| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Rationale | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purposes of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| ·Previous Study of English Biography | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Study of Multimodality | 第17-23页 |
| ·The Identification of Multimodal Discourse | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Occurrence of Sensory Modalities | 第18页 |
| ·Mode,Media and Modality | 第18页 |
| ·Monomodal and Multimodal Discourses | 第18-19页 |
| ·Brief Literature Review of SFL Theories on Multimodal Discourse | 第19-21页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of MDA | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Study of Genre | 第23-30页 |
| ·Definition of Genre—Swalesian Definition & SFL Definition | 第23-27页 |
| ·Three Stages of the Development of Genre Theory | 第27页 |
| ·Characteristics of Genre & Genre Theory | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-48页 |
| ·Integrated Theoretical Framework from the Generic Perspective | 第30-45页 |
| ·Hasan's Genre Theory | 第31-37页 |
| ·Martin's Genre Theory | 第37-42页 |
| ·Comparison between Hasan's and Martin's Genre Theories | 第42-45页 |
| ·Framework for Statistic Analysis of Visual Images | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis | 第48-98页 |
| ·Generic Structure Potential of English Biographies | 第48-53页 |
| ·Generic Structure Potential of Monomodal English Biographies | 第48-50页 |
| ·Generic Structure Potential of Multimodal English Biographies | 第50-51页 |
| ·Generic Relations between Monomodal & Multimodal English Biographies | 第51-53页 |
| ·SS Analyses and Comparative Studies of the Body Texts of English Biographies | 第53-81页 |
| ·SS Analyses of the Body Texts of English Biographies | 第54-70页 |
| ·A General Comparative Study of All Schematic Structures | 第70-73页 |
| ·Comparative Study of the Stages of All Schematic Structures | 第73-78页 |
| ·Comparative Study of the Phases of All Schematic Structures | 第78-81页 |
| ·Statistic Analysis of Visual Images in Multimodal English Biographies | 第81-88页 |
| ·Types of Visual Images | 第81-82页 |
| ·The Distributions of Four Types of Visual Images in Stages & Biographies | 第82-84页 |
| ·Statistic Analysis of Visual Images concerning CR & CP | 第84-88页 |
| ·Semantic Expansion of Multimodal English Biographies | 第88页 |
| ·Macroscopic Differences between Monomodal & Muitimodal English Biographies | 第88-93页 |
| ·Differences in Information Quantities between Monomodal & Multimodal English Biographies | 第89-90页 |
| ·Differences in Reading Paths between Monomodal & Multimodal English Biographies | 第90-93页 |
| ·Summary | 第93-97页 |
| ·The Developmental Trend from Monomodal to Multimodal English Biographies | 第97-98页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第98-103页 |
| ·Summary | 第98-101页 |
| ·Limitations | 第101-102页 |
| ·Future Research | 第102-103页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Statistics of Visual Images in Vel(?)zquez and His Times | 第103-107页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Statistics of Visual Images in Thomas Paine—Firebrand of the Revolution | 第107-109页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Statistics of Visual Images in The Life and Times of Scott Joplin | 第109-110页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Statistics of Visual Images in The Discovery of Anti-matter | 第110-112页 |
| References | 第112-116页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第116页 |
