1 符號和符號的使用 SIGNS AND SIGNING 能指與所指(Signifer and Signifed ) 符號(Sign) 圖像符號(Icon) 指示符號(Index) 象徵符號(Symbol) 發送者(Sender) 意向(Intention) 信息(Message) 傳達(Transmission) 噪音(Noise) 接收者(Receiver) 目的地(Destination) 反饋(Feedback) 2 意義的表達方法 WAYS OF MEANING 明喻(Simile) 隱喻(Metaphor) 換喻(Metonym) 提喻(Synecdoche) 反諷(Irony) 謊言(Lies) 不可能性(Impossibility) 描繪(Depiction) 表現(Representation) 3 概念結構 CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES 真實與謊言(Truth and Falsity) 相同與相異(Sameness and Difference) 整體與部分(Wholes and Parts) 主觀與客觀(Subjectivity and Objectivity) 表象與現實(Appearance and Reality) 連續性與間斷性(Continuity and Discontinuity) 內涵與所指(Sense and Reference) 有意義與無意義(Meaningful and Meaningless) 問題與解決(Problem and Solution) 4 視覺結構 VISUAL STRUCTURES 觀察者與圖像(Viewer and Image) 理想與現實(Ideal and Real) 既存與嶄新(Given and New) 中心與邊緣(Center and Margin) 前景與背景(Foreground and Background) 接近與存在(Proximity and Presence) 之前與之後(Before and After) 過去、現在與未來(Past, Present, and Future) 快與慢(Fast and Slow) 5 文本結構 TEXTUAL STRUCTURES
讀者與文本(Readers and Texts) 文字與圖像(Words and Images) 功能(Functions) 形式(Forms) 放置(Placing) 顯著性(Prominence) 聲音(Voices) 互文性與內互文性(Intertextuality and Intratextuality) 派生文本和輔助語言(Paratext and Paralanguage) 6 事件的詮釋 MATTERS OF INTERPRETATION 概念與見解(Concepts and Conceptions) 本意與表意(Connotation and Denotation) 語言與言語(Langue and Parole) 組合與替換(Combinations and Substitutions) 表徵與類型(Tokens and Types) 遵循規則(Rule-following) 慣例 (Conventions) 分類(Classifications) 理解與誤解(Understanding and Misunderstanding) 7 意義的構成 FRAMING MEANING 語意單位(Semantic Units) 類型(Genres) 風格(Styles) 模式(Stereotypes) 機構(Institutions) 話語(Discourses) 神話(Myths) 範式(Paradigms) 8 故事與故事講述 STORIES AND STORYTELLING 現實與虛構(Fact and Fiction) 敘述(Narratives) 傳奇(Legends) 性格與角色(Characters and Personas) 視角(Viewpoints) 迷思(Mysteries) 張力(Tensions) 轉折點(Turning points) 解決(Resolutions) 後記 CONCLUSION 參考文獻 BIBLIOGRAPHY 圖片提供 PICTURE CREDITS