声明
摘要
Abstract
CONTENTS
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Methodology
1.5 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review
2.1 An Overview of Systemic-Functional Grammar
2.2 The Three Metafunctions
2.2.1 The Ideational Metafunction
2.2.2 The Interpersonal Metafunction
2.2.3 The Textual Metafunction
Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework
3.1 Genre
3.1.1 Definitions of Genre
3.1.2 Genre,Register,Style
3.2 Genre Analysis
3.2.1 Generic Structural Potential (GSP)
3.2.2 Labov’s Theory of the Narrative Genre
Chapter Ⅳ Generic Features of O.Henry’s Flash Fictions
4.1 Qualitative Analysis from Labov’s Model
4.1.1 Generic Structural Analysis of Five Stories
4.1.2 Generic Features from Labov’s Model
4.2 Analysis of O.Henry’s Flash Fictions for Ideational Metafunction:Transitivity System
4.2.1 Processes in Orientation
4.2.2 Processes in Complicating Action
4.2.3 Processes in Resolution
4.3 Analysis of O.Henry’s Flash Fictions for Interpersonal Metafunction
4.3.1 Analysis of Mood in O.Henry’s Flash Fictions
4.3.2 Analysis of Modality in O.Henry’s Flash Fictions
4.4 Theme system in the Textual Metafunction
Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Bibliography
Appendix