| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-10页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 2.Literature review | 第13-23页 |
| ·Halliday's Functional Grammar | 第13-17页 |
| ·Application of Functional Grammar in literary analysis | 第17-20页 |
| ·Previous studies of Ernest Hemingway and his work "Cat in the Rain" | 第20-23页 |
| 3.A metafunctional analysis | 第23-52页 |
| ·Interpersonal analysis | 第23-39页 |
| ·Interrelationship between the wife and the husband | 第23-34页 |
| ·Interrelationship between the wife and the hotel-keeper | 第34-36页 |
| ·Interrelationship between the wife and the maid | 第36-39页 |
| ·Ideational analysis | 第39-47页 |
| ·Analysis of the fist part of "Cat in the Rain" | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analysis of the second part of "Cat in the Rain" | 第41-44页 |
| ·Analysis of the third part of "Cat in the Rain" | 第44-47页 |
| ·Textual analysis | 第47-52页 |
| ·Thematic structure | 第47-50页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第50-52页 |
| 4.Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Major findings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Implications | 第53页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-56页 |
