本书是一本文学批评方法的普及读本,既有批评方法的阐述,又有实践应用的例证。**版于20世纪60年代中期出版,此后我次修订再版,并被译成西班牙文、葡萄牙文、日文、朝鲜文等多种文字。此次出版的是1999年修订的第四版,既包含了传统的批评方法,也囊括了20世纪60年代以后的新的批评方法,如:读者反应批评、文化批评、女性主义批评,等等。对于初学文学批评的人来说,这是一本极好的参考书。

Preface
1.Getting Started:The Precritical Response
Ⅰ.Setting
Ⅱ.Plot
Ⅲ.Character
Ⅳ.Structure
Ⅴ.Style
Ⅵ.Atmosphere
Ⅶ.Theme
2.Traditional Approaches
Ⅰ.Nature and Scope of the Traditional Approaches
A.textual Scholarship:A Prerequistite to Criticism
B.Types of Traditional Approaches
Ⅱ.The Traditional Approaches in Practice
A.traditional Approaches to Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress"
B.Traditional Approaches to Hamlet
C.Traditional Approaches to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D.Traditional Approaches to "Yong Goodman Brown"
E.Traditional Approaches to "Everyday Use:for your grandmama"
3.The Formalistic Approach
Ⅰ.Reading a Poem:An Introduction to the formalistic Approach
Ⅱ.The Process of Formalistic Analysis:Making the Close Reader
Ⅲ.A Brief History of Foumalistic Criticism
Ⅳ.Constants of the Formalistic Approach:Some Key Concepts ,Terms,and Devices
Ⅴ.The Formalistic Approach in Practice
Ⅵ.Limitations of the Formalistic Approach
4.The Psychological Approach:Freud
5.Mythological and Archetypal Approaches
6.Feminist Approaches
7.Cultural Studies
8.Additional Approaches
Appendises
Index

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