| Acknowledgments | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Framework | 第18-29页 |
| 1.1 The Existence of Literary Universals | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2 Universalities in Emotion-related Literature | 第19-21页 |
| 1.3 Happiness—the Most Prototypical Outcome Emotion | 第21-23页 |
| 1.4 "Tragi-comedy": the Most Prototypical Narrative Structure | 第23-24页 |
| 1.5 Genres of Tragi-comedy | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter Two Cognitive Analysis about Tragi-comedy in Chinese and Western Drama | 第29-33页 |
| 2.1 Comparison from Literary Theories | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2 Comparison from Literary Works | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Analysis about Tragedy in Chinese and Western Drama | 第33-54页 |
| 3.1 Comparison from Literary Theories | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2 Comparison from Literary Works | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3 Case Study | 第39-54页 |
| 3.3.1 Case Study of Representative Romantic Tragic Plays | 第39-47页 |
| 3.3.2 Case Study of Representative Heroic Tragic Plays | 第47-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
