| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Aims and objectives | 第9页 |
| ·Significance | 第9-10页 |
| ·Scope | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-16页 |
| ·General comments on Hemingway's short stories | 第12-14页 |
| ·Popular comments on the three short stories "Big Two-Hearted River", "Hills like White Elephants" and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Metaphors in Literature | 第16-24页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第16-20页 |
| ·Conventional and unconventional conceptual metaphors in literature | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter 4 Hemingway's Creative Metaphors Based on ConceptualMetaphors | 第24-47页 |
| ·Case study 1:Conceptual metaphors in "Big Two-Hearted River" | 第24-31页 |
| ·STEADY metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·ANIMAL metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·LOCATION metaphor | 第29-31页 |
| ·Case study 2:Conceptual metaphors in "Hills like White Elephants" | 第31-38页 |
| ·WHITE ELEPHANTS metaphor | 第32-35页 |
| ·JOURNEY metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| ·THE FERTILE LAND and THE BARREN LAND metaphors | 第37-38页 |
| ·Case study 3:Conceptual metaphors in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" | 第38-47页 |
| ·DARKNESS metaphor | 第39-41页 |
| ·LIGHT metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·CLEANNESS metaphor | 第42-44页 |
| ·LOCATION metaphor | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Research Findings and Future Directions | 第47-49页 |
| ·Research findings | 第47-48页 |
| ·Limitations and future directions | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第52-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
