Inheritance: The American school inherited the structuralism thought of the French school, emphasizing the structure and form of literary works and paying attention to the analysis and deconstruction of texts. The French school emphasizes the historical and social background of literary works, and the American school has also inherited it in this respect, paying attention to the influence of the history of literary works on works. Both the American School and the French School pay attention to the interpretation and understanding of literary works. The American school pays more attention to readers' subjective feelings and experiences, while the French school pays more attention to the objective analysis and deconstruction of the text.

Innovation: The American school developed postmodernism on the basis of structuralism, emphasizing the diversity and uncertainty of literary works and paying attention to the deconstruction and reconstruction of texts. The French school pays attention to the historical and social background of literary works, while the American school pays more attention to the influence and reflection of literary works on contemporary society and culture, and pays attention to the modernity and times of literary works.

Thoughts and ideas

The American school pays attention to the subjective feeling and experience of literary works, the participation and interaction of readers, and the emotion and experience of literary works, while the French school pays more attention to the rational analysis and deconstruction of literary works and the ideas and concepts of literary works. To sum up, there are similarities in inheritance between aesthetics school and law school, but there are differences in innovation.

American school pays more attention to the modernity and times of literary works, emphasizes the diversity and uncertainty of literary works, and pays attention to readers' subjective feelings and experiences. The French school pays more attention to the historical and social background of literary works, the rational analysis and deconstruction of literary works, and the ideas and concepts of literary works.