| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-22页 |
| 1 A Brief Biographical Account of Thomas Hardy | 第11-12页 |
| 2 The Literary Influence on Hardy | 第12-15页 |
| 3 Hardy's Aesthetic Views | 第15-19页 |
| ·Subjective Aesthetics and Disproportioning Art | 第15-17页 |
| ·Views on Tragedy | 第17-18页 |
| ·Views on Fiction | 第18-19页 |
| 4 Thesis Statement and Layout of the Paper | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Related Literature | 第22-46页 |
| 1 Definition and Classification of Irony | 第22-24页 |
| 2 Basis of Irony-Different levels of meaning and Different Point of View | 第24-29页 |
| ·Different Levels of Meaning | 第24-25页 |
| ·Different Points of View | 第25-29页 |
| 3 Theories applied in stylistic analysis | 第29-44页 |
| ·Halliday's Functional Model of Language | 第29-30页 |
| ·Mind Style | 第30-33页 |
| ·Descriptive Focus | 第31页 |
| ·Psychical Distance | 第31-32页 |
| ·Participant Relations | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Rhetoric of Text | 第33-44页 |
| ·The Principle of End-focus | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Rhythm of Prose | 第36-37页 |
| ·Segmentation and Syntax | 第37页 |
| ·The Principle of Subordination | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Principle of Climax | 第38-39页 |
| ·Periodic Sentence Structure and Loose Sentence Structure | 第39-41页 |
| ·Iconicity: The Imitation Principle | 第41-44页 |
| 4 Summery | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Three Ironies in the Scenery Description in The Return of the Native | 第46-70页 |
| 1 Synopsis of the Novel | 第46-48页 |
| 2 Situational Irony in Scenery Description in RN | 第48-59页 |
| 3 Dramatic Irony in Scenery Description in RN | 第59-61页 |
| 4 Cosmic Irony in Scenery Description in RN | 第61-67页 |
| 5 Summary | 第67-70页 |
| Chapter Four Ironies in the Scenery Description in Tess of the D'Urbervilles | 第70-90页 |
| 1 Synopsis of the Novel | 第70-71页 |
| 2 Situational Irony in Scenery Description in TD | 第71-76页 |
| 3 Dramatic Irony in Scenery Description in TD | 第76-81页 |
| 4 Cosmic Irony in Scenery Description in TD | 第81-87页 |
| 5 Sum_mary | 第87-90页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| Works Cited | 第94-95页 |
