However, the modern sense of "literary theory" only dates to approximately the 1950s when the structuralist linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure began to strongly influence English language literary criticism.
Meski demikian, pengertian modern "teori sastra" bertanggal kira-kira tahun 1950-an, ketika linguistik strukturalis Ferdinand de Saussure mulai berpengaruh kuat terhadap kritik sastra bahasa Inggris.