| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·About Edgar Allan Poe | 第9-10页 |
| ·Main Features of Poe's Short Stories | 第10-11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Construction of Mental Space | 第15-29页 |
| ·Cognitive Poetics and Mental Space Theory | 第15-18页 |
| ·Basic Views of Cognitive Poetics | 第15-16页 |
| ·Basic Views of Mental Space | 第16-18页 |
| ·Construction of Mental Space | 第18-22页 |
| ·Construction from Time | 第19-20页 |
| ·Construction from Space | 第20-22页 |
| ·Builders in mental space | 第22-29页 |
| ·Verbal Builders | 第22-24页 |
| ·Prepositional Builders | 第24-26页 |
| ·Clause Builders | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Construction of Mental Space of Single Character inPoe's Short Stories | 第29-38页 |
| ·Construction by Verbal Builders in Poe's Short Stories | 第29-31页 |
| ·Construction by Prepositional Builders in Poe's Short Stories | 第31-34页 |
| ·Construction by Clause Builders in Poe's Short Stories | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Construction of Mental Space Between Characters inPoe's Short Stories | 第38-47页 |
| ·Construction by Verbal Builders in Poe，s Short Stories | 第38-41页 |
| ·Construction by Clause Builders in Poe's Short Stories | 第41-44页 |
| ·Construction by Prepositional Builders in Poe's Short Stories | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第52-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
