为满足新时代英语专业人才培养的需要，充分体现教材在文学教学与研究中的意义和价值，本教材精选了十余篇英美文学史上不同流派的代表性小说作品，从作者简介、故事梗概、小说背景、结构与矛盾冲突、重大主题、主要人物分析、具体章节分析等方面对其进行介绍和分析。本教材旨在更好地培养学生阅读理解英语文学原著的能力，帮助学生掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法，同时促进学生语言认知能力和人文素养的提高，并增强学生的跨文化交流能力。《英美经典小说赏析（第二版）》不仅吸收了近几年国内外英美文学研究的最新成果，加大了现、当代小说所占比例，使得学生能够接触和学习更富时代气息、更为实用的语言素材，而且还兼顾了内容的趣味性和语言的优美流畅性，有助于广大师生在英语语言和文学的教与学过程中潜移默化地构建赏析、评论文学作品的能力。

张文，武汉理工大学外国语学院英语系教师。外国文学与认知心理学博士，英国牛津大学和爱尔兰圣三一大学访问学者，都柏林大学心理学研究员，英国卡迪夫大学认知神经科学研究所研究员。主要研究方向为外国文学研究、跨文化研究、大脑神经与认知心理学研究、教育心理学研究等。主持科技部外专项目2项，出版学术专著1部，主编教材7部。

Chapter 1 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
1.1 An Introduction to the Author
1.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
1.3 Setting, Structure and Conflicts of the Novel
1.4 Major Themes of the Novel
1.5 Character Analysis
1.6 The Style
1.7 The Irony
1.8 A Brief Analysis of Chapters 1-4
Chapter 2 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2.1 A Brief Introduction to the Author
2.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
2.3 Protagonist, Antagonist and Climax of the Novel
2.4 Major Themes of the Novel
2.5 Motifs of the Novel
2.6 Symbols of the Novel
2.7 Character Analysis
2.8 Brief Analysis of Chapter 59
Chapter 3 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
3.1 An Introduction to the Author
3.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
3.3 Major Themes of the Novel
3.4 Character Analysis
3.5 Symbols of the Novel
3.6 Form and Structure of the Novel
3.7 The Selected Reading: Chapter 23
Chapter 4 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4.1 An Introduction to the Author
4.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
4.3 Major Themes of the Novel
4.4 Character Analysis
4.5 The Selected Reading
Chapter 5 Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
5.1 An Introduction to the Author
5.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
5.3 Major Themes of the Novel
5.4 Character Analysis
5.5 Form and Structure
5.6 Narrator and Style
5.7 Symbols of the Novel
5.8 A Brief Analysis of Chapter 58
Chapter 6 A Passage to India by E.M.Forster
6.1 An Introduction to the Author
6.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
6.3 Major Themes of the Novel
6.4 Character Analysis
6.5 Structure of the Novel
6.6 Symbols and Style
6.7 A Brief Analysis of Chapter 15
Chapter 7 Dubliners by James Joyce
7.1 An Introduction to the Author
7.2 A Brief Summary of the Stories
7.3 Structure and Setting of the Stories
7.4 Major Themes of the Stories
7.5 Character Analysis
7.6 Symbols of the Stories
7.7 A Brief Analysis of the Chosen Stories
Chapter 8 Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence
8.1 An Introduction to the Author
8.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
8.3 Setting, Structure and Point of View
8.4 Major Themes of the Novel
8.5 Character Analysis
8.6 Style
8.7 The Selected Reading
Chapter 9 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
9.1 An Introduction to the Author
9.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
9.3 Setting and Structure of the Novel
9.4 Major Themes of the Novel
9.5 Character Analysis
9.6 Symbols of the Novel
9.7 Brief Analysis of Chapter 8
Chapter 10 The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
10.1 An Introduction to the Author
10.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
10.3 Structure and Setting of the Novel
10.4 Major Themes of the Novel
10.5 Motifs of the Novel
10.6 Symbols of the Novel
10.7 Character Analysis
10.8 A Brief Analysis of Chapter 12
Chapter 11 The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
11.1 An Introduction to the Author
11.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
11.3 Setting and Structure of the Novel
11.4 Major Themes of the Novel
11.5 Symbols of the Novel
11.6 Character Analysis
11.7 A Brief Analysis of the Chosen Chapter
Chapter 12 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
12.1 An Introduction to the Author
12.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
12.3 The Structure of the Novel
12.4 Major Themes of the Novel
12.5 Character Analysis
12.6 Symbols of the Novel
12.7 A Brief Analysis of Chapter 1
Chapter 13 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger
13.1 An Introduction to the Author
13.2 A Brief Summary of the Story
13.3 Structure and Setting of the Novel
13.4 Major Themes of the Novel
13.5 Motifs of the Novel
13.6 Symbols of the Novel
13.7 Character Analysis
13.8 A Brief Analysis of Chapter 1
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