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1、Introduction I.Whydowehavesuchcourse? Englishliteratureisoneofthecompulsoryandmostimportantcourses.However,theEnglishliteraturecoursesofferedaremerelytaughtattheleveloflearninggeneralinformationanddevelopingliteralunderstanding.Admittedly,suchcourseshelpt
2、hem/youalotintheir/youracquisitionoftheEnglishlanguage.ButthefunctionofEnglishliteraturereachesfarbeyondthat.InreadingEnglishliterature,astudentshouldhavethepowertodiscernhowhumanbeingstranslatetheirexperienceintoartisticexpressionandrepresentation;howwri
3、ters,throughtheircreativeimpulses,conveytoustheirinsightsintohumandestinyandhumanlife;andhowsocialconcernisinvolvedinaspecificformofhumanimagination.Inaddition,studentsshouldelevatetothelevelofcultivatingacuriosityfortheunknown,thinkingcogentlyandlogicall
4、y,expressingthemselvesclearlyandconcisely,andobservingtheworldaroundthemcriticallyandobjectively.Butmoststudentsarestillatalossastohowtheycaneffectivelyanalyzealiteraryworkbythemselvesinanyoftheserespects,eventhoughtheyhavereadplentyofexcerptsfromrepresen
5、tativeworksintheBritishandAmericanliterarycanon.Andtheytendtohavelittleideawhatrolethebeginningpartplaysinthewholestory,howtheplotdevelopsandcomestoresolution,inwhatwaypointofviewdeterminesareader’sunderstandingofthestory,andhowtheimagesandsymbolsarerelat
6、edtothetheme.Uponconsiderationofthesefactors,wehavesuchcoursewiththeintentionofcultivatingbothstudents’literarysensibilitiesandtheir/yourcriticalpowerwhenreadingEnglishshortstoriesandnovels. II.Introductionaboutreadingastory 1.WhatisStory? “Yes–oh,dear,ye
7、s—thenoveltellsastory.”ThisisForster’sremark,whichisworthspecialattention,forheissomeoneinthetradeandwithrichexperience.InhisAspectsoftheNovelhelists“story”asthefirstaspect.Peoplereadingnovelsforstoriesusuallyaskquestionslike“whathappenednext?”and“and”wha
8、twouldhedonext?”Thesequestionsattesttothetwobasicelementsofastory.Theoneistheeventandtheotherthetime.Astoryisaseriesofhappeningsarrangedinthenaturaltemporalorderastheyoccur.Storyisthebasisofthenovel,andindeedthebasi