| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Inspirations | 第11页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background and Research Objects | 第17-22页 |
| ·Humbold 's View | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Spatiality of Chinese and the Temporality of English | 第18-20页 |
| ·Research Objects | 第20-22页 |
| ·Selection of Chinese and English Novels | 第20页 |
| ·The Definition, Features and Classification of Character Description | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three The Temporal Thinking Style of the English Nation and the Spatial Thinking Orientation of the Chinese People | 第22-29页 |
| ·The Cognitive Source of the Spatiality of Chinese | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Cognitive Source of the Temporality of English | 第25-26页 |
| ·Different Thinking Orientations and the commensurability of languages | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Four Demonstration of the Spatiality of Chinese in the Novels | 第29-36页 |
| ·The Spatiality of Chinese in Character Description in Hong Lou Meng | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Chunkiness of Chinese in Character Description in Hong Lou Meng | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Discreteness of Chinese in Character Description in Hong Lou Meng | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Spatiality of Chinese in Character Description in Ming Li Chang | 第32-36页 |
| ·The Chunkiness of Chinese in Character Description in Ming Li Chang | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Discreteness of Chinese in Character Description in Ming Li Chang | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Five Demonstration of the Temporality of English in the Novels | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Temporality of English in Character Description in Vanity Fair | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Continuity of English in Character Description in Vanity Fair | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Connection of English in Character Description of Vanity Fair | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Temporality of English in Character Description in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Continuity of English in Character Description in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Connection of English in Character Description in A Dream of Red Mansions30 | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Six The Spatiality of Chinese and the Temporality of English | 第42-48页 |
| ·A Contrastive study of Character Description in Hong Lou Meng and its English Version | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Chunkiness of Chinese and the Continuity of English in Hong Lou Meng | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Discreteness of Chinese and the Connection of English in Hong Lou Meng | 第43-44页 |
| ·A Contrastive study of Description in Vanity Fair and its Chinese Version | 第44-48页 |
| ·The Chunkiness of Chinese and the Continuity of English in Vanity Fair | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Discreteness of Chinese and the Connection of English in Vanity Fair | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations and Prospects | 第49-51页 |
| References | 第51-53页 |
