| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theories of style and the models of modern stylistics | 第15-19页 |
| ·Theories of Style | 第15-16页 |
| ·Stylistics: the Areas of Study | 第16页 |
| ·Stylistics: The Purpose of Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Major Models of Stylistics | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Systemic functional stylistic theory: three metafunctions | 第19-27页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Stylistics: a brief introduction | 第19-21页 |
| ·Three Metafunctions | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第23-25页 |
| ·Reference | 第23-24页 |
| ·Substitution | 第24页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第24页 |
| ·Conjunction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Some other terms in view of literary analysis | 第25-27页 |
| ·Choice | 第25页 |
| ·Foregrounding/prominence | 第25页 |
| ·Frequency | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Three metafunctions in analyzing the three works | 第27-54页 |
| ·The ideational function | 第27-37页 |
| ·An analysis of "Hills Like White Elephants" | 第28-31页 |
| ·An analysis of "We are Seven" | 第31-34页 |
| ·An analysis of "The Zoo Story" | 第34-37页 |
| ·The interpersonal function | 第37-47页 |
| ·An analysis of "Hills Like White Elephants" | 第38-40页 |
| ·An analysis of "We are Seven" | 第40-43页 |
| ·An analysis of "The Zoo Story" | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Textual function | 第47-52页 |
| ·An analysis of "Hills Like White Elephants" | 第48-50页 |
| ·An analysis of "We are Seven" | 第50-51页 |
| ·An analysis of "The Zoo Story" | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Interpretation of the phenomenon in the analysis | 第54-72页 |
| ·Overview | 第54-56页 |
| ·Features in fictional style | 第54-55页 |
| ·Features in poetic style | 第55页 |
| ·Features in dramatic style | 第55-56页 |
| ·An interpretation and evaluation of the three works | 第56-63页 |
| ·A study of "context of situation" of the three works | 第57-61页 |
| ·A study of "context of culture" of the three works | 第61-62页 |
| ·Multi-levels of "situation" in the literary works | 第62-63页 |
| ·An interpretation of motivated prominence in the three literary works | 第63-65页 |
| ·A literary critical aspect | 第65-69页 |
| ·An aesthetic aspect | 第66-68页 |
| ·Psychoanalysis and symbols in "Hills Like White Elephants" | 第66-67页 |
| ·Thematic study and psychoanalysis in "We Are Seven" | 第67-68页 |
| ·Symbols in "The Zoo Story" | 第68页 |
| ·A social-cultural aspect | 第68-69页 |
| ·Problems that occurred during the process of interpretation | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix 1: Excerpts from "Hills Like White Elephants" | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix 2: Excerpts from "We are Seven" | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix 3: Excerpts from "The Zoo Story" | 第79-80页 |
