本书是让学生更加具体地体验和感悟英语文学，让教师更加灵活地施教，通过点拨、启发、引导学生创造性地解读文本，思考问题，避免让文学课落入枯燥乏味的知识传授的老套。

本书选择兼具思想性、文学性的被普遍认可的文学名家或新星的代表佳作。充分考虑英语是外语的事实，注重所选作品的可读性和易读性，选择中排除那些语言古旧拗口、容易挫伤学生学习积极性的传统名篇；同时充分注意作品的故事性和多样性，以提高学生的阅读兴趣，让文学作品充分展现它们本来应有的魅力。每单元简要介绍某一方面的文学知识，并与阅读文本有机结合，以“小说要素”为引导，帮助理解作品。所选作品一般都具有较大的阐释空间，强调文学作品的多义性，每单元提供思考、讨论的练习，鼓励学生充分发挥想象力，参与解读。除了12单元的课文之外，本教程另附8则小说名篇，提供简明的介绍和阅读讨论题，供教师选择使用。

Part 0ne

Unit One Langston Hughes：Early Autunm

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：The Short Story

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Two （1）I.B.Sing：The Washwoman

（2）Frank Sargeson：A Piece of Yellow Soap

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：TheAuthor,the Narratorand the Re

Text for Reading（1）

Text for Reading（2）

Interpretationand Discussion

Unit Three Richard Seizer：The Discus Thrower

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：The Setting and the Theme

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Four Somerset Maugham：Mr.Know-All

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：Character and Characterization

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Five Roald Dahl：The Taste

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：The Story and the Plot

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Six Mary Gavell：The Swing

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：Flashback and Foreshadowing

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Seven James Jouce：Araby

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：蚋Tone and irony

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Eight Frank Stockton：The Laby，or the Tiger？

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：Type of Short Story：Romantic Fiction

TextforReading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Nine Frank O'Connor：Guests of the Nation

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：Type ofShort Story：Realistic Fiction

Text forReading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Ten Jck London：The Law of Life

Key Words

Elements of，Fiction：Type ofShort Story：Naturalistic Fiction

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Disussion

Unit Eleven James Thurber：The Secret Life of Walter Mityy

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：Type ofShort Story：Modernist Fiction

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Unit Twelve Donald Barthelme：The Glass Mountain

Key Words

Elements of Fiction：Type of Short Story：Postmodernist Fiction

Text for Reading

Interpretation and Discussion

Part Two Additional Stories for Reading and Discussion

Additional Reading one Kate Chopin：The Story of an Hour

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Two Rabia Ozkaya：The Present

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Three Katherine Mansfield：Miss Brill

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Four Gary Gildner：Sleepy Time Gal

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Five Richard Jefferies：The Acorn-Gatherer

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Six Sherwood Anderson：The Egg

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Seven John Collier：The Chaser

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Additional Reading Eight O.Henry：After Twenty Years

Meet the Author

Text for Reading

Discussion Questions

Vocabulary