Part One Fiction 1
1 Definition and Types of Fiction 3
2 Elements of Fiction 7
3 Greek Mythology 12
（1）The Creation of Man by Prometheus 13
（2）The Wanderings of Dionysus 14
（3）Apollo and Hyacinthus 16
（4）Heracles'Eleventh Labor:The Apples of the Hesperides 17
4 Fables 20
（1）The Tortoise and the Eagle 20
（2）The Father and His Sons 21
（3）The Miser 21
（4）A Fable 22
5 Fairy Tales 26
（1）The Husband Who Was to Mind the House 26
（2）The Naughty Boy 28
（3）Puss in Boots 31
（4）The Twelve Brothers 35
（5）The Three Little Men in the Wood 40
（6）The Queen Bee 46
6 Short Stories 49
（1）The Storm 49
（2）A Dill Pickle 58
（3）The Black Cat 66
（4）Young Goodman Brown 78
Part Two the Essay 95
1 Definition of the Essay 97
2 Types of Essays 99
3 Elements of Essays 101
4 The Symposium 103
5 Of Revenge 109
6 The Battle of the Ants 112
7 Living like Weasels 117
8 A Modest Proposal 123
Part Three Poetry 133
1 Definition of Poetry 135
2 Types of Poetry 136
3 Elements of Poetry 138
4 The Iliad 153
5 Metamorphoses 159
6 When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes 166
7 On His Blindness 169
8 A Hymn to God the Father 171
9 Ode to a Nightingale 173
10 A Poison Tree 180
11 Ulysses 184
12 Journey of the Magi 188
13 Birches 191
14 Aunt Jennifer's Tigers 194
Part Four Drama 197
1 Definition of Drama 199
2 Types of Drama 200
3 Elements of Drama 202
4 Oedipus the King 205
5 Othello 213
6 A Doll's House 231
7 Krapp's Last Tape 251