声明
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abstract
摘要
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Data Collection
1.5 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Definition and Classification of Cartoons
2.2 Previous Studies on Cartoons
2.2.1 Non-linguistic Perspective
2.2.2 Linguistic Perspective
2.3 Previous Studies on Multimodal Discourse Analysis
2.3.1 Definition of Multimodal Discourse
2.3.2 Previous Studies of Muitimodal Discourse Analysis
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Systemic Functional Grammar
3.2 Multimodal Discourse Analysis
3.2.1 Introduction to MDA
3.2.2 Visual Grammar
3.3 Critical Discourse Analysis
3.3.1 Overview of CDA
3.3.2 Ideology,Power and Control
3.3.3 Fairclough’s Three-dimensional Framework
3.4 A Proposed Framework for the Present Study
3.5 Summary
Chapter Four Data Analysis
4.1 Comparison of Chinese and American Mediated Cartoons from the Perspective of MDA
4.1.1 Representational Meanings
4.1.2 Interactive Meanings
4.1.3 Compositional Meanings
4.2 Comparative Interpretation of Chinese and American Mediated Cartoons
4.2.1 What Is Going On?
4.2.2 Who Is Involved?
4.2.3 In What Relations?
4.2.4 What is the Role of Language in What is Going On?
4.3 Comparative Explanation of Chinese and American Mediated Cartoons
4.3.1 Socio-cultural Contexts of Chinese and American Mediated Cartoons
4.3.2 Power Relations in Chinese and American Mediated Cartoons
4.3.3 Ideologies in Chinese and American Mediated Cartoons
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.3 Suggestions for Future Study
References
Appendix