| Abstract in English | 第5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1 Background of the present study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and data collection | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第12-21页 |
| 2.1 Perception of English Political Public Speaking | 第12-13页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of English Political Public Speaking | 第12-13页 |
| 2.1.2 Features of English Political Public Speaking | 第13页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies of English public speaking | 第13-16页 |
| 2.2.1 Pragmatic approach | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2.2 Communicative approach | 第14页 |
| 2.2.3 Systemic-functional approach | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.4 Stylistic approach | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.5 Rhetoric approach | 第16页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on American State of the Union Address | 第16-18页 |
| 2.3.1 Introduction of American State of the Union Address | 第17页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous approaches to American State of the Union Address | 第17-18页 |
| 2.4 Previous studies on Kenneth Burke’s new rhetoric | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework from Burke’s New Rhetoric Perspective | 第21-35页 |
| 3.1 Overview of Burke’s new rhetoric | 第21-24页 |
| 3.2 The proposed framework based on Burke’s theoretical resources | 第24-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Identification-the key to persuasion | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2.2 Identification strategies | 第26-29页 |
| 3.2.3 Dramatism-pentadic terms and ratios | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.4 Logology | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2.5 Inter-relationship among identification, dramatism and logology | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Discourse Analysis of Obama’s State of the Union Address 2016 | 第35-50页 |
| 4.1 Identification analysis of Obama’s State of the Union Address 2016 | 第36-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Substantive identification | 第36-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Formal identification | 第40-44页 |
| 4.2 Dramatistic analysis of Obama’s State of the Union Address in 2016. | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.1 The procedure of making dramatistic analysis | 第44页 |
| 4.2.2 The pentad-five elements in speeches | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Logological analysis | 第46-50页 |
| 4.3.1 The negative | 第46-47页 |
| 4.3.2 Hierarchy, perfection and mystery | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Five: Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第50-54页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第52页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the present study | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix | 第58-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-75页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第75页 |
