| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of this Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on The Great Gatsby at Home and Abroad | 第16-19页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies on Pragmatics in Literature at Home and Abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·Pragmatic Studies of Literature Abroad | 第19-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic Studies of Literature at Home | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第24-38页 |
| ·Paul Grice’s Conversational Implicature | 第24-29页 |
| ·Notion of Conversational Implicature | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classification of Conversational Implicature | 第25-26页 |
| ·Characteristics of Conversational Implicature | 第26-29页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第29-33页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第29页 |
| ·The Four Maxims of CP | 第29-31页 |
| ·Violation of the Maxims | 第31-33页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第33-37页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第33-35页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Strategies | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four ANALYSIS OF THE DIALOGUES IN THE GREAT GATSBY | 第38-68页 |
| ·The Great Gatsby | 第38-46页 |
| ·The Background of The Great Gatsby | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Plot of The Great Gatsby | 第40-42页 |
| ·Characters of The Great Gatsby | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Theme of The Great Gatsby | 第45-46页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle in the Dialogues | 第46-58页 |
| ·The Observance and Violation of the Quality Maxim | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Observance and Violation of the Quantity Maxim | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Observance and Violation of the Relation Maxim | 第52-55页 |
| ·The Observance and Violation of the Manner Maxim | 第55-58页 |
| ·Politeness Principle in the Dialogues | 第58-66页 |
| ·The Dialogues in the Light of Politeness Principle | 第58-65页 |
| ·The Dialogues in the Light of Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Strategy | 第65-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第68-72页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第69-72页 |
| REFERENCES | 第72-76页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第76页 |
