| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第13页 |
| 2 Comedy in Aesthetics | 第13页 |
| 3 Comedy as a Genre of Literature | 第13页 |
| 4 The Scope of Study | 第13-14页 |
| 5 The Objective of Study | 第14页 |
| 6 The Present Study on Comic Literature | 第14页 |
| 7 The Methodology of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter I The Origin and Nature of Comic Literature | 第15-19页 |
| 1．1 Introduction | 第15页 |
| 1．2 A Literary Review on the Origin and Nature of Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on it | 第15-16页 |
| 1．3 A Summary on the Origin and Nature of Comic Literature | 第16-17页 |
| 1．4 A Further Empirical Study on the Origin and Nature of Comic Literature | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter II The Object and the Conventional Images of Comic Literature | 第19-25页 |
| 2．1 Introduction | 第19页 |
| 2．2 A Literary Review on the Object of Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on It | 第19-20页 |
| 2．3 A Summary on the Object of Comic Literature | 第20-21页 |
| 2．4 A Further Empirical Study on the Object of Comic Literature | 第21页 |
| 2．5 A Literary Review on the Characteristics of Conventional Images of Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on It | 第21-23页 |
| 2．6 A Summary on the Characteristics of Conventional Images of Comic Literature | 第23页 |
| 2．7 A Further Empirical Study on the Characteristics of Conventional Images of Comic Literature | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter III The Devices Employed in Comic Literature | 第25-37页 |
| 3．1 Introduction | 第25页 |
| 3．2 A Literary Review on the Devices Employed in Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on It | 第25-26页 |
| 3．3 The Psychological Explanation of the Devices in Comic Literature | 第26-27页 |
| 3．4 A Summary on the Devices Employed in Comic Literature | 第27页 |
| 3．5 A Further Empirical Study on the Devices Employed in Comic Literature | 第27-28页 |
| 3．6 Rhetoric Devices Employed in Comic Literature | 第28-37页 |
| 3．6．1 Simile | 第28页 |
| 3．6．2 Hyperbole | 第28-31页 |
| 3．6．3 Personification | 第31页 |
| 3．6．4 Irony | 第31-32页 |
| 3．6．5 Paradox | 第32-33页 |
| 3．6．6 Understatement | 第33页 |
| 3．6．7 Parody | 第33-34页 |
| 3．6．8 Reverse | 第34页 |
| 3．6．9 Paregmenon | 第34页 |
| 3．6．10 Malapropism | 第34-35页 |
| 3．6．11 Pun | 第35-36页 |
| 3．6．12 A Psychological Explanation of the Effect of the Rhetoric Devices | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter IV The Language Style of Comic Literature | 第37-41页 |
| 4．1 Introduction | 第37页 |
| 4．2 An Analysis from the Socio-linguistic Perspective: Register | 第37页 |
| 4．3 A Literary Review on the Language Style of Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on it | 第37-38页 |
| 4．4 A Summary on the Language Style of Comic Literature | 第38页 |
| 4．5 A Further Empirical Study on the Language Style of Comic Literature | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter V The Function of Comic Literature | 第41-46页 |
| 5．1 Introduction | 第41页 |
| 5．2 A Literary Review on the Function of Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on it | 第41-42页 |
| 5．3 A Conclusion on the Functions of the Comic Literature: Entertaining or Recreational, Ironic, Subversive and Heuristic | 第42-46页 |
| 5．3．1 Entertaining or Recreational | 第42-43页 |
| 5．3．2 Ironic | 第43-44页 |
| 5．3．3 Subversive | 第44页 |
| 5．3．4 Heuristic | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter VI The Tragic Connotation of Comic Literature | 第46-51页 |
| 6．1 Introduction | 第46页 |
| 6．2 A literary review on the Tragic Connotation of the Comic Literature and the Author' s Analysis on It | 第46-48页 |
| 6．3 A Summary on the Tragic Connotation of Comic Literature | 第48页 |
| 6．4 A Further Empirical Discussion on the Tragic Connotation of Comic Literature | 第48-51页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| 7．1 Introduction | 第51页 |
| 7．2 Major Findings | 第51页 |
| 7．3 Implications | 第51页 |
| 7．4 Limitations | 第51-52页 |
| 7．5 Suggestions for Further Study | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| 承诺书 | 第56页 |
