《英国文学教程(上)(第2版)》文学史部分着重介绍、评价英国文学各个历史断代的主要历史背景、文学思潮、文学流派以及重要作家的文学生涯、创作思想、艺术特色及其代表作品的主题、人物、结构、语言等；文学作品部分选择了英国文学史上各个时期主要作家的代表作品，包括诗歌、戏剧、小说、散文等各种体裁，并对语言难点作了较为详细的注释。

Part I The old and medieval english literature(449-1485)
Chapter 1 The Anglo-saxon
Chapter 2 The medieval period
Chapter 3 Geoffrey chaucer
Part II The sixteenth-century English literature
Chapter 4 Introduction to the sixteenth century
Chapter 5 The sixteenth-century poetry
Chapter 6 The sixteenth-century drama
Chapter 7 William shakespeare
Chapter 8 The sixteenth-century prose
Part III The seventeenth-century English literature
Chapter 9 Introduction to the seventeenth century
Chapter 10 The seventeenth-century Drama
Chapter 11 The seventeenth-century poetry
Chapter 12 John milton
Chapter 13 The seventeenth-century prose
Part IV The eighteenth-English literature
Chapter 14 Introduction to the eighteenth century
Chapter 15 The eighteenth-poetry
Chapter 16 The eighteenth-century prose
Chapter 17 The eighteenth-century novel
Chapter 18 The eighteenth-century drama
Appendix I Abrief introduction to the study of literature
Appendix II Sample test paper