Way to Wittiness Part One Theoretical Review Chapter 1 A Review of Western Tradition of Criticism 1.1 Greek&Roman Criticism 1.2 Criticism in the 17th and 18th Centuries 1.3 Criticism in the 19th Century 1.4 Criticism in the 20th Century Chapter 2 Some Prevailing Approaches 2.1 Traditional Approaches 2.2 New Criticism 2.3 The Linguistic Approaches 2.4 Structuralist Criticism 2.5 Stylistic Approach 2.6 The Rhetorical Approach 2.7 Feminist Criticism Part Two Approaches in Practice Chapter 3 Analysis of "To His Coy Mistress" 3.1 Traditional Approaches 3.1.1 The Genre of the Poem 3.1.2 Historical Biographical Considerations 3.1.3 Moral-Philosophical Considerations 3.2 The Exponential Approach in "To His Coy Mistress" 3.2.1 From Verbal Pattern to Philosophic Concerns 3.2.2 The Conceptualization of Time in To His Coy Mistress 3.2.3 Use of Sound in "To His Coy Mistress" 3.2.4 Sexual Imagery in "To His Coy Mistress" Chapter 4 Analysis of "Hamlet" 4.1 Traditional Approaches to Hamlet 4.1.1 The Text of the Play 4.1.2 A Summary of the Play 4.1.3 Historical Bibliographical Considerations 4.1.4 Moral Philosophical Considerations 4.2 Exponents in Hamlet 4.2.1 From Recurrent Symbol to "Felt Life" 4.2.2 Traps and the Motif of Love 4.2.3 Traps and the Motif of Reason, Madness, and Brutishness 4.2.4 Traps and the Motif of Thought and Action 4.2.5 Traps and the Dilemmas of Religion and Culture Part Three Analysis under Co-influence of both Tradition and Exponents Appendix1 Appendix2 Bibliography