| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 前言 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Poems in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第13-15页 |
| 1.1.1 An introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.1.2 The Effects of Poems in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2.1 The Purpose of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2.2 The Significance of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 The General Framework of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 The Literature Review of Research on A Dream of Red Mansions | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1.1 The Division of Hong Academic Research | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Three Directions of Hong academic research | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Main Research At Home | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Main Research Abroad | 第23页 |
| 2.2 The Literature Review of Research on Metaphor | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Recent Studies Adopting the Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Problems Confronted by the Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第27-42页 |
| 3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Image Metaphors | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.3 The Experiential Basis of Metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 Cognitive Mechanisms | 第34-38页 |
| 3.3 Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs): | 第38-41页 |
| 3.3.1 Lakoff's Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3.2 Lakoff's Cluster Models | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3.3 Lakoff's Metonymic Models | 第40-41页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cognitive Analysis of Poetic Metaphors in | 第42-55页 |
| 4.1 The Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theories in Analyzing Poetic | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Case Study 1: The Analysis of WRITING ABOUT THE CHRYSANTHEMUM | 第44-49页 |
| 4.3 Case Study 2: The Analysis of ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END | 第49-54页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-60页 |
