| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research aim | 第12页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| ·Researches on poetic image translation in China | 第16-18页 |
| ·Researches on poetic image translation theory abroad | 第18-20页 |
| 3. Image in Poetry | 第20-28页 |
| ·Definition of poetic image | 第20-21页 |
| ·Functions of poetic image | 第21-23页 |
| ·Delineative function | 第21-22页 |
| ·Expressive function | 第22页 |
| ·Aesthetic function | 第22-23页 |
| ·Categorization of poetic image | 第23-25页 |
| ·According to image's nature | 第23页 |
| ·According to sense organs | 第23-24页 |
| ·According to modes of expression | 第24-25页 |
| ·Features of poetic image | 第25-28页 |
| ·Uncertainty | 第25-26页 |
| ·Metaphoricality | 第26-27页 |
| ·National character | 第27-28页 |
| 4. Theoretical Framework | 第28-39页 |
| ·Reception Aesthetics | 第28-34页 |
| ·The rise of Reception Aesthetics | 第28-30页 |
| ·Its representatives and their general assumptions | 第30-32页 |
| ·Its key concepts | 第32-34页 |
| ·Aesthetic equivalence | 第34-36页 |
| ·Reception Aesthetics and aesthetic equivalence in poetic image translation | 第36-39页 |
| ·"Gap" structure and poetic image preservation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Horizon of expectation and poetic image creation | 第37页 |
| ·Aesthetic receptability and its significance in poetic image translation | 第37-39页 |
| 5. Poetic Image Translation in Light of Reception Aesthetics | 第39-55页 |
| ·Preserving the original image for TL readers' aesthetic entertainment | 第39-45页 |
| ·Transplanting the original image | 第39-42页 |
| ·Borrowing the closest natural equivalent | 第42-45页 |
| ·Adapting the original image to TL readers' comprehension | 第45-51页 |
| ·Paraphrasing or annotating the original image | 第45-49页 |
| ·Modifying the original image while keeping the connotation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Sacrificing the original image to ensure TL readers' reception | 第51-54页 |
| ·A Summary of poetic image translation | 第54-55页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
