本書分兩大部分。第一部分以通俗易懂的英語介紹英語文學閱讀的基本技能和方法,幫助讀者提高學習及欣賞英語文學作品的能力和水平。第二部分精選了十篇具有代表性的當代著名作家的短篇小說,每篇作品不但有作家介紹,而且提出一些問題引導讀者思考、領悟、回味與交流。
Part One Skills Needed For Reading Literature
Unit 1 Identifying the Main Idea
Unit 2 Making Inferences
Unit 3 Getting Meaning from Context
Unit 4 Using Ideas in New Contexts
Unit 5 Style and Structure
Unit 6 Figurative Language
Unit 7 Identifying Implications
Unit 8 Identifying Cause & Effect
Unit 9 Drawing Conclusions
Unit 10 Identifying Assumptions
Unit 11 Symbols"
Unit 12 Similes & Metaphors
Unit 13 Imagery
Unit 14 Characterization
Unit 15 Theme
Keys to Exercises
Part Two Selected Short Stories
A Rose for Emily William Faulkner
The First Seven Years Bernard Maiamud
Shot Actress—Full Story H.E.Bates
Life of Ma Parker Katherine Mansfield
A Message from the Pig-Man John Wain
The Dry Rock Irwin Shaw
Possessions George Ewart Evans
The Raid John Steinbeck
Late Night on Wading Street Bill Naughton
Araby James Joyoe