| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One British Gentleman Tradition As a Kind of Cultural Sign | 第15-24页 |
| 1.1 Cultural Semiotics | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1.1 A General Survey of Signs | 第16-17页 |
| 1.1.2 Semiotics and Cultural Semiotics | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 British Gentleman Tradition | 第19-24页 |
| 1.2.1 Gentleman and Gentility | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2.2 Dignity and Professionalism | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two The “Signifier” of Dignity and Professionalism | 第24-41页 |
| 2.1 Mr. Stevens: A Slave of Dignity and Professionalism | 第24-37页 |
| 2.1.1 Mr. Stevens and Dignity | 第25-31页 |
| 2.1.1.1 Stylization of His Father as an Embodiment of Dignity | 第25-28页 |
| 2.1.1.2 Life-long Goal of Being a Butler of Dignity | 第28-31页 |
| 2.1.2 Mr. Stevens and Professionalism | 第31-37页 |
| 2.1.2.1 “Indifference” to Senior Mr. Stevens’ death | 第33-35页 |
| 2.1.2.2 Loss of Chance for the Only Possible Love | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2 Lord Darlington: A Tragic Defender of Dignity and Professionalism | 第37-41页 |
| 2.2.1 Lord Darlington and Dignity | 第38-39页 |
| 2.2.2 Lord Darlington and Professionalism | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Three The “Signified” of Dignity and Professionalism | 第41-48页 |
| 3.1 The Moscombe Villagers and Dignity | 第41-43页 |
| 3.2 Mr. Lewis and Professionalism | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3 Mr. Farraday and Mr. Stevens | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four The “Signification” of Dignity and Professionalism | 第48-55页 |
| 4.1 Englishness and the English Countryside | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2 The Phantom of Englishness in The Remains of the Day | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3 The Imperialist Complex in The Remains of the Day | 第52-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
