| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review and theoretical preliminaries | 第14-23页 |
| ·Robert Browning's dramatic monologue | 第14-16页 |
| ·Dramatic monologue as a literary sub-genre | 第14-15页 |
| ·Criticism of Robert Browning's dramatic monologue | 第15-16页 |
| ·The stylistic approaches to literature as text and as discourse | 第16-19页 |
| ·Traditional poetic stylistic period with the poetic-fictional approach | 第17页 |
| ·Drama stylistics with the pragma-stylistic approach | 第17-19页 |
| ·Pragmatic principles in pragmastylistics | 第19-23页 |
| ·The definition of politeness | 第19页 |
| ·The domain of politeness | 第19-21页 |
| ·Politeness theory in the discourse of literature | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 The application of pragmatic principles to the discourse of dramatic monologue | 第23-32页 |
| ·An overall comparison between verbal interactions in literary genres | 第23-24页 |
| ·Researching scope of the application in dramatic monologue | 第24-30页 |
| ·The complexity of the plot | 第24-25页 |
| ·The form and function of verbal interaction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Interpersonal relationships | 第26-28页 |
| ·Characterization | 第28-30页 |
| ·Major tasks for the application | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 The application of Leech's politeness maxims to Browning's dramatic monologues | 第32-37页 |
| ·Speech acts in Browning's dramatic monologues | 第32-33页 |
| ·Observance and non-observance of politeness maxims in Robert Browning's dramatic monologues | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Tact maxim | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Generosity maxim | 第34-35页 |
| ·Other maxims | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 5 The application of Brown and Levinson's FTA theory to Browning's dramatic monologues | 第37-47页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's FTAs | 第37-38页 |
| ·FTAs in Browning's dramatic monologues | 第38-45页 |
| ·FTAs without any redress (bald-on-record) | 第38-40页 |
| ·FTAs with redress (positive politeness) | 第40-43页 |
| ·FTAs with redress (negative politeness) | 第43页 |
| ·Off-record (indirectness) | 第43-44页 |
| ·Do not do the FTA | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第47-48页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第48页 |
| ·Suggestions for further studies | 第48-49页 |
| References | 第49-54页 |
