本书是《美国文学入门》系列教材的**册“短篇小说”部分,是为适应地方高校快速发展而编写的,本册共有6个单元一个附录。每单元包括3大部分:1.文学发展概况;2.小说要素学习;3.名家短篇欣赏。各部分后均有相应的巩固、提高练习(包括问答、词汇、写作和初步研究)。编写本书旨在使学生通过系列教材的学习,掌握美国文学发展的脉络、学会欣赏不同体裁的文学作品,全面提高文学、文化素养和综合使用语言的能力,为今后的进一步深造打下基础。

Preface A Letter to Students Chapter 1 Romanticism and the Beginning(1789-1850) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Plot Part 3 Anonymous--The Child of Snow Part 4 Washington Irving--Rip Van Winkle Part 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne--Young Goodman Brown Chapter 2 Changing Currents and Maturing Forms(1850-1900) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Setting Part 3 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin--The Story of an Hour Part 4 Samuel Langhorne Clemens--Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Part 5 Stephen Crane--The Open Boat Chapter 3 Maturation and Renewal(1900-1935) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Character Part 3 Ernest Hemingway--A Day's Wait Part 4 William Faulkner A Rose for Emily Part 5 F. Scott Fitzgerald--The Bridal Party Chapter 4 Tradition and Experimentation(1935-1975) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Theme Part 3 John Steinbeck--Breakfast Part 4 Bernard Malamud--The Magic Barrel Chapter 5 Contemporary Flowering(1975- ) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Point of View and Mood Part 3 John Updike--Son Part 4 Tim O'Brien--Ambush Chapter 6 Total Effect Part 1 Faulkner--Bear Part 2 Sherwood Anderson--Death in the Woods Appendix--Glossary of Literary Terms References 后记