Table of Contents

1. Critical theory and you  2. Using concepts from reader-response theory to understand our own literary interpretations  3. Using concepts from New Critical theory to understand literature  4. Using concepts from psychoanalytic theory to understand literature  5. Using concepts from Marxist theory to understand literature  6. Using concepts from feminist theory to understand literature  7. Using concepts from lesbian, gay, and queer theories to understand literature  8. Using concepts from African American theory to understand literature  9. Using concepts from postcolonial theory to understand literature  10. Holding on to what you’ve learned  Appendices

About the Author

Lois Tyson is Professor Emerita of English at Grand Valley State University, USA. She is the author of Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide (3rd edition, Routledge, 2014).