| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO DAN BROWN, HIS WORKS AND THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE | 第12-19页 |
| ·DAN BROWN AND THE DA VINCI CODE | 第12-15页 |
| ·THE BASIC SEMIOTIC TERMS AND THEORIES | 第15-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO A STUDY OF VERISIMILITUDE TO THE DA VINCI CODE BETWEEN AUTHOR-TEXT AND TEXT-READER | 第19-32页 |
| ·SOME STRATEGIES THE AUTHOR UTILIZES IN THE PROCESS OF ENCODING | 第19-26页 |
| ·VERISIMILITUDE ACHIEVED IN THE ACT OF READING THE DA VINCI CODE | 第26-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SO ME BLEMISHES DEBASING THE VERISIMILITUDE OF THE DA VINCI CODE | 第32-40页 |
| ·THE CLOSURE OF THE DA VINCI CODE | 第32-35页 |
| ·SOME UNCONVINCING CORRELATIONS IN THE DA VINCI CODE | 第35-40页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第40-43页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第43-45页 |
