内容简介
随着第一版的面世，柯斯兹纳和芒代尔编写的《文学：阅读、反应、写作》为各个层次的学生揭开了文学的神秘面纱，使文学成为了他们生活的一部分。现在第五版的《文学：阅读、反应、写作》（小说卷）收录了更多的当代作家和名著精粹，并随书附赠《Literature in the 21st Century》CD-ROM，将文学经典领出了文学象牙塔，领进了学生的日常生活。
由美国著名学者柯斯兹纳和芒代尔编写、汤姆森公司出版的《文学：阅读、反应、写作》的小说卷，是一部很好的英语文学入门教材。它的观念时新，内容丰富，文学作品和文学理论有机结合，文学欣赏和文学研究紧密相连，生动活泼，深入浅出，对于学生培养文学兴趣，消除文学欣赏的神秘感，打好文学研究的基础，是非常有益的。
目录
Preface
1 Understanding Literature
2 Reading and Writing about Literature
FICTION
3 Understanding Fiction
4 Reading and Writing about Fiction
5 Plot
6 Character
7 Setting
8 Point of View
9 Style, Tone, and Language
10 Symbol and Allegory
11 Theme
12Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper": A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing
13 Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing
14 Fiction for Further Reading
Authors and Titles Index !
Index of Literary Terms !
Photos
POETRY
15 Understanding Poetry
16 Discovering Themes in Poetry
17 Reading and Writing about Poetry
18 Voice
19 Word Choice. Word Order
20 Imagery
21 Figures of Speech
22 Sound
23 Form
24 Symbol, Allegory, Allusion, Myth
25 The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing
26 The Poetry of Langston Hughes: A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing
27 Poetry for Further Reading
28 Biographical Sketches of Selected Poets
Index of First Lines of Poetry
Authors and Titles Index
Index of Literary Terms
Photos
DRAMA
29 Understanding Drama
30 Reading and Writing about Drama
31 Plot
32 Character
33 Staging
34 Theme
35 Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie: A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing
36 William Shakespeare's Hamlet A Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing
WRITING ABOYT LITERATURE
37 Three Special Writing Assignments
38 Writing a Research Paper
39 Using Literary Criticism in Your Writing
40 Writing Essay Exams about Literature
Appendix: Literary History: From Aristotle to the Present
Glossary of Literary Terms
Credits
Authors and Titles Index
Index of Literary Terms
Photos
