| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| ·Rationale for the present research | 第13页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions of the thesis | 第13页 |
| ·Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Content and organization | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 An overview of related literature | 第15-25页 |
| ·A clear explanation of two confused terms | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies already done on duration in the field of | 第16-19页 |
| ·Narratology | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cognitive psychology | 第18-19页 |
| ·Studies already done on order in the field of | 第19-25页 |
| ·Logic | 第19-20页 |
| ·Narratology | 第20-21页 |
| ·Stylistics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Linguistics | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Cognitive motivation behind narrative duration | 第25-50页 |
| ·A general idea of types of duration | 第25-28页 |
| ·Spatialization of Form Hypothesis | 第28-30页 |
| ·Allocation of attention | 第30-34页 |
| ·Iconicity of quantity | 第30-31页 |
| ·Strength of attention | 第31-32页 |
| ·Protracted duration and temporal compression | 第32-34页 |
| ·Focus of Attention pattern | 第34-41页 |
| ·Figure and ground in visual field | 第34-35页 |
| ·Figure and ground in textual field | 第35-38页 |
| ·Summary and sequential scanning | 第38-40页 |
| ·Onstage Region | 第40-41页 |
| ·Windowing pattern | 第41-50页 |
| ·Windowing of attention | 第41-45页 |
| ·Macrorules and metonymy in the course of production | 第45-47页 |
| ·Principle of closure / continuation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Backstage cognition | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive motivation behind narrative order | 第50-61页 |
| ·A general idea of types of narrative order | 第50-52页 |
| ·A cognitive model for TIME: temporal sequence | 第52-53页 |
| ·Perspectival direction | 第53-55页 |
| ·Iconicity of sequence / temporal sequence principle | 第55-56页 |
| ·Given-New Contract, its prototypicality and CDS | 第56-58页 |
| ·Piaget’s principle of adaptation and its use in the process of consumption | 第58-61页 |
| ·Two poles: assimilation and accommodation | 第58-59页 |
| ·Literary schemas and its relations with cognitive efforts | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Major findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
