| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Two Literary review | 第10-14页 |
| ·Brief introduction of functional grammar | 第10页 |
| ·Halliday's systemic functional grammar and its transitivity system | 第10-12页 |
| ·Former applications of transitivity system in literary discourse analysis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Former stylistic analysis of Odour of Chrysanthemums | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Three Systemic functional grammar and cognitive linguistics | 第14-22页 |
| ·The main points of view of systemic functional grammar | 第14-16页 |
| ·The concept of system | 第14-15页 |
| ·The concept of function | 第15-16页 |
| ·The main points of view of cognitive linguistics | 第16-19页 |
| ·The experiential view | 第16-17页 |
| ·The prominence view | 第17-18页 |
| ·The attentional view | 第18-19页 |
| ·A comparison between systemic functional grammar and cognitive linguistics | 第19-22页 |
| ·The converging points of them | 第19-20页 |
| ·Criticism of formalism and TG grammar | 第19页 |
| ·The view of context | 第19-20页 |
| ·The view of grammar as pairings of form and meaning | 第20页 |
| ·The complementary between them | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Four Transitivity system in systemic functional grammar | 第22-24页 |
| ·The concept of process | 第22页 |
| ·The notion of transitivity | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Five The function of transitivity system in literary discourse analysis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Linguistic criticism | 第24页 |
| ·Transitivity system in literary discourse analysis | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Six Background knowledge of D. H. Lawrence and his works | 第26-30页 |
| ·D. H. Lawrence's social origin and his world-views | 第26-27页 |
| ·Lawrence's linguistic features | 第27-28页 |
| ·Main idea about Lawrence's Odour of Chrysanthemums | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Seven Cognitive interpretations of transitivity system Based on the analysis of a literary text | 第30-45页 |
| ·Representational function of transitivity system and experiential view of cognitive linguistics | 第30-34页 |
| ·Process types in transitivity system and event schemas in cognitive linguistics | 第34-41页 |
| ·Being schema and its function | 第36-37页 |
| ·Doing schema and its function | 第37-38页 |
| ·Experiential schema and its function | 第38-39页 |
| ·The function of event schema theory in Odour of Chrysanthemums | 第39-41页 |
| ·Circumstantial elements, voice in transitivity system and attention theory in cognitive linguistics | 第41-45页 |
| ·Circumstance and attention theory | 第41-43页 |
| ·voice and attention theory | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Eight Conclusion | 第45-49页 |
| ·Major conclusions reached in the thesis | 第45页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第45-49页 |