| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-25页 |
| ·Literature Review of English Writing | 第16-20页 |
| ·English Writing Researches in the West | 第16-18页 |
| ·English Writing Research in China | 第18-20页 |
| ·The History of Thematic Theory | 第20-23页 |
| ·Related Thematic Study by Foreign Scholars | 第20-22页 |
| ·Related Thematic Study by Chinese Scholars | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-42页 |
| ·Theory of Theme and Rheme | 第25-34页 |
| ·Identification of Theme | 第25-29页 |
| ·Classification of Theme | 第29-34页 |
| ·Theory of Thematic Progression | 第34-42页 |
| ·The Definition of Thematic Progression | 第34页 |
| ·Frantisek Danes'Theory of Thematic Progression | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Other Main Models of Thematic Progression Put Forward by Chinese Scholars | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Theory of Thematic Progression to English Writing | 第42-65页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第42页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instrument | 第43页 |
| ·The Process of the Experiment | 第43-62页 |
| ·Discussion | 第62-65页 |
| ·Regularity of the usage of some models of thematic progression | 第62页 |
| ·Problems in the experiment | 第62-63页 |
| ·Advantages of applying thematic progression in the college student compositions | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| ·Major findings | 第65页 |
| ·Practical implication | 第65-66页 |
| ·Significance | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-72页 |
| Appendixes | 第72-81页 |
