| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| 1.1 General Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Structure | 第16-18页 |
| 2. Commonality Between Music and Literature | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 Commonality in Form | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Commonality in Time | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Commonality in Language | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Commonality in Rhythm | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Commonality in Emotional Significance | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Commonality in the Lucidity of Emotional Significance | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2. Commonality in the Polysemy of Emotional Significance | 第24-26页 |
| 3. Musical Qualities in The Great Gatsby | 第26-39页 |
| 3.1 Polyphony and Its Presentation | 第27-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Concept of Polyphony by Bakhtin | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Presentation of Polyphonic Voices | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2 Ternary Form and Its Presentation | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Ternary Form | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Presentation of Ternary Form | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Jazz Improvisation and Its Presentation | 第34-37页 |
| 3.3.1 Relation between Jazz Improvisation and Literary Style | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Representation of Jazz Improvisation | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4 Jazz for Mood and Atmosphere and Its Presentation | 第37-39页 |
| 4. Musical Significance of The Great Gatsby | 第39-48页 |
| 4.1 Msuic and Text | 第39-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Music Creates Different Situations | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Music Helps Readers Understand Characters | 第42-43页 |
| 4.1.3 Music Creates a Sense of Space in Narrative Time | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Music and Readers | 第44-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Relating Physical and Psychological World | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Readers' Expectation and Reflection | 第45-48页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-52页 |
