| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Context of the Problem | 第11-13页 |
| ·Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology and the Structure of this Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Fiction and Episode in Fiction | 第17-25页 |
| ·Labov and Waletzke's Framework of Narrative Structure Analysis | 第25-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第32-50页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Metonymy | 第32-37页 |
| ·Cognitive Views on Metonymy | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Mechanisms of Metonymy as a Conceptual Phenomenon | 第40-45页 |
| ·Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) | 第40-42页 |
| ·Mapping | 第42页 |
| ·Highlighting and Activation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Langacker's Reference Point | 第44-45页 |
| ·Functions of Conceptual Metonymy | 第45-49页 |
| ·Reference and Understanding | 第45-46页 |
| ·Inference | 第46-47页 |
| ·Meaning Extension | 第47-48页 |
| ·Communicative Function | 第48页 |
| ·Text Coherence | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Metonymy and Episodic Development of Fictional Discourse | 第50-69页 |
| ·Interface between Conceptual Metonymy and Fictional Narrative | 第50-52页 |
| ·Interface between Conceptual Metonymy, Episode and Labov and Waletzky'sFramework | 第52-55页 |
| ·Broadening the Conventional Sense of Metonymy | 第55-56页 |
| ·Metonymic Representations in Episodic development in Fiction | 第56-68页 |
| ·Metonymic Representations in the Sections of Abstract and Orientation | 第57-63页 |
| ·Metonymic Representations in the Section of Complicating Action | 第63-65页 |
| ·Metonymic Representations in the Section of Evaluation | 第65-67页 |
| ·Metonymic Representations in the Sections of Resolution and Coda | 第67-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations of This Thesis | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第78页 |
