CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Research Questions 1
1.2 Research Background 4
1.3 Literature Review:A General Survey 10
1.3.1 Fromthe 1880s to the 1940s:A Slow Process of Regaining Critical Attention 11
1.3.2 Fromthe 1950s to the1980s:A Fertile Testing Ground for Various Schools of LiteraryCriticism 14
1.3.3 From the 1990s to the Present:Contextual Studies 20
1.3.4 Previous George Eliot Studies in China 24
1.4 Research Methodology 26
1.4.1 The Historical Trajectory of Images 27
1.4.2 The Historical Relations between Images and Words 40
1.4.3 The Rise of Iconology 45
1.4.4 Previous Image Studies in Literature 50
1.4.5 Ekphrasis Revisited:A Prospective Theoretical Framework of Studying Imagesin Literature 57
1.5 Potential Research Significance 69
1.6 Chapter Outline 70
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