| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Purpose of this Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of this Thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of this Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-24页 |
| ·Review of the Studies on E.E.Cummings | 第13-15页 |
| ·Studies on Cummings Abroad | 第13-14页 |
| ·Studies on Cummings at Home | 第14-15页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies on Cummings | 第15页 |
| ·Review of the Studies on Iconicity | 第15-22页 |
| ·Iconicity;A Challenge to Arbitrariness | 第15-18页 |
| ·Studies on Iconicity Abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Studies on Iconicity at Home | 第20-21页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies on Iconicity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Approaching Iconicity Theory | 第24-29页 |
| ·Definition of Iconicity | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classification of Iconicity | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Imagic Iconicity in E.E.Cummings' Poems | 第29-43页 |
| ·Phonological Iconicity in Cummings' Poems | 第29-36页 |
| ·Definition of Phonological Iconicity | 第29-31页 |
| ·Phonological Iconicity on Word and Sentence Levels in Cummings' Poems | 第31-32页 |
| ·Phonological Iconicity on Text-Level in Cummings' Poems | 第32-36页 |
| ·Graphological Iconicity in Cummings' Poems | 第36-41页 |
| ·Graphological Iconicity on Word-Level in Cummings' Poems | 第37-38页 |
| ·Graphological Iconicity on Text-Level in Cummings' Poems | 第38-40页 |
| ·Graphological Iconicity on Punctuation in Cummings' Poems | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Diagrammatic Iconicity in E.E.Cummings' Poems | 第43-57页 |
| ·Diagrammatic Iconicity on Word-Level in Cummings' Poems | 第43-45页 |
| ·Diagrammatic Iconicity on Sentence and Text Levels in Cummings' Poems | 第45-56页 |
| ·Sequence Iconicity in Cummings' Poems | 第46-51页 |
| ·Sequence Iconicity on Sentence-Level in Cummings' Poems | 第46-49页 |
| ·Sequence Iconicity on Text-Level in Cummings' Poems | 第49-51页 |
| ·Quantity Iconicity in Cummings' Poems | 第51-54页 |
| ·Symmetrical Iconicity in Cummings' Poems | 第54-55页 |
| ·Distance or Proximity Iconicity in Cummings' Poems | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Summary of this Thesis | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第64页 |
