短篇小说因其篇幅短小、内容精悍而吸引众多的作家和读者，可谓是文坛上最活跃的体裁之一。如何将短篇小说这一文体有效地介绍给学生读者呢？本书将从四个方面入手：一、介绍要素，如视角、人物、环境；二、纵览历史，如美国短篇小说；三、着手性别，如女性短篇小说家及作品；四、聚焦题材，如战争、科幻短篇小说。

短篇小说因其篇幅短小、内容精悍而吸引众多的作家和读者，可谓是文坛上*活跃的体裁之一。

封面
书名页
前言
使用说明
目录页
Unit 1 Expectation and Frustration
    Text A Eleven—Sandra Cisneros
    Text B Salvation—Langston Hughes
    Text C Ten Indians—Ernest Hemingway
    Text D Crickets—Robert Olen Butler
Unit 2 Repression and Rebellion
    Text A The Story of an Hour—Kate Chopin
    Text B Sredni Vashtar—Hector Hugh Munro
    Text C Gertrude Talks Back—Margaret Atwood
    Text D Saboteur—Ha Jin
Unit 3 Life and Death
    Text A Indian Camp—Ernest Hemingway
    Text B A Sunrise on the Veld—Doris Lessing
    Text C The Masque of the Red Death—Edgar Allen Poe
    Text D Death in the Woods—Sherwood Anderson
Unit 4 Innocence and Experience
    Text A The Grave—Katherine Anne Porter
    Text B Araby—James Joyce
    Text C One Holy Night—Sandra Cisneros
    Text D Wild Swans—Alice Munro
Unit 5 Alienation and Communication
    Text A A Tree.A Rock.A Cloud.—Carson McCullers
    Text B Hands—Sherwood Anderson
    Text C Gaston—William Saroyan
    Text D Present—Ali Smith
Unit 6 Prejudice and Transcendence
    Text A Cathedral—Raymond Carver
    Text B Everything That Rises Must Converge—Flannery OConnor
    Text C All He Need Is Feet—Chester Himes
    Text D Dry September—William Faulkner
Unit 7 Love and Suffering
    Text A The Lady with the Dog—Anton Chekhov
    Text B A Rose for Emily—William Faulkner
    Text C The Nightingale and the Rose —Oscar Wilde
    Text D Bliss—Katherine Mansfield
Unit 8 Fiction and Reality
    Text A How to Tell a True War Story—Tim OBrien
    Text B The Garden of Forking Paths—Jorge Luis Borges
    Text C Happy Endings—Margaret Atwood
    Text D The Swimmer—John Cheever