| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Research Issue,Significance and Thesis Statement | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Theory and Methodology | 第10-11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第14-15页 |
| 2. British Comedy Tradition-From the 1890s to the Present | 第15-24页 |
| ·From the 1890s to the Late 1920s:Visual Humor in Silent Cinema | 第15-16页 |
| ·From the Late 1920s to the 1930s:the Coming of Verbal Humor | 第16-17页 |
| ·From the 1940s to the 1960s:Ealing Comedy,Carry Ons,etc | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Ealing Comedies | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Carry Ons | 第19-20页 |
| ·Other Representative Comedians or Works | 第20-21页 |
| ·From the 1970s to the 1980s:A Relative Decline | 第21-22页 |
| ·The 1990s Onwards:Unprecedented Commercial Success | 第22-24页 |
| 3. Analysis of Commercially Successful British Comedy Films since the 1990s | 第24-45页 |
| ·The Commercial Success:Box Office and Rating | 第24-26页 |
| ·Transformation to New-style Comedy:Urgency and Possibility for Change | 第26-30页 |
| ·International Production and Promotion | 第30-34页 |
| ·Funding | 第30-31页 |
| ·Co-production and Distribution | 第31-32页 |
| ·Popular Music | 第32-34页 |
| ·Selling Britishness | 第34-45页 |
| ·Urban Romantic Comedy and National Identity | 第34-35页 |
| ·Urban Romantic Comedy:Major Themes | 第35-41页 |
| ·Feel-good Community Comedy and National Identity | 第41页 |
| ·Feel-good Community Comedy:Major Themes | 第41-45页 |
| 4. Case Study of Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994) | 第45-53页 |
| ·Overview and Reception | 第45-46页 |
| ·Synopsis | 第46页 |
| ·Theme Exploration | 第46-50页 |
| ·Urban Fairy Tale | 第46-48页 |
| ·Quest for True Love and Marriage | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Special UK-US Relationship in Film | 第49-50页 |
| ·Production and Promotion Analysis | 第50-53页 |
| 5. Case Study of The Full Monty(1997) | 第53-60页 |
| ·Overview and Reception | 第53-54页 |
| ·Synopsis | 第54页 |
| ·Theme Exploration | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Decline of Traditional Industry and Working Class | 第54-55页 |
| ·Masculinity Crisis | 第55-56页 |
| ·Optimism,Nostalgia and Collectivism | 第56-57页 |
| ·Production and Promotion Analysis | 第57-60页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Works Cited | 第62-67页 |
