这63本书组成《美国高中英语文学核心读物》,并按照阅读的难易程度(文字本身的难度和理解的难度)分成入门级(相当于九年级)、初级(十年级)、中级(十一年级)、高级(十二年级)分成四个等级,每个等级里面再分成Classics、British Literature、 American Literature、International Literature四个类别,每个类别里都尽量含有各种文体(戏剧小说诗歌等)。可以直接按照自己的阅读水平选择适合自己的读物。
入门级 (18):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
2. Machiavelli: the Prince
British:
1. Austen: Pride and Prejudice
2. Orwell: Animal Farm
3. Dickens: Great Expectations
4. Golding: Lord of the Flies
5. Green: King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
American:
1. Buck: The Good Earth (注:此为”中国通“作家、《水浒传》的英文译者赛珍珠创作的以20世纪初中国为主题的《大地》,是美国人对中国的认识的文学基础)
2. Hersey: Hiroshima
3. Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
4. Tan: Joy Luck Club (美国的华人文学代表作)
5. Steinbeck: The Pearl
6. Webster: Daddy-Long-Legs
7. Frank: Alas, Babylon
International:
1. von Goethe: Sorrows of Young Werther
2. Julia Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent
3. Chekhov: Cherry Orchard
4. Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
初级 (17):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: Macbeth
2. Sophocles: Oedipus Rex
British:
1. Austen: Emma
2. Orwell: 1984
3. Dickens: Oliver Twist
4. Huxley: Brave New World
5. Chaucer: the Canterbury Tales
American:
1. Hemingway: the Old Man and the Sea
2. Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird
3. London: The Call of the Wild
4. Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
5. Miller: The Crucible
6. Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin
7. Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
8. Heller: Catch 22
International:
1. Ibsen: A Doll's House
2. Achebe: Things Fall Apart
中级 (16):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: King Lear
2. Homer: Illiad
British:
1. Bronte: Jane Eyre
2. Beckett: Waiting for Godot
3. Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
4. More: Utopia
5. Ishiguro: Remains of the Day
American:
1. Twain: Adventure of Tom Sawyer
2. Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
3. Chopin: The Awakening
4. Poe: Complete Tales and Poems
5. Miller: Death of a Salesman
6. Margaret: Gone with the Wind
International:
1. Kafka: Metamorphosis
2. Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment
3. Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front
高级 (12):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: Hamlet
2. Homer: Odyssey
British:
1. Conrad: Heart of Darkness
2. Dickens: Bleak House
3. Milton: Paradise Lost
American:
1. Hamilton: The Federalist Papers
2. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
3. Kerouac: On the Road
4. Faulkner: the Sound and the Fury
International:
1. Camus: The Stranger
2. Hugo: Les Miserables
3. Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude
转载自:新浪博客 “在美国见一水晶心”
入门级 (18):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
2. Machiavelli: the Prince
British:
1. Austen: Pride and Prejudice
2. Orwell: Animal Farm
3. Dickens: Great Expectations
4. Golding: Lord of the Flies
5. Green: King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
American:
1. Buck: The Good Earth (注:此为”中国通“作家、《水浒传》的英文译者赛珍珠创作的以20世纪初中国为主题的《大地》,是美国人对中国的认识的文学基础)
2. Hersey: Hiroshima
3. Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
4. Tan: Joy Luck Club (美国的华人文学代表作)
5. Steinbeck: The Pearl
6. Webster: Daddy-Long-Legs
7. Frank: Alas, Babylon
International:
1. von Goethe: Sorrows of Young Werther
2. Julia Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent
3. Chekhov: Cherry Orchard
4. Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
初级 (17):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: Macbeth
2. Sophocles: Oedipus Rex
British:
1. Austen: Emma
2. Orwell: 1984
3. Dickens: Oliver Twist
4. Huxley: Brave New World
5. Chaucer: the Canterbury Tales
American:
1. Hemingway: the Old Man and the Sea
2. Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird
3. London: The Call of the Wild
4. Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
5. Miller: The Crucible
6. Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin
7. Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
8. Heller: Catch 22
International:
1. Ibsen: A Doll's House
2. Achebe: Things Fall Apart
中级 (16):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: King Lear
2. Homer: Illiad
British:
1. Bronte: Jane Eyre
2. Beckett: Waiting for Godot
3. Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
4. More: Utopia
5. Ishiguro: Remains of the Day
American:
1. Twain: Adventure of Tom Sawyer
2. Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
3. Chopin: The Awakening
4. Poe: Complete Tales and Poems
5. Miller: Death of a Salesman
6. Margaret: Gone with the Wind
International:
1. Kafka: Metamorphosis
2. Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment
3. Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front
高级 (12):
Classics:
1. Shakespeare: Hamlet
2. Homer: Odyssey
British:
1. Conrad: Heart of Darkness
2. Dickens: Bleak House
3. Milton: Paradise Lost
American:
1. Hamilton: The Federalist Papers
2. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
3. Kerouac: On the Road
4. Faulkner: the Sound and the Fury
International:
1. Camus: The Stranger
2. Hugo: Les Miserables
3. Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude
转载自:新浪博客 “在美国见一水晶心”