Chapter 1 Romanticism and the Beginning(1789-1850) 1
Part 1 Introduction 1
Part 2 Plot 18
Part 3 Anonymous—The Child of Snow 23
Part 4 Washington Irving—Rip Van Winkle 27
Part 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne—Young Goodman Brown 45
Chapter 2 Changing Currents and Maturing Forms(1850-1900) 60
Part 1 Introduction 60
Part 2 Setting 74
Part 3 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin—The Story of an Hour 78
Part 4 Samuel Langhorne Clemens—Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 84
Part 5 Stephen Crane—The Open Boat 94
Chapter 3 Maturation and Renewal(1900-1935) 118
Part 1 Introduction 118
Part 2 Character 137
Part 3 Ernest Hemingway—A Day's Wait 140
Part 4 William Faulkner—A Rose for Emily 146
Part 5 F.Scott Fitzgerald—The Bridal Party 158
Chapter 4 Tradition and Experimentation(1935-1975) 177
Part 1 Introduction 177
Part 2 Theme 192
Part 3 John Steinbeck—Breakfast 197
Part 4 Bernard Malamud—The Magic Barrel 202
Chapter 5 Contemporary Flowering(1975-) 220
Part 1 Introduction 220
Part 2 Point of View and Mood 229
Part 3 John Updike—Son 232
Part 4 Tim O'Brien—Ambush 238
Chapter 6 Total Effect 242
Part 1 Faulkner—Bear 242
Part 2 Sherwood Anderson—Death in the Woods 257
Appendix—Glossary of Literary Terms 269
References 274
后记 275