| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Why Choose Lin Yutang as a Case Study | 第7页 |
| ·Why Choose to Analyze Lin and The Importance of Living from the Perspective of Western Rhetoric | 第7-9页 |
| ·The Purpose of this Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Western Rhetoric and Symbolic Power:Theoretical Underpinnings | 第11-17页 |
| ·Western Rhetoric is a True Art | 第11-13页 |
| ·Western Rhetoric is more than Communication:Why Western Rhetoric is Useful | 第13-14页 |
| ·Western Rhetoric and Rhetor's Qualities | 第14-16页 |
| ·Western Rhetoric and Symbolic Power | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two A Rhetorical Perspective on Lin Yutang | 第17-27页 |
| ·Lin Yutang:an Eloquent Rhetor Bridging East and West | 第17-21页 |
| ·Understanding the West and the East | 第21-27页 |
| Chapter Three A Rhetorical Perspective on The Importance of Living | 第27-35页 |
| ·Rhetorical Situation of The Importance of Living | 第27-29页 |
| ·Fitting Responses by Lin Yutang | 第29-35页 |
| Chapter Four What Lin's Rhetorical Way of Interpreting China to the West Means for Us Today | 第35-39页 |
| References | 第39-42页 |
| 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果 | 第42-43页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第43-44页 |
| 个人简历 | 第44页 |
