| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第17-22页 |
| 1.1 A brief introduction to this study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.2 Aim of the study | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 Organization | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-35页 |
| 2.1 Studies in Western countries | 第22-30页 |
| 2.2 Studies in China | 第30-33页 |
| 2.3 A summary | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE BASIC CONCEPTIONS OF SAUSSUREAN LINGUISTICS | 第35-75页 |
| 3.1 Linguistic studies up to the emergence of the Course | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2 Nomenclaturism and anti-Saussurean views on the sign and Saussure’s comments | 第36-39页 |
| 3.3 Saussure and the Course | 第39-41页 |
| 3.4 The major conceptions of Saussurean linguistics | 第41-72页 |
| 3.5 Interrelationships of Saussure’s key conceptions | 第72-74页 |
| 3.6 A summary | 第74-75页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SAUSSUREAN LINGUISTICS AND FORMALISM | 第75-108页 |
| 4.1 An overview of the impact of Saussurean linguistics on literary theories | 第75-77页 |
| 4.2 The impact of Saussurean linguistics upon Russian Formalism | 第77-100页 |
| 4.3 Saussure and Anglo-American New Criticism | 第100-108页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE SAUSSUREAN LINGUISTICS AND PRAGUE SCHOOL STRUCTURALISM | 第108-126页 |
| 5.1 The Prague School of Structuralism | 第108-110页 |
| 5.2 Saussure and the Prague School’s views of structuralism | 第110-112页 |
| 5.3 Saussure’s conception of langue and the Prague School’s view of structure | 第112-114页 |
| 5.4 Saussure and Jakobson | 第114-119页 |
| 5.5 Saussure and Prague School phonology | 第119-122页 |
| 5.6 The differences between Saussure and Prague School Structuralism | 第122-125页 |
| 5.7 A summary | 第125-126页 |
| CHAPTER SIX SAUSSUREAN LINGUISTICS AND FRENCH STRUCTURALISM | 第126-178页 |
| 6.1 Saussure and structuralism | 第126-133页 |
| 6.2 A general view of French structuralist narratology in relation to Saussure | 第133-136页 |
| 6.3 Saussure and Claude Lévi-Strauss | 第136-156页 |
| 6.4 Saussure’s influence on Todorov’s model of narrative structure | 第156-162页 |
| 6.5 Saussure’s influence on the Barthesian model of narrative structure | 第162-175页 |
| 6.6 Other theorists in relation to Saussurean linguistics | 第175-176页 |
| 6.7 A summary | 第176-178页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN SAUSSUREAN LINGUISTICS AND STRUCTURALIST POETICS | 第178-194页 |
| 7.1 Structuralist poetics in relation to Saussure | 第178-180页 |
| 7.2 Saussure’s influence on the founders of structuralist poetics | 第180-192页 |
| 7.3 A summary | 第192-194页 |
| CHAPTER EIGHT THE CAUSES OF THE INFLUENCE | 第194-217页 |
| 8.1 The linguistic turn | 第194-199页 |
| 8.2 Language in relation to thought and world | 第199-202页 |
| 8.3 The nature of Saussurean linguistics in relation to literature | 第202-209页 |
| 8.4 The generative capacity of Saussure’s basic conceptions | 第209-210页 |
| 8.5 Analogy—cognitive view of the influence | 第210-216页 |
| 8.6 A summary | 第216-217页 |
| CHAPTER NINE THE CHALLENGE FROM POSTSTUCTURALISM AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE SAUSSUREAN MODEL | 第217-238页 |
| 9.1 Saussure and poststructuralism | 第217-230页 |
| 9.2 Limitations | 第230-234页 |
| 9.3 Negative effects due to inappropriate use—overuse or underuse | 第234-236页 |
| 9.4 A summary | 第236-238页 |
| CHAPTER TEN CONCLUSION | 第238-247页 |
| 10.1 The significance of Saussurean linguistics | 第238-243页 |
| 10.2 The implications of Saussurean linguistics and its impact | 第243-244页 |
| 10.3 Limitations and suggestions | 第244-247页 |
| Bibliography | 第247-258页 |
| Appendix Chronology of Ferdinand de Saussure | 第258-261页 |
