
本书是文学研究的入门级教材。全书分为小说、诗歌、戏剧、文学评论写作等四大部分,每个部分内又分为情节、人物、背景、观点、风格、比喻、主题、作品选读等章节,理论与实践密切结合,由浅入深地教导学习者如何理解、欣赏、评论文学作品。其语言流畅而浅显,适合中国学生使用;其选文丰富多彩,既包括了学习者必读的经典作品,又引用了当代流行的知名作家的作品,读来生动有趣。本书可以作为大学英语专业本科生和研究生的文学课教材。
Chapter 1 Getting into Lit
PART 1 Fiction
Chapter 2 Profile of a Fiction Writer--Flannery O'Connor
Chapter 3 Plot
Chapter 4 Characterization
Chapter 5 Setting
Chapter 6 Point of View
Chapter 7 Style, Tone of Voice, and Irony
Chapter 8 Metaphor, Image, and Symbol
Chapter 9 Myth and Fiction
Chapter 10 Theme
Chapter 11 Cutting Edges: Metafiction and Avant-Pop
Chapter 12 A Bookshelf of Short Fiction
PART 2 Poetry 555
Chapter 13 Profile of a Poet--Langston Hughes
Chapter 14 Word Choice, Word Order, and Tone
Chap[er 15 Imagery and Symbolism
Chapter 16 Figures of Speech
Chapter 17 Sound, Rhythm, and Meter