1. Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask -- 2. Psychoanalytic criticism -- 3. Marxist criticism -- 4. Feminist criticism -- 5. New criticism -- 6. Reader-response criticism -- 7. Structuralist criticism -- 8. Deconstructive criticism -- 9. New historical and cultural criticism -- 10. Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism -- 11. African American criticism -- 12. Postcolonial criticism -- 13. Gaining an overview.