Abstract List of Abbreviations List of Figures Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Lead-in remarks 1.2 Rationale of the study 1.2.1 Rationality, possibility and feasibility of the study 1.2.2 Necessity of the study 1.3 Objectives, methods and data of the study 1.4 Layout of the book Chapter 2 Various Studies of Literature 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Literary studies of literature 2.2.1 Studies focusing on the nature and function of literature 2.2.2 Studies focusing on the author 2.2.3 Studies focusing on the reader 2.2.4 Studies focusing on the text(s) 2.2.5 Studies focusing on the context 2.3 Linguistic studies of literature 2.3.1 Stylistic studies 2.3.2 Narratological studies 2.3.3 Communicative studies 2.4 Pragmatic studies of literature 2.4.1 Empirical studies 2.4.2 Theoretical studies 2.5 Justification for the pragmatic study of fictional communication 2.5.1 Rationality to study literary communication from the pragmatic perspective 2.5.2 Possibility to study literary communication from the pragmatic perspective 2.5.3 Feasibility to study literary communication from the pragmatic perspective 2.5.4 Necessity to build a pragmatic framework of literary communication 2.5.5 Necessity to build a pragmatic framework of fictional communication 2.6 Conclusion Chapter 3 Pragmatic Studies of Communication 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Definition of communication 3.3 Participants of communication 3.4 Meaning in communication 3.5 Context of communication 3.5.1 Definition of context 3.5.2 Dimensions of context 3.6 Pragmatic strategies of communication 3.6.1 Definition of pragmatic strategy 3.6.2 Categorization of pragmatic strategies 3.6.3 Recognition of pragmatic strategies 3.7 Conclusion Chapter 4 Fictional Communication 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Definition of fictional communication 4.3 Participants of fictional communication 4.3.1 The author 4.3.2 The narrator 4.3.3 The characters 4.3.4 The reader 4.4 Means of fictional communication 4.4.1 Means of the communication between the characters 4.4.2 Means of the communication between the narrator and the reader 4.4.3 Means of the communication between the author and the reader 4.5 Conclusion Chapter 5 Contexts of Fictional Communication Chapter 6 Pragmatic Strategies of Fictional Cmmunication Chapter 7 Construction and Reconstruction of Meanings in Fintional Communication Chapter 8 Conclusion Bibliography