《英语短篇小说选读(第二版)》注重英文名篇和文字质量,选取以文字简练优美而著称的英文名家短篇小说,很适合英语学习者提高理解水平,培养语感和了解英美社会与文化。从格式上,作者颇费心思地用“情节”“视角”“人物”“背景”“风格”“主题”“象征手法”“反讽”等几个写作要素来归类统领选篇。此次修订,作者调整了一些选篇,将原来因版权等问题不能收入的一些名家名篇收录其中,更加充实了内容,并且将课后习题做了进一步的优化,使之更好地帮助学生通过文学巩固语言知识。
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
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。