●Part Ⅰ Elements of the Short Story
Unit 1 Setting
The Three Strangers
The Man Who Was Almost a Man
Unit 2 Character
The Gardener
Dry September
Unit 3 Plot
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Winter Dreams
Unit 4 Point of View
The Story of an Hour
A Rose for Emily
Unit 5 Telling and Showing
The Killers
Barn Burning
Unit 6 Stream of Consciousness
The Mark on the Wall
Unit 7 Language and Style
Araby
A Hunger Artist
Unit 8 Atmosphere
The Signal-Man
Miss Brill
Unit 9 Irony and Humor
The Lottery
Luck
Unit 10 Symbol
The Shadow in the Rose Garden
A Woman on a Roof
Unit 11 Theme
The Celestial Omnibus
The Bet
Part Ⅱ Comprehensive Reading and Interpretation
Unit 12 The Minister's Black Veil:A Parable
Unit 13 Markheim
Unit 14 The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
Unit 15 The Chrysanthemums
Unit 16 The Magic Barrel
Unit 17 A&P
Unit 18 Everyday Use
Unit 19 Yellow Woman
Unit 20 In the American Society
Unit 21 Puppy
Appendix
Bibliography
內容簡介
本書共三,精選了四十篇短篇小說,分為上下兩部分,部分共有十二十一篇小說,按照小說素即環境,人物,情節,主題,視點等為線索編寫,選取相對典型的小說,通過放大小說的相關層面,引導學習者加深對英語小素和主題內容的認知,讓學習者初步熟悉、掌握對英語小說進行分析、解讀和批評的基本能力。第二部分精選了十九篇短篇小說,按照短篇小說的歷時性發展,涵蓋英美早期和19世紀,20世紀現代主義小說以及當代英語小說,選材按照短篇小說的演進脈絡,重點選取不同時期不同流派和主題風格的作品,兼顧所選作品在題材,主題和敘事技巧方面的時代特征。