| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第15-20页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Research Purpose and Significance | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3 Outline of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-33页 |
| 2.1 Relevant Studies of Drama Translation | 第20-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Linguistic theory on drama translation | 第21页 |
| 2.1.2 Skopos Theory on drama translation | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Pragmatic theory on drama translation | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Corpus-based studies on drama translation | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.5 Shortcomings of previous studies on drama translation | 第24页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Romance of the Western Bower | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Dissemination of Romance of the Western Bower | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.2 The translation studies of Romance of the Western Bower | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3 Relevant Studies on Prosody | 第27-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Prosody and Its Features | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.2 Semantic prosody | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.3 Prosodic Syntax | 第30页 |
| 2.3.4 Prosodic Contexts | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3.5 Prosody and drama translation | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three RESEARCH DESIGN | 第33-44页 |
| 3.1 Conceptual Framework | 第33-35页 |
| 3.1.1 Analytical unit | 第33-34页 |
| 3.1.2 Parameters: duration and pitch | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 Research Materials and Tools | 第35-40页 |
| 3.2.1 Research materials | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2.2 Research tools | 第37-40页 |
| 3.3 Research Methods | 第40-44页 |
| 3.3.1 Pitch processing | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Data analysis from Adaptation Theory | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four PROSODIC ANALYSIS OF CHINESE VERSION AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF FAREWELL FEAST FROMADAPTATION THEORY | 第44-71页 |
| 4.1 The Analysis of Duration in Farewell Feast from Adaptation Theory | 第44-58页 |
| 4.1.1 Comparison of poem duration | 第45-51页 |
| 4.1.2 Comparison of clause duration | 第51-57页 |
| 4.1.3 Duration analysis from Adaptation Theory | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2 The Analysis of Pitch in Farewell Feast from Adaptation Theory | 第58-71页 |
| 4.2.1 Statistic analysis of pitch range | 第59页 |
| 4.2.2 The comparison of the pitch ranges‘ SD | 第59-65页 |
| 4.2.3 Semitone undulation analysis | 第65-69页 |
| 4.2.4 Pitch analysis from Adaptation Theory | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSIONS | 第71-74页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第71-72页 |
| 5.2 Implications of this Research | 第72页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第72-74页 |
| 5.3.1 Limitations of the research | 第72-73页 |
| 5.3.2 Suggestions for further research | 第73-74页 |
| REFERENCES | 第74-79页 |
| Appendices | 第79-114页 |
| Appendix I | 第79-114页 |
| Appendix II | 第114页 |
