《喜福会》中母亲形象修辞学的研究.pdf

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... i
Abstract in Chinese ................................................................................................. ii
Abatract in English ................................................................................................ iii
Chapter One Introduction ...................................................................................... 1
The Importance of the Research on CA (Chinese American) Literature ........ 1
A Brief Account of The Joy Luck Club and Its Mother Images...................... 1
Reviews of Mother Images in The Joy Luck Club ......................................... 2
The Research Abroad ........................................................................ 3
The Research in China ....................................................................... 4
Approach and Structure of the Thesis ........................................................... 6
Chapter Two Theoretical Framework .................................................................... 8
Definition of the Rhetoric of Novel .............................................................. 8
Narrative as Rhetoric ................................................................................... 9
The Rhetoric and Its Development..................................................... 9
Background of Narrative as Rhetoric ............................................... 10
Main Techniques of Narrative as Rhetoric ........................................ 11
Rhetoric and Characters ............................................................................. 13
Summary ................................................................................................... 13
Chapter Three Macro-Rhetorical Techniques and Mother Images .................... 15