| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Introduction | 第8-24页 |
| 0.1 Literature Review | 第8-17页 |
| 0.1.1 Review of The Hound of the Baskervilles | 第8-13页 |
| 0.1.2 Previous Studies on Detective Stories abroad | 第13-15页 |
| 0.1.3 Previous Studies on Detective Stories in China | 第15-17页 |
| 0.1.4 Summary of Literature Review | 第17页 |
| 0.2 Rationale, Objectives and Significance of the Present Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| 0.2.1 The Basic Theories and Objectives of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| 0.2.2 The Significance of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| 0.3 Research Methodology | 第20-22页 |
| 0.3.1 Research Procedures | 第20-21页 |
| 0.3.2 Research Methods and Approaches | 第21-22页 |
| 0.4 The General Fabric of the Thesis | 第22-23页 |
| 0.5 Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter One Suspense and Stylistic Theories | 第24-32页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Review of Suspense | 第24-27页 |
| 1.1.1 The Definition of Suspense | 第24-25页 |
| 1.1.2 Suspense and Genres | 第25-26页 |
| 1.1.3 The Makings of Suspense | 第26-27页 |
| 1.1.4 Suspense in This Study | 第27页 |
| 1.2 A Brief Review of Narrative | 第27-28页 |
| 1.3 A Brief Review of Cooperative Principles | 第28-30页 |
| 1.3.1 The Maxims of Conversation | 第28-29页 |
| 1.3.2 Conversational Implicature | 第29-30页 |
| 1.4 A Brief Review of Foregrounding | 第30-31页 |
| 1.5 Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Two Suspense Design in The Hound of the Baskervilles | 第32-57页 |
| 2.1 The Design of Suspense from the Narrative Perspective | 第32-42页 |
| 2.1.1 The Narrative Person in The Hound of the Baskervilles | 第32-33页 |
| 2.1.2 The Narrative Structure in The Hound of the Baskervilles | 第33-35页 |
| 2.1.3 The Analysis of Suspense Design in The Hound of the Baskervilles fromNarrtive Point of View | 第35-42页 |
| 2.2 The Design of Suspense in Dialogues | 第42-49页 |
| 2.2.1 Flouting the Maxim of Quality and Suspense | 第43-44页 |
| 2.2.2 Flouting the Maxim of Quantity and Suspense | 第44-47页 |
| 2.2.3 Flouting the Maxim of Manner and Suspense | 第47-49页 |
| 2.3 The Design of Suspense by Means of Foregrounding | 第49-55页 |
| 2.3.1 Suspense in Lexical Foregrounding | 第49-51页 |
| 2.3.2 Suspense in Syntactic Foregrounding | 第51-52页 |
| 2.3.3 Suspense in Rhetorical Foregrounding | 第52-55页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Three The Aesthetic Effects of Suspense in Dective Stories | 第57-63页 |
| 3.1 The Motivational Effect of Suspense | 第57-59页 |
| 3.2 The Entertaining Effect of Suspense | 第59-60页 |
| 3.3 The Emotional Effect of Suspense | 第60-62页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
| 个人简历 | 第70-71页 |
| 在读期间已发表和录用的论文 | 第71页 |
