| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| List of tables | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Aim and Focus of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第11页 |
| ·Procedures | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Paper | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background and Review of Related Literature | 第13-19页 |
| ·Defining Communication | 第13页 |
| ·Factors Involved in Reader's Comprehension of a Coherent Text | 第13-14页 |
| ·Review of Related Literature | 第14-17页 |
| ·Scollon's Discourse Approach to Intercultural Communication | 第14-15页 |
| ·Guy Cook's'Schema Refreshing' Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Leech's' Style in Fiction' | 第16页 |
| ·Evaluation of the Related Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Mark Twain and His Novel'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' | 第17-19页 |
| ·Mark Twain | 第17页 |
| ·The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第17-18页 |
| ·Social Background of the Novel | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Analysis of the Communication | 第19-38页 |
| ·Discourses between Author and Reader | 第19-22页 |
| ·Distance in Time and Space | 第19-20页 |
| ·Implied Author and Reader | 第20-21页 |
| ·Author-Reader Relationship | 第21-22页 |
| ·A Comparison with Spoken Discourse | 第21页 |
| ·Author-Reader Relationship of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第21-22页 |
| ·Discourse Structure of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第22-24页 |
| ·Author's Control of Readers | 第24-28页 |
| ·Author's Point of View | 第24-27页 |
| ·Author's Comment | 第25-26页 |
| ·Direct Statement | 第26页 |
| ·Indirect Speech | 第26-27页 |
| ·Repetition of Viewpoint | 第27-28页 |
| ·Analysis of Major Stylistic Features | 第28-38页 |
| ·Lexical and Grammatical Features | 第29-33页 |
| ·Analysis of Passage1 | 第29-31页 |
| ·Analysis of Passage2 | 第31-33页 |
| ·Irony | 第33-38页 |
| ·General Description | 第33-34页 |
| ·Irony of the Novel | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Exploration of Reader's Response | 第38-54页 |
| ·Participants in the Study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Results and Analysis | 第39-50页 |
| ·New Findings in This Study | 第50-54页 |
| ·Similarities on the Discourse Level | 第50-51页 |
| ·Disparities on the Rhetorical Level | 第51-53页 |
| ·Perception to Religion and Education | 第51-52页 |
| ·Language Competence | 第52页 |
| ·Reading and Life Experiences | 第52-53页 |
| ·Disparity on the Comment on Language | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| ·Summary of the Research | 第54-56页 |
| ·Implications for Effective Communication | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications for further Study | 第57-58页 |
| Papers Publicly Published during the Postgraduate Study | 第58-59页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-62页 |
| Appendixes | 第62-64页 |
