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CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Preface to the Second Edition ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.xiii Preface for Instructors ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿ CHAPTER 1 Everything You Wanted to Know about Critical Theory But Were Afraid to Ask 1 CHAPTER 2 Psychoanalytic Criticism The Origins of the Unconscious The Defenses Dreams and Dream Symbols The Meaning of Death The Meaning of Sexuality Lacanian Psychoanalysis ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Psychoanalysis and Literature Some Questions Psychoanalytic Critics Ask about Literary Texts ¿What¿s Love Got to Do with It?¿: A Psychoanalytic Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 3 Marxist Criticism The Fundamental Premises of Marxism The Class System in America The Role of Ideology Human Behavior, the Commodity, and the Family Marxism and Literature Some Questions Marxist Critics Ask about Literary Texts You Are What You Own: A Marxist Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Marxist Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 4 Feminist Criticism Traditional Gender Roles A Summary of Feminist Premises Getting Beyond Patriarchy French Feminism ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Multicultural Feminism Gender Studies and Feminism ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Feminism and Literature Some Questions Feminist Critics Ask about Literary Texts ¿. . . next they¿ll throw everything overboard . . .¿: A Feminist Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Feminist Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 5 New Criticism ¿The Text Itself¿ Literary Language and Organic Unity A New Critical Reading of ¿There Is a Girl Inside¿ New Criticism as Intrinsic, Objective Criticism The Single Best Interpretation The Question New Critics Asked about Literary Texts The ¿deathless song¿ of Longing: A New Critical Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: New Critical Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 6 Reader-Response Criticism Transactional Reader-Response Theory Affective Stylistics Subjective Reader-Response Theory Psychological Reader-Response Theory Social Reader-Response Theory Defining Readers Some Questions Reader-Response Critics Ask about Literary Texts Projecting the Reader: A Reader-Response Analysis of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Reader-Response Approaches to Other Literary Works ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿ For Further Reading CHAPTER 7 Structuralist Criticism Structural Linguistics Structural Anthropology Semiotics Structuralism and Literature The Structure of Literary Genres The Structure of Narrative (Narratology) The Structure of Literary Interpretation Some Questions Structuralist Critics Ask about Literary Texts ¿Seek and Ye Shall Find¿. . . and Then Lose: A Structuralist Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Structuralist Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 8 Deconstructive Criticism Deconstructing Language Deconstructing Our World Deconstructing Human Identity Deconstructing Literature A Deconstructive Reading of Robert Frost¿s ¿Mending Wall¿ Some Questions Deconstructive Critics Ask about Literary Texts ¿. . . the thrilling, returning trains of my youth . . .¿: A Deconstructive Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Deconstructive Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 9 New Historical and Cultural Criticism New Historicism New Historicism and Literature Cultural Criticism Cultural Criticism and Literature Some Questions New Historical and Cultural Critics Ask about Literary Texts The Discourse of the Self-Made Man: A New Historical Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: New Historical and Cultural Criticism of Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 10 Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism The Marginalization of Lesbians and Gay Men Lesbian Criticism Gay Criticism Queer Criticism Some Shared Features of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Criticism Some Questions Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Critics Ask about Literary Texts Will the Real Nick Carraway Please Come Out? A Queer Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 11 African American Criticism Racial Issues and African American Literary History Recent Developments: Critical Race Theory ¿..¿¿¿¿¿¿ African American Criticism and Literature Some Questions African American Critics Ask about Literary Texts But Where Is Harlem? An African American Reading of The Great Gatsby Questions for Further Practice: African American Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 12 Postcolonial Criticism Postcolonial Identity Postcolonial Debates Postcolonial Criticism and Literature Some Questions Postcolonial Critics Ask about Literary Texts The Colony Within: A Postcolonial Reading of The Great Gatsby ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Questions for Further Practice: Postcolonial Approaches to Other Literary Works For Further Reading CHAPTER 13 Gaining an Overview Index
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Criticism.