| Contents | 第1-5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter 1 An Introduction to The Old Man and the Sea | 第17-22页 |
| Chapter 2 A Brief Survey of Literary Stylistics | 第22-29页 |
| ·The Definition of Style | 第22-23页 |
| ·Methods Used in the Analysis of Literary Style | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Tradition of Colloquial Style Initiated by Mark Twain | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter 3 The Forming of Hemingway's Style | 第29-36页 |
| ·What He Learned from Journalism | 第29-31页 |
| ·His Apprenticeship to Several Masters | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter 4 A Stylistic Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea | 第36-57页 |
| ·A General Survey of Hemingway's Style Developed in the Novel | 第36-38页 |
| ·Features of the Language | 第38-49页 |
| A.Lexical Choices | 第39-41页 |
| B.Few Adjectives and Adverbs | 第41-43页 |
| C.Short and Simple Sentences | 第43-47页 |
| D.Repetition | 第47-49页 |
| ·Modernistic Approaches of Narration | 第49-54页 |
| A.Change of the Narrator | 第49-51页 |
| B.Two Forms of Monologue | 第51-52页 |
| C.Stream of Consciousness | 第52-54页 |
| ·A Metaphorical Way of Description—the Cruciform Configuration | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
