Preface A Letter to Students Chapter 1 Romanticism and the Beginning(1789-1850) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Plot Part 3 Anonymous--The Child of Snow Part 4 Washington Irving--Rip Van Winkle Part 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne--Young Goodman Brown Chapter 2 Changing Currents and Maturing Forms(1850-1900) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Setting Part 3 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin--The Story of an Hour Part 4 Samuel Langhorne Clemens--Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Part 5 Stephen Crane--The Open Boat Chapter 3 Maturation and Renewal(1900-1935) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Character Part 3 Ernest Hemingway--A Day's Wait Part 4 William Faulkner A Rose for Emily Part 5 F. Scott Fitzgerald--The Bridal Party Chapter 4 Tradition and Experimentation(1935-1975) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Theme Part 3 John Steinbeck--Breakfast Part 4 Bernard Malamud--The Magic Barrel Chapter 5 Contemporary Flowering(1975- ) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Point of View and Mood Part 3 John Updike--Son Part 4 Tim O'Brien--Ambush Chapter 6 Total Effect Part 1 Faulkner--Bear Part 2 Sherwood Anderson--Death in the Woods Appendix--Glossary of Literary Terms References 后記