| Abstract | 第1页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives of the Research | 第12页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Stylistics | 第15-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Stylistics Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Stylistics in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Foregrounding | 第17-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on William Makepeace Thackeray and Vanity Fair | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第23-29页 |
| ·Style and Stylistics | 第23-25页 |
| ·Style and Foregrounding | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three A Brief Introduction to William Makepeace Thackeray and His Vanity Fair | 第29-35页 |
| ·William Makepeace Thackeray and His Main Works | 第29-30页 |
| ·Vanity Fair | 第30-35页 |
| Chapter Four Foregrounding Exploration and Discussion | 第35-65页 |
| ·Lexical Category | 第35-42页 |
| ·Nouns | 第35-37页 |
| ·Verbs | 第37-39页 |
| ·Adjectives | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Use of French | 第41-42页 |
| ·Grammatical Category | 第42-50页 |
| ·Simple Sentence and Complex Sentence | 第42-46页 |
| ·Loose Sentence and Period Sentence | 第46-50页 |
| ·Semantic Category | 第50-58页 |
| ·Irony | 第50-52页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第53-56页 |
| ·Inversion | 第56-58页 |
| ·Pun | 第58页 |
| ·The Presentation of Speech and Thought | 第58-63页 |
| ·Direct Speech and Indirect Speech | 第59-61页 |
| ·Direct Thought and Indirect Thought | 第61-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five Major Findings and Implications | 第65-69页 |
| ·Major Findings and Implications | 第65-67页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75-77页 |
| Publications | 第77页 |
