PART FIRST LITERARY CRITICISM IN ITALY Ⅰ.THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF RENAISSANCE CRITICISM i.Medieval Conceptions of Poetry ii.The Moral Justification of Poetry iii.The Final Justification of Poetry Ⅱ.THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE i.Poetry as a Form of Scholastic Philosophy ii.Poetry as an Imitation of Life iii.The Function of Poetry Ⅲ.THE THEORY OF THE DRAMA i.The Subject of Tragedy ii.The Function of Tragedy iii.The Characters of Tragedy iv.The Dramatic Unities v.Comedy Ⅳ.THE THEORY OF EPIC POETRY i.The Theory of the Epic Poem ii.Epic and Romance Ⅴ.THE GROWTH OF THE CLASSIC SPIRIT IN ITALIAN CRITICISM i.Humanism ii.Aristotelianism iii.Rationalism Ⅵ.ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN ITALIAN CRITICISM i.The Ancient Romantic Element ii.Medieval Elements iii.Modern Elements PART SECOND LITERARY CRITICISM IN FRANCE Ⅰ.THE CHARACTER AND DEVEILOPMENT OF FRENCH CRIICSM IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY i.Character ii.Development Ⅱ.THE THEORY OF POETRY IN THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE i.The Poetic Art ii.The Drama iii.Heroic Poetry Ⅲ.CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC ELEMENIS IN FRENCH CRITICISM DURDNG THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY i.Classical Elements ii.Romantic Elements Ⅳ.THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSIC IDEAL IN THESEVENTEENTH CENTURY i.The Romantic Revolt ii.The Reaction against the Pl?iade iii.The Second Influx of Italian Ideas iv.The Influence of Rationalistic Philosophy PART THIRD LITERARY CRITICISM IN ENGLAND Ⅰ.THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH CRITICISM FROM ASCHAM TO MILTON Ⅱ.THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE Ⅲ.THE THEORY OF DRAMATIC AND HEROIC POETRY i.Tragedy ii.Comedy iii.The Dramatic Unities iv.Epic Poetry
Ⅳ.CLASSICAL ELEMENTS IN ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM i.Introductory: Romantic Elements ii.Classical Metres iii.Other Evidences of Classicism CONCLUSION APPENDICES A.Chronological Table of the Chief CriticalWorks of the Sixteenth Century B.Salviati's Account of the Commentators onAristotle's Poetics BIBIOEBAPHY INDEX
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