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 Narratorandthe 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 theTheme
Text for Reading
Interpretation and Discussion
Unit Four Someet Maugham:Mr.Know-All
Key Words
Elements of Fiction:Character andCharacterization
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 andForeshadowing
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:RomanticFiction
TextforReading
Interpretation and Discussion
Unit Nine Frank O'Connor:Guests of the Nation
Key Words
Elements of Fiction:Type ofShort Story:RealisticFiction
Text forReading
Interpretation and Discussion
Unit Ten Jck London:The Law of Life
Key Words
Elements of,Fiction:Type ofShortStory: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:ModernistFiction
Text for Reading
Interpretation and Discussion
Unit Twelve Donald Barthelme:The Glass Mountain
Key Words
Elements of Fiction:Type of ShortStory:Postmodernist Fiction
Text for Reading
Interpretation and Discussion
Part Two Additional Stories for Reading and Discussion
Additional Reading one Kate Chopin:The Story of anHour
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Two Rabia Ozkaya:The Present
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Three Katherine Mafield:Miss Brill
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Four Gary Gildner:Sleepy Time Gal
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Five Richard Jefferies:TheAcorn-Gatherer
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Six Sherwood Andeon:The Egg
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Seven John Collier:The Chaser
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Additional Reading Eight O.Henry:After Twenty Yea
Meet the Author
Text for Reading
Discussion Questio
Vocabulary