《普通高中课程标准实验教科书》选修本《外国小说欣赏》实在是全新的教科书。单从话题设置看,“叙述”、“场景”、“主题”、“人物”、“情节”、“结构”、“情感”、“虚构”等八个要素,涵盖了小说的基本元素。这与传统的小说三要素相比,实在是很大的突破。传统观点认为,小说是以刻画人物为中心,通过完整的故事情节和具体的环境描写来反映社会生活的一种文学体 “Standard high school curriculum standard textbook” elective “foreign novel appreciation” is really a new textbook. Single from the topic set, “narrative ”, “scene ”, “subject ”, “character ”, “plot ”, “structure ”, “emotion Fiction ”and other eight elements, covering the basic elements of the novel. This is a big breakthrough compared with the traditional three elements of novels. According to the traditional view, the novel is a kind of literary body that describes the social life through depicting the characters as the center and through the complete storyline and specific environmental description