《英美文学鉴赏导读(第2版高校英语专业教材)》编著者魏健馨。
《英美文学鉴赏导读(第2版高校英语专业教材)》是为大学英语专业开设英美文学课程而编写的文学赏析教程。同时,由于该书的设计具有突出的自主学习特征,也可供英美文学爱好者自学之用。
《导读》共有六大部分。**部分为“文学鉴赏总论”;第二至第五部分依次为“英语诗歌鉴赏分论”、 “英语戏剧鉴赏分论”、“英语小说鉴赏分论”和“英语散文鉴赏分论”;第六部分是“简明文学术语词表”,按字母顺序把常用的文学术语以词表形式列出,以方便读者随时查阅。
**部分“文学鉴赏总论”,主要从宏观上对文学领域里的关键要素进行简明阐述,使学生对文学鉴赏有一个全面把握主要内容包括:文学的本质;为何学文学;如何阅读文学;怎样写文学评论;怎样有效应对文学测试;主要的文学批评方法;重要的文学流派。
第二至第五部分分别为诗歌、戏剧、小说、散文鉴赏四个分论,分别对各类文体的性质、特征、思想内容、艺术表现形式、鉴赏方法等文学要素进行系统阐释.以帮助学生理清学习思路,掌握基本方法,*终达到有效鉴赏文学作品的目的。
在上述第二至第五部分的四个分论之后,分别遴选

Part 1 An Overall Guide to Appreciating Literature
1 What Is Literature?
1.1 Types of literature
1.2 Literature is language
1.3 Literature is fictional
1.4 Literature is true
1.5 Literature is aesthetic
2 Why Do We Read Literature?
2.1 To acquire knowledge and wisdom
2.2 To consolidate language competence
2.3 To read for pleasure
2.4 To improve understanding about life
2.5 To cultivate capacity of artistic appreciation
3 HOW to Learn Literary Texts?
3.1 Copying
3.2 paraphrase
3.3 Summary
3.4 Description
3.5 Analysis
4 How to Write About Literature?
4.1 Having something to say
4.2 Choosing a topic
4.3 Considering your audience
4.4 Collecting evidence
4.5 Developing argument
4.6 Writing die first draft
4.7 Revising
4.8 Documentation
4.9 The "Works Cited" page
4.10 Sample Essay 1
4.11 Sample Essay 2
5 How to Take Essay Tests?
5.1 Prepare thoroughly
5.2 Plan your answer wisely
5.3 Respond directly to the assignment
5.4 Add inserts when necessary
5.5 Write clear, simple, and correct prose
5.6 Be creative
5.7 Sample Test Essays
6 Major Critical Approaches
6.1 Formalistic criticism
6.2 Biographical criticism
6.3 Historical criticism
6.4 Psychological criticism
6.5 Sociological criticism
6.6 Feminist criticism
6.7 Reader-response criticism
6.8 Cultural studies criticism
6.9 Practical criticism
6.10 Some tips on applying critical approaches
7 Major Literary Schools
7.1 Classicism and neoclassicism
7.2 Romanticism
7.3 Realism
7.4 Naturalism
7.5 Modernism
7.6 Postmodernism
Part 2 A Guide to Appreciating English Poetry
1 Introduction
1.1 Nature of poetry
1.2 Various descriptions about poetry
1.3 Value of learning poetry
2 Scansion of Poetry
2.1 Rhythm
2.2 Meter and foot
2.3 Rhythmic patterns
2.4 Metrical mutations
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Part 3 A Guide to Appreciating English Drama
Part 4 A Guide to Appreciating English Fiction
Part 5 A Guide to Appreciating English Essays
Part 6 Short Glossary of Literary Terms
References

全书共分六部分。**部分“文学鉴赏总论”,从宏观上对重要的文学要素进行评介。第二至第五部分依次为“诗歌分论”、“戏剧分论”、“小说分论”和“散文分论”。各分论之后分别遴选了具有代表性的英美文学作品为例文,其编写架构为:作家介绍;原文节选;难点注释;作品点评;问题与练习。书的*后是附录:“简明文学术语词汇表”。