前言 Chapter 1 Introduction Unit 1 What is Literature? Unit 2 Genres of Literature Unit 3 Literature and Moral Education Chapter 2 Fiction Unit 1 General Introduction to Fiction Unit 2 Story and Plot: Joseph Conrad' s The Lagoon 2.1 Elements of Fiction: Story and Plot 2.2 Joseph Conrad and His Literary Life 2.3 Introduction to The Lagoon 2.4 Selected Readings 2.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 2.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 3 Setting and Theme: Herman Melville and his Moby Dick 3.1 Elements of Fiction: Setting and Theme 3.2 Herman Melville and His Literary Life 3.3 Introduction to Moby Dick 3.4 Selected Readings 3.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 3.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 4 Characters and Characterization: William Somerset Maugham and his The Moon and Six Pence 4.1 Elements of Fiction: Characters and Characterization 4.2 William Somerset Maugham and His Literary Life 4.3 Introduction to The Moon and Sixpence 4.4 Selected Readings 4.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 4.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 5 Narrator and Point of View: Alice Walker's Everyday Use for Your Grandmama 5.1 Elements of Fiction: Narrator and Point of View 5.2 Alice Walker and Her Literary Life 5.3 Introduction to Everyday Use for Your Grandmama 5.4 Selected Readings 5.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 5.6 Supplementary Reading Chapter 3 Poetry Unit 1 General Introduction to Poetry Unit 2 Types of Poetry: Poetic Writings in Renaissance 2.1 Types of Poetry 2.2 Edmund Spencer and William Shakespeare 2.3 Introduction to the Selected Poems 2.4 Selected Readings 2.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 2.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 3 Elements in Poetry: Poetic Writings of Romanticism 3.1 Elements in poetry 3.2 William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman 3.3 Introduction to the Selected Poems 3.4 Selected Readings 3.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings
3.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 4 Poetic Devices in Poetry: Poetic Writings of Modernism 4.1 Poetic Devices in Poetry 4.2 T.S. Eliot 4.3 Introduction to The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 4.4 Selected Readings 4.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 4.6 Supplementary Reading Chapter 4 Drama Unit 1 General Introduction to Drama 1.1 The Origin of Drama 1.2 The Elements of Drama Unit 2 Conflict in Drama: King Lear 2.1 Elements of Drama: Conflict 2.2 William Shakespeare and His Achievements 2.3 The Plots of the Drama 2.4 Selected Readings 2.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 2.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 3 Dialogue in Drama: Pygmalion 3.1 Elements of Drama: Dialogue 3.2 George Bernard Shaw and His Achievements 3.3 The Plots of the Drama 3.4 Selected Readings 3.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 3.6 Supplementary Reading Unit 4 Theme in Drama: The Glass Menagerie 4.1 Elements of Drama: Theme 4.2 Tennessee Williams and His Achievements 4.3 The Plots of the Drama 4.4 Selected Readings 4.5 Appreciation of Selected Readings 4.6 Supplementary Reading References