BCE0017 Animations

im new to scripting and i dont know anything about it so can you guys help me out with this animation that has to play when i press the "fire1" button. i get this error: Assets/MeleeScipt.js(12,42): BCE0017: The best overload for the method 'UnityEngine.Component.GetComponent.()' is not compatible with the argument list '(String)'.

 #pragma strict
 
 var Damage : int = 50;
 var Distance : float;
 var MaxDistance : float = 1.5;
 var TheKnife : Transform;
 
 function Update ()
 {  
     if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
     {
         TheKnife.GetComponent.<Animation>("Stab");
         var hit : RaycastHit;
         if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
         {
             Distance = hit.distance;
             if (Distance < MaxDistance) 
             {
                 hit.transform.SendMessage("ApplyDamage", Damage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
             
             }
         }
     }
 }