BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 NOVEL -- ELEMENTS -- PLOT -- CHARACTER -- SCENE, OR SETTING -- NARRATIVE METHOD AND POINT OF VIEW -- SCOPE, OR DIMENSION -- MYTH, SYMBOLISM, SIGNIFICANCE -- USES -- INTERPRETATION OF LIFE -- ENTERTAINMENT OR ESCAPE -- PROPAGANDA -- REPORTAGE -- AGENT OF CHANGE IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT -- EXPRESSION OF THE SPIRIT OF ITS AGE -- CREATOR OF LIFESTYLE AND ARBITER OF TASTE -- STYLE -- ROMANTICISM -- REALISM -- NATURALISM -- IMPRESSIONISM -- EXPRESSIONISM -- AVANT-GARDISM -- NOVEL: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- APPRENTICESHIP NOVEL -- BILDUNGSROMAN -- DIME NOVEL -- EPISTOLARY NOVEL -- GOTHIC NOVEL -- HISTORICAL NOVEL -- I NOVEL -- INDIANISTA NOVEL -- NEW NOVEL -- NONFICTION NOVEL -- NOVEL OF MANNERS -- NOVELLA -- PICARESQUE NOVEL -- PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL -- ROMAN À CLEF -- SENTIMENTAL NOVEL -- SOCIAL PROBLEM NOVEL -- STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- WESTERN -- CHAPTER 2 SCIENCE FICTION -- THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION -- THE ANTECEDENTS OF SCIENCE FICTION -- PROTO-SCIENCE FICTION AND JULES VERNE -- CLASSIC BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION -- MASS MARKETS AND JUVENILE SCIENCE FICTION -- THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF SCIENCE FICTION -- SOVIET SCIENCE FICTION -- MAJOR SCIENCE FICTION THEMES -- UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS -- ALTERNATIVE SOCIETIES -- SEX AND GENDER -- ALIEN ENCOUNTERS -- SPACE TRAVEL -- TIME TRAVEL -- ALTERNATE HISTORIES AND PARALLEL UNIVERSES -- HIGH TECHNOLOGIES -- SCIENCE FICTION: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- FANTASY -- HUGO AWARDS -- NEBULA AWARDS -- CHAPTER 3 FABLE, PARABLE, AND ALLEGORY -- ALLEGORY AND MYTH -- THE ALLEGORICAL MODE -- FABLE -- PARABLE -- DERIVATION OF THE TERMS -- OBJECTIVES OF THE FABLE -- OBJECTIVES OF THE PARABLE -- ALLEGORY -- DIVERSITY OF FORMS -- DIVERSITY OF MEDIA -- ALLEGORY AND COSMOLOGY -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE FABLE IN THE WEST -- BEAST EPIC.

INFLUENCE OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARABLE IN THE WEST -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALLEGORY IN THE WEST -- HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT) -- THE GREEKS -- BLENDING OF RIVAL SYSTEMS: THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE RENAISSANCE -- THE MODERN PERIOD -- ALLEGORICAL LITERATURE IN THE EAST -- INDIA -- CHINA -- JAPAN -- FABLE, ALLEGORY, AND PARABLE: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- BESTIARY -- DREAM ALLEGORY -- EMBLEM BOOK -- PERSONIFICATION -- EXEMPLUM -- PERSONIFICATION -- PROVERB -- REYNARD THE FOX -- CHAPTER 4 ROMANCE -- THE COMPONENT ELEMENTS -- STYLE AND SUBJECT MATTER -- DEVELOPING PSYCHOLOGICAL AWARENESS -- SOURCES AND PARALLELS -- THE MARVELOUS -- THE SETTING -- MEDIEVAL VERSE ROMANCES -- ARTHURIAN ROMANCE AND THE MATTER OF BRITAIN -- THE INFLUENCE OF CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES -- LOVE AS A MAJOR THEME -- THE TRISTAN STORY -- THE THEME OF SEPARATION AND REUNION -- MEDIEVAL PROSE ROMANCES -- ARTHURIAN THEMES -- STRUCTURE -- LATER DEVELOPMENTS -- THE SPREAD AND POPULARITY OF ROMANCE LITERATURE -- THE DECLINE OF ROMANCE -- THE 18TH-CENTURY ROMANTIC REVIVAL -- ROMANCE: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- ALEXANDER ROMANCE -- CHANSON DE GESTE -- CHANTEFABLE -- COURTLY LOVE -- HELLENISTIC ROMANCE -- ROMANCE OF 'ANTAR -- CHAPTER 5 SAGA -- NONFICTIONAL SAGA LITERATURE -- TRANSLATIONS -- NATIVE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS -- LEGENDAR Y AND HISTORICAL FICTION -- KINGS' SAGAS -- LEGENDARY SAGAS -- SAGAS OF ICELANDERS -- SAGA: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- FORNALDARSOGUR -- HERO -- HEROIC PROSE -- LEGEND -- VIKINGS -- ENGLAND -- THE WESTERN SEAS AND IRELAND -- THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE AND FRANCE -- EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 6 SHORT STORY -- ANALYSIS OF THE GENRE -- ORIGINS -- FROM EGYPT TO INDIA -- THE GREEKS -- MIDLE AGES, RENAISANCE, AND AFTER -- PROLIFERATION OF FORMS -- REFINEMENT -- SPREADING POPULARITY -- DECLINE OF SHORT FICTION -- EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN SHORT STORY -- THE 19TH CENTURY.

THE "IMPRESSIONIST" STORY -- RESPECT FOR THE STORY -- FRENCH WRITERS -- RUSSIAN WRITERS -- THE 20TH CENTURY AND AFTER -- SHORT STORY: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- CONTE -- DETECTIVE STORY -- DILEMMA TALE -- FRAME STORY -- IN MEDIAS RES -- INTERIOR MONOLOGUE -- IRONY -- LITERARY SKETCH -- MAQAMAH -- MYSTERY STORY -- CHAPTER 7 SATIRE -- HISTORICAL DEFINITIONS -- INFLUENCE OF HORACE AND JUVENAL -- STRUCTURE OF VERSE SATIRE -- THE SATIRIC SPIRIT -- SATIRICAL LITERATURE -- THE SATIRIST, THE LAW, AND SOCIETY -- SATIRE: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- ANATOMY -- BURLESQUE -- FOOL'S LITERATURE -- LAMPOON -- PARODY -- PASQUINADE -- TRAVESTY -- CHAPTER 8 BIOGRAPHY -- HISTORICAL ASPECTS -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS -- ETHICAL ASPECTS -- AESTHETIC ASPECTS -- KINDS OF BIOGRAPHY -- FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE -- RESEARCH -- REFERENCE COLLECTIONS -- CHARACTER SKETCHES -- INFORMATIVE BIOGRAPHY -- CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY -- STANDARD BIOGRAPHY -- INTERPRETATIVE BIOGRAPHY -- FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY -- FICTION PRESENTED AS BIOGRAPHY -- SPECIAL-PURPOSE BIOGRAPHY -- INFORMAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- LETTERS, DIARIES, AND JOURNALS -- MEMOIRS AND REMINISCENCES -- FORMAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- SPECIALIZED FORMS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- HISTORY OF BIOGRAPHY IN THE WEST -- ANTIQUITY -- THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE RENAISSANCE -- THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES -- THE 19TH CENTURY -- THE 20TH CENTURY AND AFTER -- OTHER LITERATURES -- BIOGRAPHY: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- CONFESSION -- DIARY -- HAGIOGRAPHY -- MEMOIR -- ROMAN À CLEF -- TABLE TALK -- CHAPTER 9 LITERARY CRITICISM -- FUNCTIONS -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- ANTIQUITY -- THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD -- THE RENAISSANCE -- NEOCLASSICISM AND ITS DECLINE -- ROMANTICISM -- THE LATE 19TH CENTURY -- THE 20TH CENTURY AND AFTER -- THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE -- CRITICISM AND KNOWLEDGE -- CRITICISM: TERMS AND CONCEPTS -- AFFECTIVE FALLACY -- ARCHETYPE -- CULTURAL STUDIES -- DECONSTRUCTION.

DECONSTRUCTION IN LITERARY STUDIES -- THE FURTHER SPREAD OF DECONSTRUCTION -- INFLUENCE AND CRITICISM -- EXPLICATION DE TEXTE -- FREUDIAN CRITICISM -- INTENTIONAL FALLACY -- NARODNOST -- NARRATOLOGY -- NEW CRITICISM -- NEW HUMANISM -- PLATONIC CRITICISM -- POSTSTRUCTURALISM -- THE SUBLIME -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.