本书完整地提供了文学阅读、文学详论、文学写作、课程内容,随书还附赠“21世纪文学”光盘 一张。

随着第一版的面世，柯斯兹纳和芒代尔编写的《文学：阅读、反应、写作》为各个层次的学生揭开了文学的神秘面纱，使文学成为了他们生活的一部分。现在第五版的《文学：阅读、反应、写作》(戏剧和文学批评写作卷)收录了更多的当代作家和名著精粹，并随书附赠《Literature in the 21st Centrey》CD-ROM，将文学经典领出了文学象牙塔，领进了学生的日常生活。

Preface Xi

Understanding Literature  1

Reading and Writ．ng about Literatu re 15

FICTION

Understanding Fiction  43

Reading and Writing about Fiction  57

Plot  82

Character  121

Setting  171222

Style，Tone，and Language  276

Symbol and Al legory  330

Theme 381

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”：

A Casebook for Reading，Research，and Writing 445

Joyce Carol OatesrS“Where Are You Going，Where Have

You Been?“：A Casebook for Reading r Research．and Writing  492

Fiction for Further Reading  541

Authors and Titles Index 11

Index of Literary Terms  114

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POETRY

U nderstand i ng Poetry 767

Discoveri ng Themes i n Poetry 775

Reading and Writing about Poetry 801

Voice  822

Word Choice，Word Order  865

Imagery 897

Figu res of Speech 916

Sound 948

FOrm 976

Symbol，Allegory,Allusion，Myth 1012

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson：A Casebook

for Read i ng，Research，and Writi ng 1 039

The Poetry of Langston Hughes：A Casebook

for Reading，Research，and Writing 1098

Poetry for Further Reading 7 149

Biographical Sketches of Selected Poets 1256

Index of First Lines of Poetry 11

Authors and Titles Index 15

Index of Literary Terms  118

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DRAMA

Understanding Drama 1289

Reading and Writing about Drama  1316

Plot 1336

Character  1457

Staging  1638

Theme  1766

Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie：

A Casebook for Reading，Research，and Writing  1904

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet A Casebook for

Reading，Research，and Writing 2000

WRITING ABOUY LITERATURE

Three Special Writing Assignments  2143

Writi ng a Research Paper  2165

Using Literary Criticism in Your Writing  2799

Writing Essay Exams about Literature  2220

Appendix：Literary History：From Aristotle to the Present 2229

Glossary of Literary Terms G1

Credits C1

Authors and Titles Index 11

Index of Literary Terms 114

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