The Application of Task-based Teaching in the Course of British and American Short Stories;

The Rise of the Novel and The Rhetoric of Fiction made to the development of the theories of British and American novels, and points out that The Rise of the Novel indicates the pluralistic studies of the novel, whereas The Rhetoric of Fiction helps to lay the foundation for the modern narratology.

This paper briefly reviews the historical development of the theories of British and American novels from pre-Jamesian period to the publication of three important theoretical books of the novel, summarizes and evaluates all important views of the novel and the unique contributions that each theoretician made to the development of the aesthetics of the novel.

The Crises of the Character and Its Transformation in Modern British Fiction;

Postcolonialism provides a new perspective for the interpretation and comprehension of British fiction with contents concerning colonialism and colonies.

This paper,on the basis of the introduction of the common and special usage of slang,will focus onits usage in English novels.

As a special kind of creative works of the English language,Lin Yutang s English novels interweave within them the author s original purpose to introduce the traditional Chinese culture,his own cultural idealism and other factors.

Many high school English teachers also consider it of little value to invest a large amount of time and energy in the reading of classical English novels.