Unit 1 "Early Autumn"

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: What Is Short Story?

Part 2: Elements of Fiction: Literary and Non-literary Writings, the Difference

Part 3: Sample Reading and Interpretation

Part 4: Discussion: What Makes “Early Autumn” a Short Story?

Unit 1 测验

Unit 2 "A Piece of Yellow Soap"

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: The Author, the Narrator and the Reader

Part 2: Elements of Fiction: The Narrator

Part 3:Reading and Interpretation of the Story

Part 4: Function of the Narrator and the Artistic Effect

Unit 2 测验

Unit 3 “Miss Brill”

Part 1: Character and Characterization: Introduction

Part 2: Katherine Mansfield: Introduction

Part 3: “Miss Brill”: Analysis

Part 4: Characterization in “Miss Brill”

Unit 3 测验

Unit 4 “Discus Thrower”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: The Setting and the Theme

Part 2: Richard Selzer and Medical Arts

Part 3: “The Discus Thrower”

Part 4: Setting and Theme in “The Discus Thrower”

Unit 4 测验

Unit 5 “A White Heron”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Story and Plot

Part 2: Sarah Orne Jewett: Introduction

Part 3: “A White Heron”: Analysis

Part 4: Plot in “A White Heron”

"A White Heron": Text

Unit 5 测验

Unit 6 “The Story of an Hour”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Irony

Part 2: Kate Chopin and the Historical Context of “The story of an Hour”

Part 3: “The Story of an Hour”: Analysis

Part 4: Irony in “The Story of an Hour”

Unit 6 测验

Unit 7 “Araby”

Part 1: Symbol: Introduction

Part 2: James Joyce: Introduction

Part 3: “Araby”: Analysis

Part 4: Symbol in “Araby”

Unit 7 测验

Unit 8 “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Romantic Fiction

Part 2: Frank Stockton and “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Part 3: Sample Reading and Interpretation

Part 4: Discussion: Romantic Characteristics of “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Unit 8 测验

Unit 9 “Guests of the Nation”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Realistic Fiction

Part 2: Elements of Fiction: The Principal Ideas of Realism

Part 3: Reading and Discussion: “Guests of the Nation”

Part 4: Characteristics of Realism in “Guests of the Nation”

Unit 9 测验

Unit 10 “The Law of Life”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Naturalism

Part 2: Jack London and the Historical Context of“The Law of Life”

Part 3: “The Law of Life”: Analysis

Part 4: Naturalism in “The Law of Life”

Unit 10 测验

Unit 11 “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Modernism the Concept

Part 2: James Thurber and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Part 3: What is “the Secret Life” of Walter Mitty?

Part 4: Mordenist Fiction：The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

Unit 11 测验

Unit 12 “The Glass Mountain”

Part 1: Elements of Fiction: Postmodernism

Part 2: Donald Barthelme and the Historical Context of“The Glass Mountain”

Part 3: “The Glass Mountain”: Analysis

Part 4: Postmodernism in “The Glass Mountain”

Unit 12 测验