| Introduction | 第1-35页 |
| 0．1 Significance of the Theory of RR | 第30-32页 |
| 0．2 Situation of the Study of Tan's theory | 第32页 |
| 0．3 The Purpose of the Present Study | 第32页 |
| 0．4 Methodology: Diachronic Analysis | 第32-33页 |
| 0．5 The Scope of the Present Study | 第33-34页 |
| 0．6 Explanation of Some Terms in the Present Paper | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter one Previous Studies of RR | 第35-54页 |
| 1．1 Audience Theory in Western Rhetoric | 第35-44页 |
| 1．1．1 Classical Rhetoric | 第35-38页 |
| 1．1．2 The New Rhetoric | 第38-42页 |
| 1．1．3 Limitations of Audience Theory | 第42页 |
| 1．1．4 Possible Influence on Tan's Theory | 第42-44页 |
| 1．2 Chinese Reception Rhetoric | 第44-54页 |
| 1．2．1 Rhetoric of Imperial China | 第44-51页 |
| 1．2．1．1 Thoughts on the Importance of "Considering the Audience" | 第44-47页 |
| 1．2．1．2 Thoughts on the Variety of Reception | 第47-48页 |
| 1．2．1．3 Thoughts on Rhetorical Interpretation | 第48-51页 |
| 1．2．1．4 Limitations of Traditional Thoughts on Reception | 第51页 |
| 1．2．1．5 Influence on Tan's Theory | 第51页 |
| 1．2．2 Contemporary Chinese Rhetoric | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Two Historical Background of RR | 第54-59页 |
| 2．1 Introduction of Reception Aesthetics in the Post-Mao Period | 第54-56页 |
| 2．2 Voices for the Study of "Decoding" in Chinese Rhetoric | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Resources | 第59-71页 |
| 3．1 Reception Aesthetics | 第59-65页 |
| 3．1．1 Hans Robert Jauss | 第59-62页 |
| 3．1．2 Wolfgang Iser | 第62-65页 |
| 3．2 Reader Response Criticism | 第65-70页 |
| 3．2．1 Jonathan Culler | 第65-67页 |
| 3．2．2 Stanley Fish | 第67-69页 |
| 3．2．3 Norman Holland | 第69-70页 |
| 3．3 Influence on Tan's Theory | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter Four Main Tenets | 第71-96页 |
| 4．1 Starting Points for Tan's Breakthrough in Rhetoric Studies | 第71-74页 |
| 4．2 Status of Expresser Retained | 第74-76页 |
| 4．3 Theory Construction of RR | 第76-89页 |
| 4．3．1 Components of RR | 第77-80页 |
| 4．3．1．1 The Receiver | 第77-78页 |
| 4．3．1．2 Object of Reception | 第78-79页 |
| 4．3．1．3 Channels and Contexts | 第79-80页 |
| 4．3．2 Characteristics of RR | 第80-83页 |
| 4．3．2．1 Selectiveness | 第80页 |
| 4．3．2．2 Individuality | 第80-81页 |
| 4．3．2．3 Social Nature | 第81页 |
| 4．3．2．4 Openness | 第81-83页 |
| 4．3．3 Types of RR | 第83-86页 |
| 4．3．3．1 Value-equivalent Reception | 第83-84页 |
| 4．3．3．2 Value-reduced Reception | 第84-85页 |
| 4．3．3．3 Value-added Reception | 第85页 |
| 4．3．3．4 Value-altered Reception | 第85-86页 |
| 4．3．4 Methods of RR Analysis | 第86-89页 |
| 4．3．4．1 Obverse Reception vs Inverse Reception | 第87页 |
| 4．3．4．2 Active Reception vs Passive Reception | 第87-88页 |
| 4．3．4．3 Centrifugal Reception vs Centripetal Reception | 第88页 |
| 4．3．4．4 Static Reception vs Dynamic Reception | 第88页 |
| 4．3．4．5 Integrated Reception | 第88-89页 |
| 4．4 Thoughts on Rhetorical Interpretations | 第89-96页 |
| 4．4．1 Object of Rhetoric Interpretation: Rhetoric Message | 第89-90页 |
| 4．4．2 Methods of Decoding | 第90-96页 |
| 4．4．2．1 Hits for Beginners | 第90-91页 |
| 4．4．2．2 Step-by-step Interpretation | 第91-94页 |
| 4．4．2．3 Open Interpretation | 第94-95页 |
| 4．4．2．4 Subverting Interpretation | 第95-96页 |
| Chapter Five Controversies | 第96-102页 |
| 5．1 Criticism by Wang Xijie | 第96-97页 |
| 5．2 Criticism by Cao Dehe | 第97-98页 |
| 5．3 Comments on the Criticism | 第98-102页 |
| Chapter Six Prospects of RR | 第102-108页 |
| 6．1 Necessity of the "Interactive Rhetoric" | 第102-106页 |
| 6．1．1 Interactive Nature of Rhetoric | 第102页 |
| 6．1．2 Current Trends of Reception Aesthetics and Western Rhetoric | 第102-104页 |
| 6．1．3 Undercurrent of Tan's Theory of RR | 第104-106页 |
| 6．2 Proposed Components of "Interactive Rhetoric" | 第106-108页 |
| Conclusion | 第108-111页 |
| Bibliography | 第111-114页 |
