Story
& Structure, 编者:Laurence Perrine
短篇小说集。Academic Press Canada 出版。硬皮精装本。
编者在前言中说:"Story and Structure is written for the
college student who is beginning a serious study of fiction."
关于书中所选收的作品,编者说接下来说:"Its initial
assumption is that some stories repay more richly than others the time and effot of
reading them, and its objective is to help the reader identify, understand, enjoy, and
prefer such stories."
全书共分为两大部分:Part One: The Elements of the Short Story.
Part Two: Stories for Further Reading
第一部分为9 小部分,分别为:
1. Escape and Interpretation
2. Plot
3. Character
4. Theme
5. Point of View
6. Symbol and Irony
7. Emotion and Humor
8. Fantasy
9. The Scale of Value
每小部分项下各收入三五篇作品。
第二部分开列了10篇作品,包括 Mark Twain, Maupassant,
Hemingway, Hawthorn 等作家。 |