Basic information about the following theories: Moral Criticism, Dramatic Construction; Formalism; Psychoanalytic Criticism; Marxist Criticism; Reader-Response Criticism (1960s-present); Structuralism and Semiotics; Postmodern Criticism; New Historicism, Cultural Studies; Post-Colonial Criticism; Feminist Criticism; Gender Studies and Queer Theory
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