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本书主要用于课堂讨论。多年来,编者在北京外国语大学英语系学院教授专业选修课“短篇小说与西方文化”,本书是在该课程试用教材的基础上编写的,旨在拓宽学生的文学和文化视野,让学生触摸和反思西方文明,感悟情感教育,掌握解读英语短篇小说的基本原理和技巧,了解西方文学思潮和理论,提高理论分析和批判思维的能力。
Unit 1 Introduction: Reading the Short Story to Discover Meaning
Anton Chekhov, "A Wicked Boy"
Unit 2 Desire
Frank O''Connor, "My Oedipus Complex"
Katherine Mansfield, "Feuille d''Album"
Unit 3 Man and Woman
John Collier, "The Chaser''
Unit 4 Marriage and Family
Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"
John Updike, "Unstuck"
Unit 5 Capital and Commodity
Max Shulman, "Love Is a Fallacy"
Mark Twain, "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note"
D. H. Lawrence, "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
Unit 6 Society and Tradition
James Joyce, "The Boarding House"
William E. Barrett, "Senor Payroll"
Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery"
Unit 7 Racial Conflict
Somerset Maugham, "Mr. Know-All"
Unit 8 Reality and Representation
O. Henry, "The Last Leaf"
Milos Macourek, "Jacob''s Chicken"
Julio Cortazar, "Continuity of Parks"
Unit 9 Man vs. Nature
Jack London, "To Build a Fire"
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