Chapter One Introduction 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Purpose of the Study 1
1.2 Orientation of the Study 3
1.3 Significance of the Study 4
1.4 Relevant Theories of Stylistics,Narratology and Discourse Analysis 6
1.5 Methodology and Data Selection 25
1.6 The Organization of the Book 28
Chapter Two Literature Review 30
2.0 Introduction 30
2.1 The Stylistics on Narratives 30
2.2 Narrative Studies Concerning Style 42
2.3 Studies on Katherine Mansfield's Short Stories 49
2.4 Summary 57
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework 59
3.0 Introduction 59
3.1 Systemic-Functional Linguistics:The Three Strata 60
3.2 Chatman and Toolan's Structures on Narrative 67
3.3 Simpson's Stylistics-Oriented Model of Narrative Structure 71
3.4 A Proposed Stylistics-Based Model on Narrative 74
3.5 Summary 91
Chapter Four Narrative Structure:Sequencing of Events in"The Wind Blows" 94
4.0 Introduction 94
4.1 Order of Happenings:The Beginning,the Middle and the End 97
4.2 Discourse Connections in Narrative:Participant-Tracking ＆ Coherence 100
4.3 Labov ＆ Waletsky's Model of Narrative 103
4.4 Exemplified Analysis of the Structure of Narrative:"The Wind Blows" 105
4.5 Summary 129
Chapter Five Characterization:A Complex of Inward Perception and Outward Reality in Bertha of"Bliss" 132
5.0 Introduction 132
5.1 Character and Characterization:A Narratological Perspective 134
5.2 Transitivity Analysis of Character's Processes and Roles 138
5.3 Speech and Thought Presentation 141
5.4 Exemplified Analysis of Characterization in Narrative:Bertha in"Bliss" 144
5.5 Summary 162
Chapter Six Point of View:Multiple Themes of"The Garden Party" 165
6.0 Introduction 165
6.1 Point of View:Fictional Point of View and Ideological Point of View 167
6.2 Voice as a Constituent of Story 172
6.3 Dialogism and Voices of Evaluation 174
6.4 Exemplified Analysis of Point of View:"The Garden Party" 177
6.5 Summary 190
Chapter Seven Conclusion 192
7.1 Summary of Findings 192
7.2 Limitations and Future Study 195
7.3 Concluding Remarks 196
Bibliography 198
后记 215