| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-30页 |
| ·Critical Survey of Stein’s Art of Language | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Definitions of Stylistic Terms Concerned | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Argument and the Methodology of the Dissertation | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter One The Foregrounding Language Features in Three Lives | 第30-64页 |
| ·The Quantitative Foregrounding: The Variations of Repetition | 第32-52页 |
| ·The Qualitative Foregrounding: The Prolonged Present Tense | 第52-64页 |
| Chapter Two The Mind Style in Tender Buttons | 第64-96页 |
| ·The Lexical Choice for the Mind Style | 第67-83页 |
| ·The Syntactical Defamiliarization for the Mind Style | 第83-96页 |
| Chapter Three The Stylistic Deviance in The Mother of Us All | 第96-125页 |
| ·The Deviant Dialogue Patterns | 第99-114页 |
| ·The Phonological Irregularities | 第114-125页 |
| Conclusion | 第125-131页 |
| Bibliography | 第131-138页 |
