| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions and Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Organization of this Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATUE REVIEW | 第16-24页 |
| 2.1 Researches on Application of Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Application of Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics to Films | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Application of Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics to Novels | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Researches on Beloved | 第19-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Researches on Beloved from the Perspective of Magic Realism | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Researches on Beloved from the Perspective of Postmodernism | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.3 Researches on Beloved from the Perspective of Ecofeminism | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第24-35页 |
| 3.1 An Overview of French Semiotics | 第24-28页 |
| 3.2 Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics | 第28-35页 |
| 3.2.1 The Discursive Level in Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.2 The Narrative Level in Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2.3 The Thematic Level in Greimas’s Narrative Semiotics | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Four A NARRATIVE SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF BELOVED | 第35-64页 |
| 4.1 Beloved | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of Beloved at the Discursive Level | 第37-46页 |
| 4.2.1 Signs indicating Sethe’s Suffering | 第37-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Signs indicating Beloved’s Revenge | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.3 Signs indicating Denver’s Growth | 第43-46页 |
| 4.3 Analysis of Beloved at the Narrative Level | 第46-56页 |
| 4.3.1 Event of Sethe killing Beloved | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Event of Beloved revenging on Sethe | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3.3 Process of Denver’s Growth | 第51-56页 |
| 4.4 Analysis of Beloved at the Thematic Level | 第56-64页 |
| 4.4.1 Oppression and Freedom | 第56-58页 |
| 4.4.2 Love and Hatred | 第58-59页 |
| 4.4.3 Negation and Affirmation | 第59-61页 |
| 4.4.4 Summary | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第64-68页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第64-66页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第66-68页 |
| REFERENCES | 第68-73页 |
| PUBISHED PAPERS | 第73页 |
