1. Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask
2. Psychoanalytic criticism
The origins of the unconscious
The defenses, anxiety, and core issues
Dreams and dream symbols
The meaning of sexuality
Lacanian psychoanalysis
Classical 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
Psychoanalytic approaches to other literary works
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
Marxist approaches to other literary works
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
" ... next they'll throw everything overboard ..." : a feminist reading of The Great Gatsby
Feminist approaches to other literary works
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 "deathless song" of longing : a new critical reading of The Great Gatsby
New critical approaches to other literary works
6. Reader-response criticism
The house passage
Transactional reader-response theory
Affective stylistics
Subjective reader-response theory
Psychological reader-response theory
Social reader-response theory
Defining readers
Projecting the reader : reader-response analysis of The Great Gatsby
reader-response approaches to other literary works.

7. Structuralist criticism
Structural linguistics
Structural anthropology
Semiotics
Structuralism and literature
The structure of literary genres
The structure of narrative (structuralist narratology)
The structure of literary interpretation
"Seek and ye shall find" ... and then lose : a structuralist reading of The Great Gatsby
Structuralist approaches to other literary works
8. Deconstructive criticism
Deconstructing language
Deconstructing our world
Deconstructing human identity
Deconstructing literature
A deconstructive reading of Robert Frost's "Mending wall"
" ... the thrilling, returning trains of my youth ... ") : a deconstructive reading of The Great Gatsby
Deconstructive approaches to other literary works
9. New historical and cultural criticism
New historicism
New historicism and literature
Cultural criticism and literature
The discourse of the self-made man : a new historical reading of The Great Gatsby
New historical and cultural criticism of other literary works
10. Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism
The marginalization of LGBTQ people
Lesbian criticism
Gay criticism
Queer criticism
Some shared features of lesbian, gay, and queer criticism
Will the real Nick Carraway please come out? : a queer reading of The Great Gatsby
Lesbian, gay, and queer approaches to other literary works
11. African American criticism
Racial issues and African American literary history
Recent developments : critical race theory
Basic tenets
African American criticism and literature
But where's Harlem? : an African American reading of The Great Gatsby
African American approaches to other literary works
12. Postcolonial criticism
Colonialist ideology and postcolonial identity
Foundational postcolonial debates
Globalization and the "end" of postcolonial theory
Postcolonial theory and global tourism
Postcolonial theory and global conservation
Postcolonial criticism and literature
The colony within : a postcolonial reading of The Great Gatsby
Postcolonial approaches to other literary works
13. Gaining an overview.