural Criticism of Other Literary Works

311

(1)

For Further Reading

312

(5)

Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism

317

(46)

The Marginalization of Lesbians and Gay Men

318

(5)

Lesbian Criticism

323

(7)

Gay Criticism

330

(6)

Queer Criticism

336

(5)

Some Shared Features of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism

341

(3)

Some Questions Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Critics Ask about Literary Texts

344

(1)

Will the Real Nick Carraway Please Come Out? A Queer Reading of The Great Gatsby

345

(12)

Questions for Further Practice: Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Approaches to Other Literary Works

357

(2)

For Further Reading

359

(4)

Postcolonial and African American Criticism

363

(60)

Postcolonial Criticism

364

(16)

Postcolonial Identity

365

(6)

Postcolonial Debates

371

(3)

Postcolonial Theory and Literature

374

(4)

Some Questions Postcolonial Criticism Ask about Literary Texts

378

(2)

African American Criticism

380

(18)

Racial Issues and African American Literary History

380

(8)

African American Criticism Today

388

(10)

Some Questions African American Critics Ask about Literary Texts

398

(2)

Some Shared Features of Postcolonial and African American Criticism

400

(1)

The Colony Within: A Postcolonial Reading of The Great Gatsby

401

(14)

Questions for Further Practice

415

(3)

Postcolonial Approaches to Other Literary Works

415

(2)

African American Approaches to Other Literary Works

417

(1)

For Further Reading

418

(5)

Gaining an Overview

423

(8)

Index

431

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