目录: Preface to the second edition xi Preface for instructors xiii Acknowledgments xv 1 Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask 1 2 Psychoanalytic criticism 11 The origins of the unconscious 12 The defenses, anxiety, and core issues 15 Dreams and dream symbols 18 The meaning of death 21 The meaning of sexuality 24 Lacanian psychoanalysis 26 Classical psychoanalysis and literature 34 Some questions psychoanalytic critics ask about literary texts 37 “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”: a psychoanalytic reading of The Great Gatsby 39 Questions for further practice: psychoanalytic approaches to other literary works 49 For further reading 50 For advanced readers 50 3 Marxist criticism 53 The fundamental premises of Marxism 53 The class system in America 55 The role of ideology 56 Human behavior, the commodity, and the family 61 Marxism and literature 64 Some questions Marxist critics ask about literary texts 68 You are what you own: a Marxist reading of The Great Gatsby 69 Questions for further practice: Marxist approaches to other literary works 79 For further reading 79 For advanced readers 80
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