| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Introduction | 第10页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Problems with the Existing Studies | 第11页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Irony | 第14-26页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·Theories of Irony | 第14-19页 |
| ·Definition of Irony | 第14-15页 |
| ·Irony versus Satire | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Evolution of the Concept of Irony | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Classifications of Irony | 第18-19页 |
| ·Approaches to the Study of Irony | 第19-25页 |
| ·Semantic Study of Irony | 第19-20页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic Study of Irony | 第20-21页 |
| ·Pragmatic Study of Irony | 第21-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: Adaptation Theory | 第26-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·General Introduction of Adaptation Theory | 第26-34页 |
| ·Language Use as Continuous Linguistic Choices | 第27-28页 |
| ·Three Key Notions of Language Use | 第28-32页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Framework of the Present Study | 第34-36页 |
| ·Variability of Irony | 第34-35页 |
| ·Irony as a Result of Making Choices | 第35页 |
| ·Irony as Adaptation to Contextual Correlates | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Irony in Fortress Besieged as narrative Adaptation to Contextual Correlates | 第38-54页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Fortress Besieged----A Case Study | 第39-41页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction about Fortress Besieged | 第39页 |
| ·The Types of Discourse in the Novel | 第39-41页 |
| ·Irony in Narrative Discourse as Adaptation to the Physical World | 第41-44页 |
| ·Adapting to Time and Space | 第41-43页 |
| ·Adapting to Nonverbal Factors | 第43-44页 |
| ·Irony as Adaptation to the Social World | 第44-46页 |
| ·Irony as Adaptation to Social Status | 第44-45页 |
| ·Irony as Adaptation to Superstition | 第45-46页 |
| ·Irony as Adaptation to Culture | 第46页 |
| ·Irony as Adaptation to the Mental World | 第46-51页 |
| ·Criticism to the Intelligentsia | 第47-49页 |
| ·Criticism to the Social Fad | 第49页 |
| ·General “Sympathy”with the Characters | 第49-51页 |
| ·Ironic Narration as Effects on the Readers | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Structural Correlates and the Dynamic Process of Irony in Fortress Besieged | 第54-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第54页 |
| ·Structural Correlates of Irony in Fortress Besieged | 第54-57页 |
| ·Linguistic Clues | 第54-56页 |
| ·Discourse Semantic Structures | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Dynamic Process of Irony Fortress Besieged | 第57-62页 |
| ·Changes in Discourse and Relationship between Fang Hung-chien and Su Wen-wan | 第57-59页 |
| ·Changes in Discourse and Relationship of Fang Hung-chien and Sun Jou-chia | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Introduction | 第64页 |
| ·Summary of the Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第65页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第65-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-72页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第72-74页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第74页 |
