This guide provides a general introduction to Library resources relating to Comparative Literature.
Criticism: an official term for literary theory. But a simple search for "criticism" will also pick up material with subheadings such as "criticism and interpretation" or "history and criticism." The best way to find literary theory is to use 'Criticism' as subject heading in Advanced search and then use the filter menu on the left to limit the subject to 'English Literature', 'American Literature', 'Literature', 'Criticism', 'History and Criticism', 'Drama', 'Fiction', 'Poetry', 'Theatre', 'Literary Criticism', etc.
"Theory, etc." a common subheading: try adding this phrase to your other search terms in an Advanced Search. Other theory-related subheadings include rhetoric and criticism. If you've found a search formula for your topic that works well in HOLLIS and you want to narrow your results down to theoretical treatments, try adding AND ("theory, etc." OR rhetoric OR criticism).
Use this term for subject search: Literature--History and criticism--Theory etc.
Name as subject: Another good strategy is to search for a theorist's name in the subject field: this will turn up subsequent discussions of his or her theory. (If you get too many results, try adding AND "criticism and interpretation".)
