美国文学入门 短篇小说

Chapter 1 Romanticism and the Beginning(1789-1850) 1

Part 1 Introduction 1

Part 2 Plot 18

Part 3 Anonymous—The Child of Snow 23

Part 4 Washington Irving—Rip Van Winkle 27

Part 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne—Young Goodman Brown 45

Chapter 2 Changing Currents and Maturing Forms(1850-1900) 60

Part 1 Introduction 60

Part 2 Setting 74

Part 3 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin—The Story of an Hour 78

Part 4 Samuel Langhorne Clemens—Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 84

Part 5 Stephen Crane—The Open Boat 94

Chapter 3 Maturation and Renewal(1900-1935) 118

Part 1 Introduction 118

Part 2 Character 137

Part 3 Ernest Hemingway—A Day's Wait 140

Part 4 William Faulkner—A Rose for Emily 146

Part 5 F.Scott Fitzgerald—The Bridal Party 158

Chapter 4 Tradition and Experimentation(1935-1975) 177

Part 1 Introduction 177

Part 2 Theme 192

Part 3 John Steinbeck—Breakfast 197

Part 4 Bernard Malamud—The Magic Barrel 202

Chapter 5 Contemporary Flowering(1975-) 220

Part 1 Introduction 220

Part 2 Point of View and Mood 229

Part 3 John Updike—Son 232

Part 4 Tim O'Brien—Ambush 238

Chapter 6 Total Effect 242

Part 1 Faulkner—Bear 242

Part 2 Sherwood Anderson—Death in the Woods 257

Appendix—Glossary of Literary Terms 269

References 274

后记 275