A Short History of Literary Criticism

Contents: Preface. 1. An overview. 2. Function and nature. 3. Literary criticism. 4. Critical thought. 5. Foundations. 6. Textual criticism. 7. Criticism and theory. 8. Historical criticism. 9. Structuralism. 10. Narrative poetics. 11. Theory of symbols. 12. The construction. 13. Anatomy of criticism. 14. The proust: a critical study. 15. Promises of a reader. 16. A study of modernism. Bibliography.

Presents the eleven basic schools of twentieth century literary theory and criticism in their historical and philosophical contexts. Unlike other introductions to literary criticism, this text explores the philosophers assumptions of each school of criticism and provides a clear methodology.

This book is the study discussion evaluation and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals. Though the two activities are closely related literary critics are not always and have not always been theorists. This book thoroughly discusses the history and literary theory from a new prospective.