开设高等师范英语专业《英美文学选读》课程的目的,是使学生获得初步的英美文学史常识,涉猎各时期有代表性的英美作家某些主要作品的片断,初步具有运用马克思主义文艺理论基本观点评价英美文学作品的能力以及鉴赏文学作品中的语言艺术和文体风格的能力,从而全面提高学生的语言水平。因此,在这个课程中,必须既传授知识,又培养学生分析问题和解决问题的能力。但这个课程学时少(一般只有120——160学时),涉及面广, The purpose of offering “English and American Literary Reading” course for higher normal English major is to enable students to gain initial common sense in British and American literary history, to take the pieces of some major works of the representative Anglo-American writers in each period, and to have the basic application of Marxist literary theory Evaluate the ability of Anglo-American literary works, and appreciate the ability of language arts and stylistic styles in literary works so as to raise their overall language proficiency. Therefore, in this course, we must not only impart knowledge, but also train students to analyze and solve problems. However, this course less hours (usually only 120-160 hours), involving a wide range,