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Introduction I. W hy do we have such co urse? Eng lish literature is o ne of the compulsory and most important courses. However, the Eng lish literature courses offered are merely taught at the level of learning general information and develo ping literal understand ing. Admitted ly, such courses he lp them/y ou a lot in their/y our acquisition of the English language. But the function of English literature reaches far bey ond that. In reading English literature, a studen t shou ld have the power to discern how human being s translate their experience into artistic expression and representation ; how writers, through their creative impulses, convey to us their in sigh ts in to human destiny and human life; and how social concern is involved in a specific form of human imagination. In addition, studen ts sho uld elevate to the level of cultivating a curiosity for the unknown, thin king cogently and log ically, expressing them selves clearly and concisely, and observing the world around them critically and objectively. But most stu dents are still at a lo ss as to how they can effectively analy ze a literary work by themselves in any of these respects, even though they have read plenty of excerpts from representative works in the British and American literary canon. And they tend to have little idea what role the beginning part play s in the whole story, how the p lot develop s and comes to resolution, in what way point of v iew determines a reader’s understanding of the story, and how the images and sy mbols are related to the theme. Upon consideration of these factors, we have such course with the intention of cultivating both studen ts’ literary sensibilities and their /y our critical power when reading English short stories and n ovels. II. Introductio n a bo ut reading a story 1 . What is Story ? “Yes –oh , dear, y es—the novel tells a story.” This is Forster ’s remark, which is worth special attentio n,