| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-15页 |
| ·Objective and Feasibility of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第16页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Speech Act Theory— Theoretical Guidance for the Present Study | 第18-25页 |
| ·Philosophical Background | 第18-19页 |
| ·Austin’s Contribution to Speech Act Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Dichotomy of Constatives and Performatives | 第19-20页 |
| ·Austin’s Trichotomy of Speech Acts and Classification of Illocutionary Acts | 第20-21页 |
| ·Searle’s Further Development of Speech Act Theory | 第21-25页 |
| ·Searle’s Division of Speech Act | 第21页 |
| ·Searle’s Classification of Speech Acts | 第21-22页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Acts | 第22-23页 |
| ·Concept of Meaning | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Introduction to Modern Chinese Drama and a Representative Work Chaguan | 第25-37页 |
| ·Origin and Development of Modern Chinese Drama | 第25-27页 |
| ·About Chaguan—A Modern Chinese Drama Classic | 第27-29页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Lao She | 第27-28页 |
| ·Chaguan and Its Characters | 第28-29页 |
| ·Two English Versions of Chaguan | 第29页 |
| ·The Nature of Modern Chinese Drama and General Features of Its Language | 第29-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Stage Lines in Modern Chinese Drama as Speech Acts | 第37-48页 |
| ·Stage Lines in Modern Chinese Drama | 第37-40页 |
| ·Stage Lines as Indirect Speech Acts of the Playwright | 第38页 |
| ·Stage Lines as Quasi-Speech Acts of the Characters | 第38-40页 |
| ·Stage Lines as Convention-Governed Intentional Speech Acts | 第40-48页 |
| ·Stage Lines with Conventional Forces of Speech Acts | 第40-43页 |
| ·Stage Lines with Intentional Forces of Speech Acts | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Translation of Stage Lines in Modern Chinese Drama as Speech Acts | 第48-66页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Conventional Forces of Speech Acts in Stage Lines | 第48-60页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Conventional Forces of Speech Acts in Stage Lines at the Structural Level | 第49-51页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Conventional Forces of Speech Acts in Stage Lines at the Cultural Level | 第51-53页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Conventional Forces of Speech Acts in Stage Lines at the Level of Dramatic Art | 第53-60页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Intentional Forces of Speech Acts in Stage Lines | 第60-66页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Intentional Meaning of Stage Lines by the Playwright | 第60-62页 |
| ·Conveyance of the Intentional Meaning of Stage Lines by the Characters | 第62-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第74-77页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第77页 |
