声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1 Introduction to the Study
1．1 The Rationales of the Study
1．2 The Introductions to the Writer and to Carpentaria
1．2．1 The Background of the Writer Alexis Wright
1．2．2 The Introduction of Carpentaria
1．2．3 Different Responses to Carpentaria
1．3 Objectives and Research Questions of the Study
1．4 Research Methods of the Study
1．5 Significance of the Study
1．6 Outline of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2．1 The Literature Review of Narrative Discourse and Coherence
2．2．1 A Brief Survey of Narrative Discourse
2．1．2 Definition：Coherence
2．1．3 Previous Studies on Discourse Coherence
2．2 The Overview of Coherence Theories
2．2．1 The Theories of Coherence
2．2．2 Critique of These Theories
2．3 Theoretical Basis：Discourse Scenarios
2．3．1 Discourse Scenarios
2．3．2 The cognitive motivations in Discourse Scenarios
2．4 Summary
3 Research Methodology
3．1 Subjects
3．2 Instruments
3．3 The Data
3．4 Method and Research Analysis Procedures
3．4．1 Research Method
3．4．2 Research Procedures
4 Data Analysis and Discussions
4．1 The Realization of Coherence in Carpentaria
4．1．1 Participation Schemas and Coherence
4．1．2 Ideational Schemas and Coherence
4．1．3 Perspective Schemas and Coherence
4．2 The Aboriginals’ Historical-Cultural Contexts for Coherence
4．2．1 Coherence and The Aboriginal History
4．2．2 Coherence and the Aboriginal Culture
4．3 The Aboriginal Cognitive Model for Coherence
4．3．1 The World View
4．3．2 The Aboriginal Dreamtime as World View
4．4 The Achievement of Mental Coherent Representation for Readers
4．4．1 Imagery
4．4．2 Stream of Consciousness
4．5 Summary
5 Conclusion
5．1 The Summary of the Thesis
5．2 The Findings of the Thesis
5．3 The Limitations and Suggestions of the Thesis
References
Appendix：Questionnaire for Carpentaria
Acknowledgements
