| CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND | 第1-12页 |
| ·Brief introduction of Katherine Mansfield's life and works | 第8页 |
| ·Her important place in the development of modern British fiction | 第8-10页 |
| ·The influence of Russian writer Chekhov on Mansfield and her contribution to the later short-story writers | 第10-11页 |
| ·Her contribution to fiction theory and practice | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO WRINTING TECHNIQUES | 第12-19页 |
| ·Using virtues of impressionism for reference to attain the effect of 'Seeing the world in a grain of sand' | 第13-15页 |
| ·Creating a genre of the plotless story | 第15-19页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MANSFIELD'S WRITING SKILLS | 第19-30页 |
| ·Symbolic use of objects and incidents | 第19-20页 |
| ·Mansfield's skill of psychological description | 第20-21页 |
| ·Quiet clarity of details | 第21-22页 |
| ·Mansfield's remarkable use of metaphors and similes | 第22-23页 |
| ·Strict economy of words | 第23-25页 |
| ·Turning-points in Mansfield's short stories | 第25-30页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR K.M AND CHEKHOV | 第30-43页 |
| ·Background of Russian influence on Katherine Mansfield | 第30-31页 |
| ·Comparison between K.M and Chekhov | 第31-39页 |
| ·Dissimilarities between K.M and Chekhov | 第39-43页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THE CHINESE VIEW OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD | 第43-48页 |
| ·Background of the study and research on Mansfield in China | 第43-45页 |
| ·Extensive studies on Mansfield's work to draw on key concepts based on traditional Chinese literary criticism | 第45-48页 |
| CHAPTER SIX MANSFIELD'S UNIQUE WAY OF EXPRESSION | 第48-52页 |
| ·Mansfield's preference for compound adjectives and hyphenated multi-word phrases | 第48-49页 |
| ·Mansfield's preference for prepositional phrases to express an ongoing action to show its continuity and process | 第49页 |
| ·Mansfield's tendency to break the normal rules of syntax in order to reinforce the dynamics of words | 第49页 |
| ·Mansfield's special preference for the use of some words | 第49-50页 |
| ·Repetition of words for emphasis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Mansfield's use of suspension points and dash | 第51-52页 |
| CHAPTER SEVER CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| ENDNOTES | 第54-56页 |
| REFERENCES | 第56-57页 |
