本书由小说、诗歌、戏剧、文论和附录组成。全书以主要的三类文学体裁，即小说、诗歌、戏剧的特征、要素和流派为主线，精选经典作家的代表作品，通过对文本及具体要素的分析评论，使学习者掌握鉴赏、分析文学作品的必要技巧。

UnitoneFiction
1.1UnderstandingFiction
1.2PlotDavidHerbertLawrenceand"TicKets，Please".
1.3CharacterSherwoodAndersonand"TheEgg".
1.4PointofViewandToneMargaretAtwoodand"RapeFantasies".
1.5ThemeJamesJoyceand"TheDead".
1.6StyleErnestItemingwayand"InAnotherCountry"，
1.7SelectedCommentariesMarkSavin："ComingFullCircle：SherwoodAnderson's'TheEgg'".
L.J，Morrissery："InnerandOuterPerceptionsinJoyce's'TheDead".
1.8FurtherReadingLuigiPirandelloand"War".
studentPaper："Defining'War'".
UnitTwoPoetry
2.1UnderstandingPoetry
Voice：SpeakerandTone
RobertBrowningand"SoliloquyoftheSpanishCloister".
DictionwilliamBlakeand"London".
2.4ImageryWilliamShakespeareandSonnet130
2.5FiguresofSpeechEmilyDickinsonand"IliketoseeitlaptheMiles".
2.6SoundandRhythmE.E.Cummingsand"anyonelivedinaprettyhowtown".
2.7SelectedCommentariesHeatherGlen："TheStanceofObservationinwilliamBlake's'London'".
WilliamFreedman："Dickinson's'IliketoseeitlaptheMiles'".
2.8FurtherReadingRobertFrostand"Design".
StudentPaper："AnUnfoldingofRobertFrost's'Design'".
UnitThreeDrama
3.1UnderstandingDrama
3.2ShakespeareanComedywilliamshakespeareandAMidsummerNight'sDream
3.3TheProblemPlayGeorgeBernardShawandWidowers'Houses
3.4TheFeministTheaterSusanGlaspellandTrifles
3.5TheTheateroftheAbsurdSamuelBeckettand"Krapp'sLastTape".
3.6SelectedCommentariesKateKenaway："Shaw-lySomeMistake".
RobertBrustein："Krapp'sLastTape".
3.7FurtherReadingsophoclesandAntigone
studentPaper："AntigoneAStragglebekweenHumanandDivinePowers"
UnitFourLiteraryCiticism
4.1UnderstandingTwentieth-CenturyLiteraryCriticism
4.2MarxistCriticismRaymondWilliamsand"BaseandSuperstructureinMarxistculturalTheory".
4.3PsychoanalyticalCriticismSigmundFreudand"CreativeWritersandDay-Dreaming".
4.4FeministCriticismSandraM.Gilbert，SusanGubarand"TheMadwomaninthe
Attic：TheWomanWriterandtheNineteenth-CenturyLiteraryImagination".
4.5PostcolonialCriticismEdwardSaidand"'Introduction'toOrientalism".
4.6SelectedCommentaries
MaggieHunmm："FeministFutures".
LeelaGandhi："TheLimitsofPostcolonialTheory".
4.7FurtherReadingMargaretAtwoodand"SpeWing"，StudentPaper："AFeministCritiqueofMargaretAtwood's'Spell-ing'"
Appendixes
1.GlossaryofLiteraryTerms
2.LiteraryBackgroundInformation
3.SamplePapers
4.WehsitesforFurtherStudies
References