| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1 A General View of Humor | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definitions of Humor | 第14-16页 |
| ·Humor-Related Concepts | 第16-17页 |
| ·Three Traditional Theories of Humor | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Superiority Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Incongruity Theory | 第18页 |
| ·The Relief Theory | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 The Respective Influences on Dickens’and Lao She’s Humorous Writings | 第20-29页 |
| ·Family Backgrounds, Life Experiences, Cultural Origins | 第20-26页 |
| ·The Influences on Dickens | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Influences on Lao She | 第23-26页 |
| ·Dickens’and Lao She’s Attitudes Toward Humor | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 A Detailed Appreciation and Comparison of Humor in Two Novels from Two Perspectives: Narrative and Linguistic | 第29-57页 |
| ·A Brief introduction to Two Novels | 第29-33页 |
| ·Appreciation and Comparison of Humor from the Perspective of Narrative Distance | 第33-44页 |
| ·The Narrator’s Active Commentary | 第35-41页 |
| ·The Application of Parenthesis | 第41-44页 |
| ·Appreciation and Comparison of Humor from the Linguistic Perspective | 第44-57页 |
| ·The Context Situation and Discourse | 第47-52页 |
| ·The Context of Culture and Discourse | 第52-57页 |
| Chapter 4 An Attitude Toward Life | 第57-63页 |
| ·A Way of Dream-Realization and Self- Realization | 第57-61页 |
| ·A Tentative Analysis of Dickens’s Attitude and Lao She’s Attitude | 第61-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
