1. Introduction

1.1 What is literature?

1.2 Sample analysis：Early Autumn by Langston Hughes

Unit 1 测验

Preview short novel Early Autumn by Langston Hughes.

2. Features of literature

2.1 Features of literature

2.2 Sample analysis：Popular Mechanics by Vintage Carver

Unit 2 测验

3. Development of American literature and representative short story writers

3.1 Development of American literature

3.2 Law of development and representative short story writers

Unit 3 测验

4. Edgar Allan Poe

4.1 Brief introduction to Edgar Allan Poe and The Cask of Amontillado

4.2 Symbolism

4.3 Symbolism in The Cask of Amontillado

Unit 4 测验

5. Nathaniel Hawthorne

5.1 An Introduction to the author and Young Goodman Brown

5.2 Psychoanalysis in Young Goodman Brown

Unit 5 测验

6. Kate Chopin

6.1 An Introduction to the author and The Story of an Hour

6.2 Feminism

6.3 Feminism in The Story of an Hour

Unit 6 测验

7. Mark Twain

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Local Colorism

7.3 Local colorism in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Unit 7 测验

8. Sherwood Anderson

8.1 An Introduction to the author and The Triumph of the Egg

8.2 Point of view  in The Triumph of the Egg

8.3 Conflict in The Triumph of the Egg

Unit 8 测验

9. Ernest Hemingway

9.1 Ernest Hemingway

9.2 Nihilism

9.3 Nihilism in A Clean, Well-lighted Place

Unit 9 测验

10. William Faulkner (1)

10.1  An Introduction to the author and A Rose for Emily

10.2  Narratology (order) and application in A Rose for Emily

Unit 10 测验

11. William Faulkner (2)

11.1 Narratology (duration) and application in A Rose for Emily

11.2 Narratology (focalization) and application in A Rose for Emily

Unit 11 测验

12 William Faulkner (3)

12.1 Western Marxism

12.2 Western Marxism in A Rose for Emily

Unit 12 测验

13 Katherine Anne Porter

13.1 An Introduction to the author

13.2 Stream-of-consciousness and Theft

13.3 Application of stream-of-consciousness in Theft

Unit 13 测验

14. John Steinbeck

14.1 An Introduction to the author and The Chrysanthemums

14.2 Analysis of The Chrysanthemums

Unit 14 测验

15. O. Henry

15.1 An Introduction to the author and The Furnished Room

15.2  Theme and twist ending in The Furnished Room

Unit 15 测验