| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第10页 |
| ·Objectives of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Researches made on the film The Pursuit of Happyness abroad | 第13页 |
| ·Researches made on the film The Pursuit of Happyness at home | 第13-18页 |
| ·From the Content of the Film | 第14页 |
| ·From the Culture Reflected in the Film | 第14-15页 |
| ·From the Subtitle Translation of the Film | 第15页 |
| ·From the Part 'the Role of the Father' | 第15-16页 |
| ·From Other Aspects of the Film | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework | 第18-26页 |
| ·Visual Grammar | 第18-24页 |
| ·Representational Meaning | 第18-20页 |
| ·Interactive Meaning | 第20-23页 |
| ·Compositional Meaning | 第23-24页 |
| ·A Proposed Model for Analyzing the Film The Pursuit of Happyness | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Film The Pursuit of Happyness | 第26-55页 |
| ·Introduction to the Film | 第26-28页 |
| ·Basic Information | 第26-27页 |
| ·Plot | 第27-28页 |
| ·Representational Meaning of the Image | 第28-34页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Narrative Image | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Conceptual Image | 第32-34页 |
| ·Interactive Meaning of the Image | 第34-45页 |
| ·Contact | 第34-36页 |
| ·Social Distance | 第36-39页 |
| ·Attitude | 第39-42页 |
| ·Modality | 第42-45页 |
| ·Compositional Meaning of the Image | 第45-48页 |
| ·Information Value | 第46-47页 |
| ·Salience | 第47-48页 |
| ·Framing | 第48页 |
| ·A Synthetic Analysis of the Film | 第48-55页 |
| ·Forms of Modality in the Film | 第48-49页 |
| ·Relationships among Modalities | 第49-50页 |
| ·Integration of Different Modalities | 第50-51页 |
| ·A synthetic Analysis of the Film | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第56-57页 |
| ·Suggestions of the Research | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
| Publications | 第61页 |
