Contents
Chapter I Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
1. An Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Setting, Structure, and Conflicts
4. Major Themes
5. Motifs
6. Symbols
7. Irony
8. Characters Analysis
9. A Brief Analysis of Chapters 1-4
10. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 小说背景、结构与矛盾冲突
4. 重大主题
5. 主旨
6. 象征
7. 反讽
8. 主要人物分析
9. 具体章节分析(《傲慢与偏见》第1至第4章)
10. 思考题与论文题

Chapter II Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens
1. A Brief Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Protagonist, Antagonist and Climax
4. Major Themes
5. Motifs
6. Symbols
7. Characters Analysis
8. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 59
9. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 正反角色及高潮
4. 重大主题
5. 主旨
6. 象征
7. 主要人物分析
8. 简要分析第59章
9. 思考题与论文题

Chapter III Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
1. A Brief Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Plot, Structure and Setting
4. Themes, Symbols and Ideas
5. Analysis of Major Characters
6. Narrator and Style
7. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 58
8. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 情节、结构与背景
4. 主题、象征与思想观点
5. 主要人物分析
6. 叙述者与风格
7. 简要分析第58章
8. 思考题与论文题

Chapter IV A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
1. An Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Plot, Structure, Setting
4. Themes and Symbols
5. Analysis of Major Characters
6. Narrator, Point of View, Tone
7. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 15
8. Study Questions and Essay Topic
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 情节、结构、背景
4. 主题与象征
5. 人物分析
6. 叙述者、视角和语气
7. 简要分析第15章
8. 思考题与论文题

Chapter V Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
I. Dubliners
1. A Brief Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Stories
3. Structure and Setting
4. A Brief Analysis of Major Characters
5. Themes
6. Symbols
7. A Brief Analysis of Chosen Stories
8. Study Questions and Essay Topics
I. 《都柏林人》
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 结构与背景
4. 主要人物分析
5. 主题
6. 象征
7. 具体故事分析
8. 思考题与论文题
II. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1. A Brief Summary of the Story
2. Structure
3. Major Character
4. Motifs and Symbols
5. Narrative Point of View
6. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 3
7. Study Questions and Essay Topics
II. 《青年艺术家的肖像》
1. 故事简介
2. 结构
3. 主要人物
4. 主题与象征
5. 叙述视角
6. 第3章分析
7. 思考题与论文题

Chapter VI Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
1. An Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Setting, Structure, and Point of View
4. Major Themes
5. Style
6. Characters Analysis
7. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 小说背景、结构与视角
4. 重大主题
5. 文体
6. 人物分析
7. 思考题与论文题

Chapter VII The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1. A Brief Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summery of the Story
3. Setting and Structure
4. Major Themes
5. Symbols
6. Characters Analysis
7. A Brief Analysis of a Chosen Chapter
8. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 背景与结构
4. 重大主题
5. 象征
6. 主要人物分析
7. 具体章节分析
8. 思考题与论文题

Chapter VIII To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
1. A Brief Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Major Themes
4. Motifs
5. Symbols
6. Characters Analysis
7. A Brief Analysis of Chapters 1-3 of Part III
8. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者生平简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 重大主题
4. 主旨
5. 象征
6. 人物性格分析
7. 第三部分第1～3章简析
8. 思考题与论文题

Chapter IX Lord of Flies by William Golding
1. An Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Setting and Structure
4. Themes
5. Characters Analysis
6. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 8
7. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作家简介
2. 故事简介
3. 背景与结构
4. 主题
5. 主要人物分析
6. 第8章简析
7.思考题与论文题

Chapter X The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
1. An Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Structure and Setting
4. Themes
5. Motifs
6. Symbols
7. Characters Analysis
8. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 12 (The Minister's Vigil)
9. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 结构与背景
4. 主题
5. 主旨
6. 象征
7. 主要人物分析
8. 第12章简析(牧师的夜游)
9. 思考题与论文题

Chapter XI The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
1. A Brief Introduction to the Author
2. A Brief Summary of the Story
3. Structure
4. Characters Analysis
5. Major Themes
6. Symbols
7. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 1
8. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介
2. 故事梗概
3. 结构(意译)
4. 人物分析(意译)
5. 主题(意译)
6. 象征(意译)
7. 第1章简析(意译)
8. 思考题与论文题

Chapter XII The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1. An Introduction to the Author
2. Special Features
3. A Brief Summary of the Story
4. Structure and Setting
5. Major Themes
6. Motifs
7. Symbols
8. Characters Analysis
9. A Brief Analysis of Chapter 1
10. Study Questions and Essay Topics
1. 作者简介(意译)
2. 创作特色
3. 故事梗概
4. 结构与背景
5. 重大主题
6. 主旨
7. 象征
8. 主要人物分析
9. 第1章简析
10. 思考题与论文题

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