左金梅编著的《当代西方文论（第2版）》系统全面介绍了当代西方文艺理论，本书的特点是内容新颖，资料翔实，理论与实践相结合，实用性强，层次、条理分明，对于从事文艺理论、文艺批评研究的专业工作者也有重要参考价值。

Introduction

What Is Literary Theory

What Is Literary Criticism

Chapter 1 The History of Westem Literary Theory and Criticism

 Classical Criticism

 Neoclassical Criticism

 Romantic Criticism

 Modem Criticism

Chapter 2 RussianFormalism

 Introduction

 General Principles

 Major Formalist Critics

 Formalist Approach to Poetry and Prose

 What Russian Formalists Do

 Russian Formalism in Practice

 A Question for Further Practice

 Reading

Chapter 3 New Cnticism

 Introduction

 General Principles

 Major New Critics

 What New Critics Do

 New Criticism in Practice

 Questions for Further Practice

 Reading

Chapter 4 Psychoanalytic Criticism

 Introduction

 Freudian Criticism

 What Freudian Psychoanalytic Critics Do

 Freudian Psychoanalytic Criticism in Practice

 Lacanian Criticism

 What Lacanian Critics Do

 Lacanian Criticism in Practice

 Carl G Jung （1875-1961）

 Questions for Further Practice

 Reading

Chapter 5 Marxist Criticism

 Fundamental Premises of Marxism

 General Principles

 Major Marxist Critics

 What Marxist Critics Do

 Marxist Criticism in Practice

 Questions for Further Practice

 Reading

Chapter 6 Reader-Response Criticism

 General Introduction and Principles

 Major Reader-Response Critics

 Some Approaches of Reader-Response Criticism

Chapter 7 Structuralism

Chapter 8 Poststructuralism and Deconstruction

Chapter 9 New Historical and Cultural Criticism

Chapter 10 Feminist Criticism

Chapter 11 Queer Theory and Criticism

Chapter 12 Postcolonial Criticism

Selected References