Aesthetics(审美)
- Louis Althusser (1918-1990)
- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
- Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
- Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
- Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
- David Hume (1711-1776)
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1805)
- Longinus (1st century CE)
- Walter Pater (1839-1894)
- Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
- Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
- Barbara Herrnstein Smith (1932-)
Authorship(作者)
- Roland Barthes (1915-1980)
- Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
- Christine de Pizan (ca. 1365-ca. 1429)
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984)
- Sandra M. Gilbert (1936-)
- Susan Gubar (1944-)
- E. D. Hirsch Jr. (1928-)
- Horace (65-8 BCE)
- Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898)
- Monroe C. Beardsley (1915-1985)
- William K. Wimsatt Jr. (1907-1975)
- Edward Young (1683-1765)
The Body(身体)
- Giorgio Agamben (1942-)
- Susan Bordo (1947-)
- Judith Butler (1956-)
- Hélène Cixous (1937-)
- Lennard J. Davis (1949-)
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984)
- Sandra M. Gilbert (1936-)
- Susan Gubar (1944-)
- Donna Haraway (1944-)
- Julia Kristeva (1941-)
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961)
- Laura Mulvey (1941-)
The Canon/Tradition(正典/传统)
- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
- Harold Bloom (1930-2019)
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Gerald Graff (1937-)
- Taban lo Liyong (1939- )
- Richard Ohmann (1931-2021)
- Henry Owuo-Anyumba (1932-1992)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
- Hugh of St. Victor (ca.1097-1141)
- Nguigi wa Thiong’O (1938-)
- Edward Young (1683-1765)
Defenses of Criticism(为批评/理论辩护)
- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
- Monroe C. Beardsley (1915-1985)
- Homi K. Bhabha (1949-)
- Cleanth Brooks (1906-1994)
- Kenneth Burke (1897-1993)
- Barbara Christian (1943-2000)
- Paul de Man (1919-1983)
- Stanley E. Fish (1938-)
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
- John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974)
- Barbara Herrnstein Smith (1932-)
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
- William K. Wimsatt Jr. (1907-1975)
- Bonnie Zimmerman (1947-)
Gender and Sexuality(性别与性)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
- Susan Bordo (1947-)
- Judith Butler (1956-)
- Hélène Cixous (1937-)
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984)
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- Luce Irigaray (1932-)
- Julia Kristeva (1941-)
- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
- Kate Millett (1934-2017)
- Laura Mulvey (1941-)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950-)
- Monique Wittig (1935-2003)
Ideology and Hegemony(意识形态与霸权)
- Louis Althusser (1918-1990)
- Houston A. Baker Jr. (1943-)
- Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)
- Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937)
- Stuart Hall (1932-2014)
- Dick Hebdige (1951-)
- Fredric Jameson (1934-)
- Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)
- Karl Marx (1818-1883)
- Edmund Wilson (1895-1972)
The Insitutionalization of Literary Study(文学研究的制度化)
- Barbara Christian (1943-2000)
- Terry Eagleton (1943-)
- Gerald Graff (1937-)
- Hugh of St. Victor (ca.1097-1141)
- Annette Kolodny (1941-2019)
- Taban lo Liyong (1939- )
- Henry Owuo-Anyumba (1932-1992)
- John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974)
- Nguigi wa Thiong’O (1938-)
- Edward W. Said (1935-2003)
Interpretation Theory(阐释理论)
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939-)
- Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
- Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
- Stanley E. Fish (1938-)
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002)
- E. D. Hirsch Jr. (1928-)
- Hugh of St. Victor (ca.1097-1141)
- Wolfgang Iser (1926-2007)
- Fredric Jameson (1934-)
- Hans Robert Jauss (1921-1997)
- Steven Knapp (1951-)
- Macrobius (b. ca. 360)
- Walter Benn Michaels (1948-)
- Moses Maimonides (1135-1204)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834)
- Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Language(语言)
- Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
- J. L. Austin (1911-1960)
- Mikhail M. Bakhtin (1895-1975)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)
- Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
- Roman Jakobson (1896-1982)
- Julia Kristeva (1941-)
- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
- Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
The Modern(现代性)
- Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969)
- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
- Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
- Joachim du Bellay (ca, 1522-1560)
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Jürgen Habermas (1929-)
- Max Horkheimer (1895-1973)
- Fredric Jameson (1934-)
Narrative(叙事)
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939-)
- Mikhail M. Bakhtin (1895-1975)
- Seymour Chatman (1928-)
- Germaine Necker de Staël (1766-1817)
- Northrop Frye (1912-1991)
- Giambattista Giraldi (1504-1573)
- Roman Jakobson (1896-1982)
- Fredric Jameson (1934-)
- Laura Mulvey (1941-)
- Tzvetan Todorov (1939-)
The Postmodern(后现代性)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)
- Barbara Christian (1943-2000)
- Guy Debord (1931-1994)
- Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995)
- Félix Guattari (1930-1992)
- Donna Haraway (1944-)
- bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021)
- Henry James (1843-1916)
- Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991)
- Jean-François Lyotard (1925-1998)
- Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)
- Gerald Vizenor (1934-)
Representation and Realism(再现与现实主义)
- Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
- Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)
- Lennard J. Davis (1949-)
- Irving Howe (1920-1993)
- György Lukács (1885-1971)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
- Plato (ca. 427-ca. 347 BCE)
- Plotinus (ca. 204/5-270)
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
- Hayden White (1929-2018)
Rhetoric(修辞)
- Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
- Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
- Kenneth Burke (1897-1993)
- Paul de Man (1919-1983)
- Geoffrey of Vinsauf (ca. 1200)
- Gorgias of Leontin (ca. 483-376 BCE)
- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
- Barbara Johnson (1947-2009)
- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
- Giacopo Mazzoni (1548-1598)
- Plato (ca. 427-ca. 347 BCE)
- Quintilian (ca. 30/35-ca. 100)
- Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
- Giambattista Vico (1668-1744)
- Hayden White (1929-2018)
Subjectivity/Idenity(主体/身份)
- Louis Althusser (1918-1990)
- Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004)
- Susan Bordo (1947-)
- Judith Butler (1956-)
- Lennard J. Davis (1949-)
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984)
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- Donna Haraway (1944-)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
- bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021)
- Luce Irigaray (1932-)
- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
- Laura Mulvey (1941-)
- Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
- Jane Tompkins (1940-)
- Gerald Vizenor (1934-)
- Monique Wittig (1935-2003)
The Vernacular and Nationhood(民族语与民族性)
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939-)
- Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004)
- Houston A. Baker Jr. (1943-)
- Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)
- Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995)
- Joachim du Bellay (ca, 1522-1560)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
- Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
- Giambattista Giraldi (1504-1573)
- Félix Guattari (1930-1992)
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
- Taban lo Liyong (1939- )
- Henry Owuo-Anyumba (1932-1992)
- Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)
- Nguigi wa Thiong’O (1938-)
Women’s Literature(女性文学)