作者简介 方岩,新疆石河子大学外国语学院副教授,长期从事英美文学研究和教学工作,教授英美文学及文化等课程,在校内开设“英美短篇小说”课程以来,深受学时欢迎。在靠前学术期刊上发表相关论文数十篇。 目录 Chapter One Plot1 Story One A Retrieved ReformationO.Henry 2 Story Two An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose Bierce 12 Chapter Two Point of View22 Story Three The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe 23 Story Four The Open WindowSaki (Hector Hugh Munro) 30 Chapter Three Character36 Story Five The Garden PartyKatherine Mansfield 37 Story Six The Revolt of “Mother”Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 52 Chapter Four Setting69 Story Seven ArabyJames Joyce 69 Story Eight RainWilliam Somerset Maugham 77 Chapter Five Style117 Story Nine Cat in the RainErnest Hemingway 117 Story Ten The Lady, or the Tiger Frank Stockton 124 Chapter Six Theme132 Story Eleven Young Goodman BrownNathaniel Hawthorne 133 Story Twelve A Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner 148 Chapter Seven Symbol161 Story Thirteen The Luck of Roaring CampBret Harte 162 Story Fourteen The FlyKatherine Mansfield 171 Chapter Eight Irony179 Story Fifteen Told by the SchoolmasterJohn Galsworthy 180 Story Sixteen A Cup of TeaKatherine Mansfield 188 Supplementary Reading197 I The Story of an HourKate Chopin 197 II My Oedipus ComplexFrank O’Connor 199 III The LotteryShirley Jackson 209 IV The Unicorn in the GardenJames Thurber 216 V The EggSherwood Anderson 217 VI A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceErnest Hemingway 226 VII Love of LifeJack London 230 VIII The LuncheonWilliam Somerset Maugham 245 IX The Open BoatStephen Crane 249 References270 内容推荐 本书选取乔伊斯、毛姆、曼斯菲尔德、艾伦·坡、欧·亨利、福克纳、海明威等英美作家的经典短篇小说,从情节、视角、人物、背景、风格、主题、象征、反讽等8个角度对这些小说进行解析。书中不仅有重要文学术语的解释和难词注释,还设置有思考题,不仅对每位作家做了简要介绍,还对每篇小说撰写了读后评论,并在后半部分补充了阅读材料。这样的安排和设计不仅与国内大专院校相关专业的小说选读课程设置相对应,也能让普通英语学习者接触经典的文学读本,提高英语水平并促进人文修养。通过情节等的分析,不仅使读者实现了阅读经典文本的体验,也能使读者对英文写作产生更深的认识。 |