目錄:1.Plot:A Sequence of Interrelated Actions or Events
Sample Reading
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
Christmas Day in the Morning
2.Characters:The People in Fiction
Sample Reading
The Catbird Seat
Two Kinds
3.Setting:Place and Objects in Fiction
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To Build a Fire
A Horseman in the Sky
4.Point of View:The Narrative Voice
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A Clean, Well—lighted Place
The Broken Globe
5.Theme:The Meaning and the Message in Fiction
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Yellow Woman
Rain
6.Style:The Words That Tell the Story
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My Oedipus Complex
Haircut
7.Tone:Attitude and Control in Fiction
Sample Reading
The Horse Dealer’s Daughter
Luck
8.Symbolism:A Key to Extended Meaning
Sample Reading
The Chrysanthemums
The Egg
9.Allegory:A Key to Extended Meaning
Sample Reading
Old Rogaum and His Theresa
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Biographical Sketches of the Authors
Glossary of Literary Terms
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