کتاب ادبی An Introductory Guide to English Literature اثر Martin Stephen
این کتاب مناسب دانشجویان زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی است. کتاب An Introductory Guide to English Literature درامدی است بر ادبیات انگلیسی که از نثر و روایتی ساده و شیوا بهره می برد.
کتاب به بخش های زیر تقسیم بندی شده است:
Part 1: Essays : Writing essays
Part 2: Literary terms in general use : allegory, ambiguity, anachronism, bathos, burlesque, caricature, cliché, flat and round characters, genre, humours, hyperbole, imagery, irony, malapropism, metaphor, mock heroic, muses, myth, objectivity, paradox, parody, pastoral, personification, realism, satire, school, sentimentality, simile, style, subjectivity, symbol, theme, wit
Part 3: Drama : Talking points. Literary terms. History and reading list. Practical criticism and appreciation
Part 4: Poetry : Talking points. Literary terms. History and reading list. Practical criticism and appreciation
Part 5: The novel : Talking points. Literary terms. History and reading list. Practical criticism and appreciation
Part 6: Revision : The text. Notes. Essays. General points. A possible programme. Knowing the books
